Next year should introduce The Kennel Club’s new breed standards. Breed clubs, councils in the UK, have been having meetings and should reply to the proposals for changes in their individual standards by the end of this year.<\/p>\n
The breeds which I know are in Barbados and could be affected by a change in standard are:<\/p>\n
Hounds<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Rhodesian Ridgebacks – Characteristics<\/span><\/p>\n Gundogs<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Labrador Retriever – Characteristics, body<\/span><\/p>\n American Cocker Spaniel – Eyes<\/span><\/p>\n Terriers<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Bull Terrier – Eyes<\/span><\/p>\n Fox Terrier – Eyes<\/span><\/p>\n Utility<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Akita – Temperament, Hindquarters, Dew Claws<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Shiz Tzu – General Appearance, hind quarters, feet, coat<\/span><\/p>\n Working<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Bouvier Des Flandres – Head, dew claws<\/span><\/p>\n Bullmastiff – Head<\/span><\/p>\n Dobermann – Dew claws, tail<\/span><\/p>\n Dogue de Bordeaux – Head, mouth, neck, body, coat, tail, colour and gait<\/span><\/p>\n Mastiff – General appearance, characteristics, temperament, head, eyes, forequarters, body, hindquarters, feet, gait, coat, colour.<\/span><\/p>\n Neapolitan Mastiff – Characteristics, head, eyes, neck, body, hindquarters, dewclaws.<\/span><\/p>\n Rottweiler – Dew claws<\/span><\/p>\n Pastoral<\/strong> (Working group here)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n German Shepherd Dogs – Forequarters, hindquarters, body, dew claws, gait<\/span><\/p>\n Toys<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Papillon – Forequarters, dew claws<\/span><\/p>\n The standards under which the Barbados dogs are judged are owned by The Kennel Club and the judges who come down here are the UK judges who should be aware of the standard changes and judge accordingly.\u00a0 The new standards would be published on The Kennel Club’s web site.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Next year should introduce The Kennel Club’s new breed standards. Breed clubs, councils in the UK, have been having meetings and should reply to the proposals for changes in their individual standards by the end of this year. The breeds which I know are in Barbados and could be affected by a change in standard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[25],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n