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Contents

Contents

September 2017

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Ch tsworth Cha Chatsworth

Opinion On my mind

Special features Puppy Awareness Week

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6 Viewpoint

14 At home at Chatsworth

Simon Luxmoore sets out his personal vision for the future of the Kennel Club

Simon Parsons reflects on the role of printed canine publications

7 Letters and comment

Readers have their say on recent stories featured in the Kennel Gazette

Personality profile The passion for pets

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How award-winning trainer Martha Brindley has helped thousands of dogs

Art and culture Treasures of the Far East

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The Kennel Club Art Gallery’s latest exhibition is sure to impress

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Remember when...

Recalling the fire at the Crystal Palace brought an important part of the Kennel Club’s history to a close

34 Book corner

‘Finding Gobi’ — the adult and young readers edition — are reviewed as new additions to the Kennel Club library

The Kennel Club, Clarges Street, London W1J 8AB www.thekennelclub.org.uk Chairman: Simon Luxmoore Vice Chairman: Steve Croxford Chief Executive: Rosemary Smart Secretary: Caroline Kisko

Customer services: 01296 318540 Petlog Main Number: 01296 336579 Petlog Lost & Found: 01296 737600 Library/Gallery: 020 7518 1009 Insurance Enquiries: 0800 369 9445

Editor: Carrie Thomas Editorial Co-ordinator: Sara Wilde Editorial Panel: Bill Moores (Chairman), Ian Gabriel, Philippa Gilbert, Robert Greaves, Revd. Bill King, Gay Robertson

The Kennel Club urges dog lovers to stop and think before buying a puppy

Thanks to the generosity of its hosts, the Kennel Club Gundog Working Tests has thrived in the last decade

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Dog Photographer of the Year 2016

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Please look at me

Check out the stunning pictures which took the honours in the world’s biggest dog photography competition

Kennel Club 22 The Charitable Trust

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the KCCT, which has helped dogs and people alike

Health matters Please look at me

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Helen Zulch helps explain the meaning of dogs’ body language

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The passion for pets

Judges’ choice Shih Tzu

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The breed standard, the history of the Shih Tzu plus breed experts choose their favourite three Shih Tzus of all time

Editorial enquiries: kennel.gazette@thekennelclub.org.uk The Kennel Club, Clarges Street, London W1J 8AB Subscriptions: 020 7518 1016 subs@kennelgazette.org.uk

Kennel Gazette is published monthly on behalf of the Kennel Club by BPG Media www.bpgmedia.co.uk To advertise contact Andrea Walters a.walters@bpgmedia.co.uk Printed by Warners Midlands Plc Kennel Gazette is the monthly publication of the Kennel Club. Views and opinions expressed within the Kennel Gazette are the personal opinions of the original authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Kennel Club.

Cover photo: The overall winner of Dog Photographer of the Year 2016 Maria Davison, from Portugal, with an image of an adorable puppy resting his head, which was placed first in the ‘Man’s Best Friend’ category. Maria only began taking photos of her dogs and other pets less than three years ago.

Photographer: ©Maria Davison For information about Dog Photographer of the Year please visit the official website: www.dogphotographeroftheyear.org.uk Dog Photographer of the Year 2017 will open for registration and entry in January 2018.

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On my mind

The information age and the law of unintended consequences A personal vision for how the Kennel Club can stay at the forefront of canine welfare in an ever-changing world

By Simon Luxmoore

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oday we live in an ‘information age’, a world of real or imagined information which can be either fake or factual. The problem is, can any of us differentiate between the two and do the originators even care?

Our world is driven by one thing and one alone — the speed of technological change — and, in this respect, the sky is the limit with the current estimate being that by 2025 computing power will be twenty thousand times more powerful than that of today, and will be accompanied by all the data protection and cyber security issues associated with such technological advancement.

So what are the challenges that face the Kennel Club in this rapidly changing environment?

There are perhaps six challenges that will assume increasing relevance in this ‘information age’.

Firstly ‘resilience’. As a governing body charged with developing and driving change in our ‘fancy’, we are constantly in the spotlight of our critics who often delight in providing instant negative feedback through social media. Feedback, following consultation where appropriate, is priceless, and systems and processes must be established to enable useful feedback to be received, disseminated and acted on where appropriate. However, the resilience of our organisation will be tested and challenged to the utmost in the coming years.

Secondly ‘affordability’. The Kennel Club has often been described as purely a ‘money generator’ — a notion recently proven to be completely misguided when the annual reinvestment of funds into the ‘show scene’, as one particular example, was highlighted.

Nevertheless, the financial life cycle from

start to finish, be that at a registration start point, a competitor entry or ‘educational out reach’ needs to remain affordable with any surplus generated being reinvested for the future of dogdom as a whole. Your Board takes this responsibility very seriously indeed.

Thirdly, retain and maintain ‘the body of knowledge’. The Kennel Club is, in a professional sense, the keeper of the ‘body of knowledge’ for the world of dogs, certainly in this country, and a constant point of reference from elsewhere. If this knowledge is not maintained then our relevance will immediately start to diminish. The challenge is how to provide access to this body of knowledge in a way that is relevant and creates value for both the user and the Kennel Club. Creating public benefit, be it at the personal or political level, is extremely important for our future.

Fourthly, employing modern methods and new ways of working to generate innovative new stakeholder benefits are of the greatest importance. We need to be able to work smarter and maximise the resources we have so we can put even more back into the world of dogs.

“The Kennel Club must start to maximise the use of today’s communication tools”

Fifthly, the ability to attract a skilled and capable staff, with a wider knowledge base at the Kennel Club, taking full account of all the issues of diversity and inclusion.

Finally, to be able to work with others both at home and abroad, stakeholders and non stakeholders from whom we can learn to enable us to provide better products and services.

Many years ago, my then managing director told me that his success rate when recruiting/appointing senior managers was probably seven out of ten at best, and that his initial ‘gut feeling’ was most likely to give him that success rate. Having over many years tried very hard to find the very best homes for one’s puppies, you may consider the same is often the case. Does the harder you work on something actually create a greater likelihood of producing a better result?

The Kennel Club as a governing body, a club and as an organisation (the reader to decide the order) has been described as being similar to the Government, and the Executive and staff as the Civil Service. This may be a reasonable interpretation of the situation historically, but I do think we are moving steadily towards the Executive and staff taking a more proactive role in creating a modern and efficient organisation.

The Kennel Club Board is in the classic ‘no-win’ situation. Volunteers, who make a large commitment in time for no practical reward, are formulating decisions, with the support of the staff, on a day-to-day basis in the constant spotlight of tens of thousands of ‘stakeholders’ who, armed with the capability of social media, are able to provide an instant reaction ranging from negative to positive, to just indifferent.

There is, of course, nothing wrong with

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On my mind

Photo: ©The Kennel Club

this, and social media, used in a positive and constructive way, can be a welcome and very useful medium. However, the ability of the commentators (detractors) to react instantly gives no credit to the thought processes and background that lies behind the decision making. Often the person commenting may subsequently appreciate that their published first reaction is wholly incorrect but by then it is too late, the damage may already have been done.

Your Board members, in the relatively limited time they are all together, work hard to provide good governance and leadership to the world of dogs. However I am sure we don’t always get it right. A little like MasterChef, despite all the hard work preparation and delivery, there are the self appointed judges, quite literally, feeding off the efforts of others with their negativity and criticism.

Interestingly, during the last twelve months the actions of individuals, groups, clubs and other organisations have often

resulted in unintended consequences both for themselves and the Kennel Club. On the plus side, this often leads to a previously unforeseen solution and a new way of working together in the future.

Occasionally, the Board and the Kennel Club does benefit from the ill considered criticism of others because it jolts the volunteers and staff into reconsidering its current activities and behaviours.

Taken as an opportunity, these shocks provide the Kennel Club with a reason to tweak previous decisions at one extreme, and completely change its strategic direction at the other.

The Kennel Club must start to maximise the use of today’s communication tools to become very much closer to its stakeholders at all levels. Providing a direct and ‘rolling’ news feed of its activities, and a means for end users to contribute positively to decision making is the next important challenge. If we are

successful, end users will be better informed and better able to be objective about the direction of travel and the intentions of the governing body.

It is clear that the organisation that operates along analogue lines in a digital age stands to ‘get a kicking’. ●

Simon with ‘Putin’ at Vargevass kennel in Sweden

SIMON LUXMOORE Simon was raised with Boxers, Basset Hounds and a Norwegian Elkhound.

Under the Zima and Hushwing kennel names, he has been involved with Siberian Huskies since 1981 and has been involved with the health and development of the breed. Simon’s most notable dog was Ch Zima Toaki, the former breed CC record holder, who was four times BD and twice BOB at Crufts.

Simon is interested in all aspects of working dogs, and in Siberians established and maintained a successful working kennel. A former chairman of the Siberian Husky Club of Great Britain, he was instrumental in establishing a number of working groups and associations. He is approved to award CCs in Alaskan Malamutes and Siberians, and has judged extensively here and abroad.

Having gained an Executive MBA from the University of Bath, Simon joined the Dowty Group in 1989, after successive senior marketing and sales positions within the Lawson Mardon Group. In 1995, he was appointed Marketing, Sales and Product Support Director of the UK business in the newly-formed joint venture between the TI Group and Snecma, Messier-Dowty. In 2004, Simon was promoted to Senior Vice President/Deputy CEO of Messier-Dowty International. Simon was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society in 2003 and was appointed as the Society’s Chief Executive in 2009, a position he still retains.

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Viewpoint

Viewpoint

By Simon Parsons

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s I’m sure many readers will understand, recent weeks have brought home to me that nothing is permanent and that you can’t take anything for granted.

Life is perpetually changing in so many ways, often due to changes in technology and in response to social trends. Nowhere is this more evident than in the world of publications.

Sadly, economic realities have no respect for traditions, however revered, and I guess we will all have to adapt to 21st century conditions, whether we like it or not.

So let’s be thankful for the resources the world of dogs still has which enable us to communicate and learn. The Kennel Club still (in spite of a short hiatus) has this ‘real’ publication and let’s hope that the Kennel Gazette can continue in the current format for as long as is practically possible. Also in print form are the very comprehensive annual report and a summary of health topics.

The Stud Book and the Breed Records Supplement are, I think, unique to the Kennel Club and make up a wonderful archive of 150 years of canine history; to my mind, it is they, more than anything else,

which give the club its special prestige.

Online, the club, of course, has its Journal covering the routine news every month, plus the ever-expanding Kennel Club Academy, which is going to play an increasing part in all our lives as time goes on. There’s lots of valuable stuff on the club’s own website, not to mention its MyKC database.

And then there is the Dogwellnet site with lots of health data — the Kennel Club is one of its constituent partners.

Independently, we still have a weekly paper/annual with associated website and quite a few forums have emerged on the web and on Facebook, where views can be exchanged. A plea to all who use these: show good manners and respect for others.

Many breed clubs have superb publications too, some in print, some online.

My own breed club has produced an annual handbook since the 1940s and collectively these form an incomparable record of breed history. But these cannot survive without real support from members, especially in the form of advertisements, so please play your part in enabling them to continue to flourish.

Many of the younger generation have become used to a digital world and for them concentrating on a print publication has, to a degree, gone out of fashion. But fashions are fickle and I for one am convinced there will always be a need for print, not least because it is much less likely that what appears in it is not simply the first thing that comes into someone’s mind, however ‘fake’ that news may be.

SIMON PARSONS Simon Parsons has owned a variety of breeds but his first loves are the Corgis.

He worked for Dog World newspaper for 39 years and awards Challenge Certificates in 13 breeds. In 2014 he instigated the revival of the Kennel Gazette

Photo: ©Laura Kolbach/The Kennel Club

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Puppy Awareness Week

Dog lovers urged to Stop. Think. Ask - before buying a puppy Finding a responsible breeder will help you to find a happy, healthy puppy

By Heidi Ancell-Day

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he Kennel Club is calling on dog lovers to Stop, Think, Ask before buying a puppy, so that they can be sure they know how to spot the signs of an irresponsible breeder before meeting and falling in love with their prospective pup.

Puppy Awareness Week, which is taking place from 4th – 10th September, aims to help people find a responsible breeder while raising awareness about the plight of puppies and breeding bitches born into cruel puppy farms.

The Kennel Club has released the do’s and don’ts of puppy buying to help stop puppy buyers falling into the traps set by disreputable breeders. Recent research from the Kennel Club shows that as many as one in four people think that their puppy originated on a puppy farm.

One in ten people continue to buy ‘mail order’ pups which have been sourced on the internet or in a newspaper, without even seeing the pup before handing over the money.

Many of these pups will go on to develop diseases and conditions common in puppy farmed pups. Almost one fifth of pups purchased online without being seen by their new owner first ended up with serious gastrointestinal problems (19 per cent) and 15 per cent with the potentially deadly parvovirus. A further 15 per cent of people still buy their puppies from pet shops, and almost one in five of these pups end up with parvovirus (18 per cent).

Caroline Kisko, Kennel Club Secretary, said: “As soon as people meet a litter of puppies they normally fall in love, and it is extremely hard for people who suspect that the breeders hasn’t been caring for them

properly to walk away. It understandably becomes a rescue mission but this simply lines the pockets of these irresponsible breeders.

“We, of course, urge people to always make sure they meet the pups in their home environment and with their mother, before they buy — as a shocking number of people still don’t do this. But we also urge people to know how to spot the signs of an irresponsible breeder before they even get to the breeder’s front door.

“The easiest way to ensure that your breeder has taken steps to ensure your pups’ health and welfare is to go to a Kennel Club Assured Breeder, who will have been inspected by the Kennel Club.”

The Kennel Club has the following advice for puppy buyers:

Stop ● Don’t act on impulse, buying a puppy is a lifetime commitment

dog ownership. This shows they care about their pups ● Ask for the pedigree names of the pups’ parents if they are Kennel Club registered.

You can use the Kennel Club’s Health Test Results Finder to see if the parents of the pups you are looking to buy were health tested before being bred ● Ask what documentation you will get with your puppy. It would be helpful to see the puppy contract before you meet ● Check that you will be able to see the parents and the breeding environment when you arrive ● If things don’t look right when you arrive — if the conditions seem unsanitary or you think parts of the property where the pup may have been reared are being kept hidden, walk away ●

You see this...

Think ● Think about the right breed for your lifestyle ● Look for a Kennel Club Assured Breeder, who will have been inspected by the Kennel Club ● Know how to spot an irresponsible breeder, the Kennel Club has produced a guide on the do’s and don’ts of puppy buying to help

...you don’t see this.

Ask ● When you’ve found somebody you believe is a responsible breeder, ask lots of questions, before getting to their front door. ● Expect to be asked lots of questions by the breeder to gauge your suitability for

Learn the do’s and don’ts of buying a puppy and help STOP puppy farming NOW! As many as one in three puppies are unknowingly bought from a puppy farm, after being bought online, on social media, in pet shops or through free newspaper ads outlets often used by puppy farmers. One in five pups bought online or in pet shops need long term veterinary care or die before six months old.

puppy awareness week

Learn the Do’s and Don’ts of puppy buying and ensure it has come from a responsible breeder, and not from a cruel puppy farm.

For the Do’s & Don’ts, information and advice on buying a puppy visit www.kennelclub.org.uk/paw

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Dog Photographer of the Year 2016

Winners of the Kennel Club’s 12th annual Dog Photographer of the Year The world’s largest and greatest dog photography competition

Photo: ©Maria Davison

By Heidi Hudson

Overall winner Maria Davison, which was placed first in the ‘Man’s Best Friend’ category

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he Kennel Club announced the winners of its annual Dog Photographer of the Year competition on the 20th June to great anticipation. Dog Photographer of the Year started from humble beginnings in 2005

as a way for the Kennel Club to engage dog photographers by promoting positive dog images. By publicising Dog Photographer of the Year winning images each year through worldwide media, we are helping to promote a positive perception of dogs through

engaging and positive dog photography.

With the camera lenses, dog photographers can visually capture the positive benefits of dog ownership such as companionship, friendship, family, loyalty, assurance and reliability that dogs bring to our lives

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Photo: ©Alexandra Robins

Dog Photographer of the Year 2016

Alexandra Robins winner of the ‘Rescue Dog’ category

every day.

Now in its 12th year, the international competition received almost 10,000 entries from 74 different countries around the globe, including Canada, Russia, Brazil and New Zealand.

Maria Davison, from Portugal was selected as the overall winner of the competition, with an image of an adorable puppy resting his head, which was placed first by the judging panel in the ‘Man’s Best Friend’ category. Maria only began taking photos of her dogs and other pets less than three years ago.

After finding out she had won the world’s largest canine photography competition, Maria said: “This image was already close to my heart and it is one of the photographs I am most proud of. It was not only a beautiful, real and candid moment I got to capture, but also a demonstration of the strong bond between one of my closest friends and her dog, Yzma. Winning not only the ‘Man’s Best Friend’ category, but also the overall winner prize, with this picture, feels really good.”

The Kennel Club’s Dog Photographer of the Year competition comprises of 10 categories: Portrait, Man’s Best Friend, Dogs at Play, Dogs at Work, Puppy, Oldies, I Love Dogs Because… (for entrants aged

between 12 and 17 years old), Young Pup Photographer (for entrants aged 11 and under), Assistance Dogs and Rescue Dogs.

The other category winners were: Kaylee Greer from the United States, who won the ‘Dogs at Play’ category with a photo of Petey the Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier, playing on the south coast of Boston; Mirjam Schreurs from the Netherlands, who won the ‘Puppy’ category with a lovely image of Tyson the baby Boxer; Anastasia Vetkovskaya from Russia, who won the ‘Dog Portrait’ category with a stunning monochrome image of an Afghan Hound; Sarah Caldecott from Yorkshire who won the ‘Dogs at Work’ category with a muted portrait of Rita the Pointer on the moors of County Durham; ‘Young Pup Photographer’ winner, eight year-old Dylan Jenkins from Swansea; Julian Gottfried from the United States who won the ‘I Love Dogs Because…’ category; and John Liot from Jersey, who won the ‘Oldies’ category with a relaxed portrait of 12 year-old rescue dog, Kelly.

The winner of the ‘Assistance Dogs’ category was Alasdair MacLeod from Ayrshire, Scotland, who took a candid shot of a retired Greyhound, Megan from Canine Concern Scotland visiting local care home resident Duncan, a 95 year-old RAF veteran

who flew in the ‘Dambusters’ squadron.

Alexandra Robins, from Wiltshire won the ‘Rescue Dog’ category for her intimate portrait of rescue dog Chloe with her carer at Bath Cats and Dogs Home. The Kennel Club Charitable Trust will donate £500 to the charities of both winners’ choice, Canine Concern Scotland and Bath Cats and Dogs Home respectively.

This year’s Dog Photographer of the Year competition is sponsored by SmugMug, the dog-loving photo sharing site for professional photographers, and Nikon School, a photography training establishment that aims to educate and inspire photographers.

SmugMug’s European Manager, Alastair Jolly commented: “SmugMug’s continued involvement in the competition is one of the highlights of the year for a company like ours, that loves celebrating photography and is passionate about dogs. It is an honour to be asked to judge such a prestigious competition, even if it is such a hard task with so many amazing images entered again this year. It is a thrill each year to see such wonderful images from all corners of the world, quite clearly captured by people as passionate as we are.”

Neil Freeman from Nikon School added: “Nikon School is proud to support the Dog

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Photo: ©Kaylee Greer

Photo: ©Mirjam Schreurs

Dog Photographer of the Year 2016

Kaylee Greer winner of the ‘Dogs at Play’ category

Photographer of the Year competition and looks forward to working with the Kennel Club on future photography collaborations and projects.”

The overall winner will receive an original oil painting of their image by artist Sara Abbott and a VIP mentorship day with international dog photographer and competition alumni Andy Biggar.

All category winners have won a SmugMug business account to showcase their work online and a one-day course at the prestigious Nikon School in London, as well as a trophy and exhibition print presented during an award ceremony on September 1st. All of the winning images for each category were on display at the Kennel Club, in London, from 26th June

until 31st August 2017. The exhibition was open to the public and free to visit by appointment and attracted visitors from around the world.

The judges for this year’s competition were Editor of Amateur Photography Magazine, Nigel Atherton; professional dog photographer, Yulia Titovets; Nikon UK representative, Neil Freeman; SmugMug’s European Manager, Alastair Jolly; and Kennel Club representatives Rosemary Smart, Chief Executive; Simon Luxmoore, Chairman, and Pauline Luxmoore-Ball.

Rosemary Smart, Kennel Club Chief Executive said: “The quality of the entries to the Dog Photographer of the Year competition never ceases to amaze. This

year there has been a huge number of beautifully executed and impressive photographs, making it incredibly difficult for the judges to choose just one winner for the overall prize and a single winning photographer for each category. All of this year’s entrants beautifully captured the qualities that make dogs so very special and dear to our hearts, and we look forward to seeing more work from the winners in the future.”

To view all the winning images and for information about Dog Photographer of the Year, please visit the official website: www.dogphotographeroftheyear.org.uk Dog Photographer of the Year 2017 will open for registration and entry in January 2018. ●

Photo: ©Alasdair MacLeod

Photo: ©Julian Gottfried

Mirjam Schreurs winner of the ‘Puppy’ category

Alasdair MacLeod winner of the ‘Assistance Dogs’ category

Julian Gottfried winner of the ‘I Love Dogs Because…’ category

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Photo: ©Anastasia Vetkovskaya

Photo: ©Dylan Jenkins

Dog Photographer of the Year 2016

Photo: ©John Liot

Eight year-old Dylan Jenkins winner of ‘Young Pup Photographer’ (for entrants aged 11 and under)

Anastasia Vetkovskaya winner of the ‘Dog Portrait’ category Photo: ©Sarah Caldecott

John Liot winner of the ‘Oldies’ category

“The quality of the entries to the Dog Photographer of the Year competition never ceases to amaze” Sarah Caldecott winner of ‘Dogs at Work’ category

HEIDI HUDSON Heidi Hudson is Digital Asset Manager and curator of the Kennel Club Picture Library. Heidi is a dog photography specialist and is currently working on her History of Art with Photography (MA) focusing on early 19th century dog photography

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