Dog World, 31 December 2010 raditionally, New Year is a time to look back as well as look forward. As this Friday Essay is due for publication on New Year’s Eve, I am going to take the opportunity to do just that. History has always been a subject that fascinates and intrigues me – for
Dog World s I have covered the introductions for quite a few of our championship shows for a number of years now, I thought it might entertain readers to share some of the incidents which don’t normally make it into the paper. I would hasten to add that many of these events took place a
Dog World s some of you may know, in between trundling up and down the M6 to go to dog shows, I own and run a small boarding kennels. One of the questions that my regular customers seem to be posing more and more frequently seems to be ‘Wouldn’t you like to lead a NORMAL
Dog World, 26 February 2010 oincidence is a funny thing. A couple of weeks ago, I received an email containing very good news about my breed and when I read it, I remember thinking ‘this deserves to get some publicity’. A few days later, I was asked to pen a few words so hopefully the
Dog World, 16 April 2010 don’t think that I’ve made any secret of the fact that I support the KC and its initiatives. I often feel that it’s in a no win situation and no matter how hard it tries, the vociferous few will always find fault and are very vocal in their condemnation. In
Dog World, July 2011 ecently I spent the day amusing myself by watching some of the excellent videos produced by dogworld.tv. If you haven’t seen them yet, it really is worthwhile. They are fascinating to view and are of excellent quality. Even my painfully slow broadband speed managed to cope without encountering problems. The speed
Dog World, September 2011 opefully you all read and enjoyed Frank Kane and Mike Tempest’s contributions last week. I’m sure both will elicit a tremendous amount of discussion and debate. In fact, I noticed the Dog World Facebook page had attracted almost 50 comments about the topic of Frank’s piece before the article was even
Dog World, December 2011 s you read this, Christmas will have come and gone and providing the postal service hasn’t let everyone down and delayed delivery of your Dog World, you may well be taking some time out from making your very final preparations to celebrate the New Year in the next few hours. I’m
Dog World, August 2012 any readers will be aware I have a small boarding kennels, so I’m never at any shows during the Scottish school summer holidays throughout July. I have to admit that we are very lucky as the present economic climate does not appear to have affected the north east of Scotland too