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Pedigree Dogs Exposed - The Blog
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From the makers of Pedigree Dogs Exposed, the latest news and views regarding inherited disorders and conformation issues in purebred dogs.
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UK crossbreeds live longer than purebreds

Er no... probably not. Based on the studies already out there, we stated in Pedigree Dogs Exposed that the average mutt lives longer than the average purebred. It caused a furore - and still, today, ...

6 days ago

Pekes... an apology

Yesterday, I blogged about how todays Pekes cant clean their nether regions themselves - or help with their own puppies as they are being born - because weve bred them into such a dysfunctional shape...

19 may 12

Pekes - is this really true?

From this... ... to this, the modern Show Pekingese I was sent the top picture (and the ones below) of vintage Pekes a few days ago.  They are from Country Life Illustrated dated 16th September,...

18 may 12

Stockholm here I come

Reasons to be cheerful... This mornings email brought more details of the the 1st International Workshop on Enhancement of Genetic Health in Purebred Dogs being hosted by the Swedish Kennel Club in S...

09 may 12

Pedigree Dogs Exposed India, anyone?

Ive been getting a bit of traffic on the blog recently from India where there is a popular dog show scene overseen by the Indian Kennel Club.  This Neapolitan Mastiff, from the Cadabom Kennels i...

23 apr 12

JH enters dog show with Great Dane

Found this while having a clear-out - the first and only time I entered a dog show - in the mid-70s by the look of it. I lived in Cheshire then, and reckon I was about 14 when this picture was taken....

23 apr 12

Victorious Vaoila

  Normal service will doubtless be resumed shortly, but apart from a sharp post on the Canine Alliance yesterday, its fast turning into a good news weekend on the PDE Blog. I am delighted to rep...

22 apr 12

Lets sing Carols praise...

Many, many congratulations to cavalier campaginer Carol Fowler (picture above, centre) who last weekend won the CEVA Pet Lovers Welfare Award  - given to "outstanding individuals who have go...

22 apr 12

Dachshund Breed Council: job well done

Its the Dachshund Breed Councils Breed Conference in Staffordshire today and a timely moment to once again congratulate the breed on its progressive health policy with Council Chairman Ian Seath at t...

22 apr 12

CA: Luddites not crusaders

Following a marathon meeting of the Canine Alliances steering committe this week (11am - 7.30pm apparently), the new organisation issued a press release yesterday saying: "...the main concern whi...

21 apr 12

Canine Alliance - new balls please...

The Canine Alliance - an alternative logo Everyones mantra should be: dont listen to what people say... watch what they do.  I find it sorts the wheat from the chaff. Last week, the newly formed...

30 mar 12

UKC leads the way in the US with breed standard revisions

Well this is interesting.... The United Kennel Club (UKC) - the only serious rival to the American Kennel Club (AKC) in America - has taken the bull by the horns and revised six of its breed standard...

30 mar 12

Good Dogues

Cheer up - its good news! Some excellent news from the Dogue de Bordeaux Club of Great Britain... It is not up on their website yet, but yesterday the Club announced on its Facebook page that it was ...

28 mar 12

The crux of the matter

There was a really telling moment at the inaugural meeting of the Canine Alliance two weeks ago - as revealed in Dog Worlds  excellent filmed coverage of the event. A couple of others have menti...

28 mar 12

"A bit too much haw..."

When I blogged two weeks ago re the Basset Hound Ch Buzzed Lightyear at Dereheath being disqualified at Crufts, it created a lively discussion in the comments - with a couple of contributions from a ...

27 mar 12

Able Mabel

Meet Mabel... snapped recently by someone who sent me pictures of her as an example of an athletic young Bulldog.  For comparison, heres a top UK show bulldog.  And a closer look at those p...

25 mar 12

Crufts vets - on the record

Alison Skipper and Will Jeffels, the two small animal practice vets who volunteered to do the inaugural independent vet checks at Crufts 2012, have written a joint letter published this week in the V...

24 mar 12

Epilepsy breakthrough in Belgian Shepherd Dogs

© Ulrik Fallström Prof Hannes Lohis research team at the University of Helsinki has already identified the first epilepsy gene for a late-onset symptomatic epilepsy in Miniature Wirehired Dachshunds ...

24 mar 12

"For the benefit of pedigree dogs"

Last week, in an interview with DogWorld, judge Andrew Brace claimed the new Canine Alliance represented the "grass roots of dogdom" Well not really, obviously. The new Alliance actually repr...

22 mar 12

KC stands firm on vet checks

KC Chairman Steve Dean has responded to the furore surrounding the vet checks at Crufts - saying he feels sorry for those exhibitors who were disqualified. But he defends the principle of veterinary ...

21 mar 12

PDE2 hits Canada

Pedigree Dogs Re-Exposed (as theyre calling the sequel to PDE in Canada) airs as part of the Passionate Eye documentary series in Canada next week. Monday, March 26, 2012 10:00 PM ET/PT on CBC News N...

19 mar 12

Breeds in danger of extinction in the UK

The English Setter - on the road to nowhere? Soon after Pedigree Dogs Exposed, the Kennel Club announced a five-year commitment to fund a new Genetics Centre at the Animal Health Trust (AHT) in Newma...

18 mar 12

"Far too precious to take out for walks"

  Now I know there are plenty of showdogs that have more than a passing acquaintance with the great outdoors, but the 2012 Crufts winning Lhasa Apso Elizabeth isnt one of them, according to a pi...

17 mar 12

Get a grip

There are time when I feel like Ive fallen into some strange parallel universe and today is one of them. Six dogs fail a health check at Crufts and were not awarded Best of Breed as a result. More br...

16 mar 12

Crufts vet Alison Skipper has her say

Alison Skipper is one of the two independent vets appointed by the KC to conduct the vet checks on the Best of Breed winners of the 15 highlighted breeds at Crufts. She and Will Jeffels are, variousl...

16 mar 12

Pekes 1964 and Crufts 1934

A couple of gems from British Pathe... RACING PEKES  "At the home of Mrs Phipps-Hornby, her five pedigree Pekingese dogs are put into traps, then race around an enclosed track in her garden,...

15 mar 12

The eye specialists - their view on ectropion + entropion

Ectropion... not something youd wish on your best friend This morning I asked the BVA for some input from opthalmic experts regarding ectropion/entropion given the widespread confusion regarding its ...

15 mar 12

"Typhoid Mary" and the "anti-purebre d anti-Christ"

Thats me, apparently, as described on the Exhibitors Voice + Choice Facebook site which meets tonight in Birmingham to discuss "where to go from here". I see its also noted that I would be on...

15 mar 12

BVA clears up eye test confusion

The BVA has just released a further statement regarding eye exams in the hope of clarifying what is and isnt part of the official BVA/KC Canine Health Eye Scheme. Essentially, it turns out that the c...

15 mar 12

Hot Dogues

There were a lot of hot Dogues at Crufts on the Saturday - at least on the benches -  as the following pictures show. Now it was warm in the NEC (and I hear that one steward refused to open a do...

15 mar 12

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