Certain of an invite

Westminster Dog Show in America is different from Crufts insofar as the entry is very limited. The only thing that can be guaranteed is that the top 5 in each breed will get an invitation to compete. In Glen of Imaal Terriers these are

GCH Cill Dara’s Fergus Of Daulton
GCH Daulton’s Clodagh From Cill Dara
GCH Finnabair Song O’My Heart
GCH Liberty’s Darren Of Daulton
GCH Rainbow Springs Wicklow’s Warrior Of Ber -D-Mar

Congratulations to them

It IS available in March!

The Kennel Club would like to assure people that the West Car Park at the NEC will be in use for Crufts even though it isn’t for LKA.

For the file

From the Irish Sporting Glen of Imaal Terrier Club:

The Irish glen of Imaal Sporting Club has been refused application for affiliation to the Irish Kennel club. The reason non so far despite contacting the kennel club 8 times in 2 week they still have not given us a reason for the refusal.  The glen of Imaal sporting club is the biggest Glen club in Ireland and is making great strides to ensure healthy dogs. We have a glen rescue centre for unwanted glens, A data base of Irish Glens to help members that want to breed, work out inbreeding % of the dogs so we can get it as low as possible to maintain strong dogs, and over 40 dogs DNA Tested for PRA in 4 years. We hold a field day and fun show every September and get 30 to 50 glens entered.   We applied for affiliation first in 2010 where we were told there would be a probation period of 3 years before full affiliation would be granted and we could carry on with our field days as normal until full affiliation was granted. We have not received any booklet with conditions or rules for  affiliation from the Irish kennel club. This means we have to guess our way through the year and what were supposed to do. Even on the web site if you were new to the breed there is no contact club for glens. (The Irish Glen of Imaal was a breed simply forgotten) not much is changing in the breed’s origin.

Crufts schedule available

Crufts 2013 schedule is available. Terrier day is Thursday 7th March and Glen of Imaal Terriers are to be judged by Nick Hammond and will be second in Ring 2 in Hall 1. If you are downloading the schedule just be aware that it is a huge document of 144 pages, Glen classes etc. are on page 57.

Still Glens are out there!

Glen of Imaal Terrier people are still out and about. At the Amsterdam Winners Fear Fiuntair Crunchie Angus was Best of Breed and over in Ireland Ch Abberann Karl took a Group 3 at Cloghran. Pride of place though goes to Ch Rainbow Springs Kylee of Cnoc. At the front of her name is her exhibition title but she has just taken her Open Standard Agility title so this is now what follows behind (if there is enough room) CD, RN, RA, RE, NAP, OAP, NJP, NFP, OFP; nine “brain” titles to go with the beauty. Is Kylee the most titled multi tasking Glen?

Inclusive or elitist?

The Kennel Club Question Time Event rolled into Leicester yesterday and, admittedly not the largest audience ever, five EFG badges could be seen so Glen of Imaal Terriers were very well represented indeed.

What can be said about the evening? The Kennel Club were charming, polite, nodded sagely, and agreed with many of the audience points. It was a wonderful illustration of how behind the KC are with general thinking (note that says how behind NOT are behind). The audience wanted to go for the jugular in health testing; they wanted it hard and they wanted it now. “It’s under review.” The audience wanted more restrictive registration. “It’s under review”. The audience wanted the Assured Breeder Scheme to mean something and wanted it tightening a lot…take a guess “it’s under review”. The audience wanted the Kennel Club to be pedigree dogs not crossbreeds and mutts. The Kennel Club thought that wasn’t such a good idea as it could be seen to be elitist!

It has to be said, so it might as well be done on here, isn’t the whole idea to be elitist? Aren’t we all striving to show that we are at least one rung above others? Isn’t the whole idea to show that pedigree dog people who have attached their banner to the KC are proud of what they do and want to stand up and shout about it? It might be nice of the Clarges Street hierarchy to attempt the inclusive route but do their “customers” (me and you) really want that?

Love the apron

Liz Gay accepting the cheque from Robert Graves (Midland Counties) and Bonnie Scougall (Dog World) for the award winning EFG website. Can we improve even more for next year!

More for the 2013 diary

In 2013 Ireland is having “The Gathering”- a year long celebration of all things Irish. On September 14^th & 15^th the Irish Kennel Club (along with native breed clubs) will be hosting a gathering of all Irish dog breeds, not just Glen of Imaal Terriers, and their admirers, owners and fanciers are all invited. Details of the seminars, talks, shows etc. will be available soon.

The “oh next week” to get connected has turned into next Friday so the dongle is out and it isn’t very good! This week then, will be spasmodic-possibly Wednesday and Thursday.

Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible.

After over 1150 posts regarding the Glen of Imaal Terrier it’s a personal post today. This evening the computer will be packed away ready for a house move. BT have assured that a phone (and internet) connection will be live in the new place as soon as is possible but “possible” hasn’t yet been defined. Hopefully normal service will be back next week!

Whilst we’re away have a think about the first few words of the above-over 1150 posts-and where we can go next? Should the EFG blog continue how it is? Should it do things in more depth? Should it possibly go more political?

and the weekend saw…..

Puppy Glen of Imaal Terriers out at the Helsinki Puppy Show and Best of Breed was McCormac Sarait Muscraige. In Sweden the Swedish Terrier Show had Glenduff’s Carrick Quilly waved into the Best of Breed spot and in the UK Bregorrey Wannabe Victory by Jeonty was BOB at Sporting Terrier of Yorkshire.

Over in America it was a big Floridian weekend. Tampa Terrier Club had a back to back with Cross Stone Copa Xavi at Castlerock Best of Breed on day 1 and Ch Murphy Emmett of Cnoc on Day 2. Hernando County saw GCH Kilkenny’s Sullivan of Castlerock get the Best of Breed ribbon.

Well done everybody.