Show Dog Overview

Get a comprehensive introduction to dog showing, understanding what judges assess and how the sport works at all levels.

Bringing Home a New Puppy

You have collected your new puppy from the breeder and have survived the rather traumatic drive home. Puppy will no doubt have been fed and watered en route...

Docked Tails and the Law

For many hundreds of years the tails of over fifty breeds of dogs in the UK have been customarily docked, This all stopped on the 6th April 2007 (31st March...

Dog Breed Standards

Every breed of dog that is registered with the Kennel Club has a set description of how it should look, move and behave. In America these ‘standards’ are...

Dog Pedigree Explained

We all have a pedigree whether we are aware of it or not! It’s all about family history and knowing who our forefathers are. For us we have a family tree,...

General Care for Your Show Dog

For 95% of your dog's life he is a pet, for the other five percent it's showtime! But please remember that for all of his life you are his friend and carer....

Laws Concerning Dogs

There have been a few high profile cases of dog attacks on humans and aggressive behaviour, which have lead to several laws being put in place to protect ani...

Points of a Dog

What are ‘points of a dog?’ Very simply it’s a name for all the body parts of the dog so that we know what we are referring to. These words will also b...

Working With Assistance Dogs

Assistance dogs are trained to work with the less able bodied amongst us. These animals are trained from a young age to be the eyes, ears and even hands of t...