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May
16

The Daisy Dog – a Mongrel With a Pedigree | Best In Show Daily | 2015

Margaret on May 16th, 2015

Have you got some bunting gathering dust at the back of your cupboard? Well get ready to dust it off and hang it out in the streets. Why? Well haven’t you heard? There’s some great news. The Daisy dog has finally reached… » The Daisy Dog – a Mongrel With a Pedigree | Dog Show […]

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May
13

Lots of puppies available in Barbados

Margaret on May 13th, 2015

The dog rescue and shelter places in Barbados seem to be full. So many dogs are being abandoned and rescued but still breeders keep on breeding puppies without finding homes for them before they breed. Not all breeders are like that. There are responsible breeders who have a waiting list for their puppies and who […]

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Apr
26

Dogs and handlers continuing dog training in Barbados, April 2015

Margaret on April 26th, 2015

In between the March 25th dog obedience trials and the new obedience training classes starting end April, the B’dos. Dog Training Club slipped in another trial on April 22nd for Novice, Open and Utility. I was not there as Isabelle, my Bouvier Des Flandres, was in season. Congratulations to Zoe Marshall who achieved the CD […]

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Apr
5

A Rescued Shelter Dog achieves the CD title in Barbados in March, 2015

Margaret on April 5th, 2015

Achieving a CD title is not an easy task for most dog owners as it means training the dog above and beyond basic obedience. The classes attended for the CD are usually the group classes with The Barbados Dog Training Club although there are other dog training areas in Barbados. I believe that some members […]

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Mar
28

Barbados’ first Dog Training Obedience Trials for 2015

Margaret on March 28th, 2015

March 25, was the date for the first obedience dog trials in Barbados for 2015. A lot of very keen contestants. There were no passes in the Utility and CDX and only 2 dogs competing at each of these levels in the trials. There was keen competition for the CD title and 11 dogs were […]

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Mar
26

Barbados Kennel Club’s first All Breeds Championship Dog Show 2015

Margaret on March 26th, 2015

The judge was Derek Smith, from the UK, who has judged at dog shows in Barbados twice before this visit. In 2009 when he was last here his comment on that critique was that he had 109 dogs to go over. March 15th, 2015, he had about 60 dogs in the ring, not counting the […]

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Dec
25

Xmas 2014 is here

Margaret on December 25th, 2014

The dogs in the above photo are Chepam Valentina at Calliope (Isabella) at 11 months old and her closest playmate here, the Tibetan Terrier Ch. Araki Miss Conduct at Calliope C.D. (Tibby). Isabella plays with the other Bouviers here but loves the Tibetan Terrier, maybe because they were the same size when she arrived in […]

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Nov
24

Barbados Kennel Club’s All Breeds Championship Dog Show, November 16, 2014

Margaret on November 24th, 2014

Geoff Corish was on his first judging assignment to Barbados. In the ring he had about 50 dogs to go over and critique. This judge is approved by The Kennel Club, UK, to award Challenge Certificates in the UK to the Akita, French Bulldog, and the Miniature Schnauzer which were at our show. He is […]

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Oct
14

Barbados Kennel Club’s October, 2014, All Breeds Championship Dog Show

Margaret on October 14th, 2014

The judge, Tom Mather, was on his first assignment to Barbados. In the UK, he is approved by The Kennel Club to award Challenge Certificates to the French Bulldog breed on show here. Two of the other breeds which he is approved to award Challenge Certificates to in the UK and which were recently entered […]

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Sep
8

Popularity in training dogs in Barbados for obedience titles continues to soar in 2014

Margaret on September 8th, 2014

Dog training classes for the CD (Novice) Obedience title had a large record number of participants for the September, 2014 class at Waterford. Some of the dog breeds there were German Shepherd, Boxer, mixed breeds, rescues, Bouvier Des Flandres, Golden Retriever, and Labrador Retriever. In earlier days, a CD class might only have attracted 3 […]

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