The Newfoundland Club

The Kennel Club is providing a series of webinars for judges who wish to learn more about the Judges Education Programme (JEP) Breed Shows which is set to be launched online by the end of the year.

These webinars will cater to various groups, including breed education co-ordinators (BEC), new judges, single breed judges, multiple CC judges and clubs and societies.

• 3 December 5.30 - 7.30pm - Breed education co-ordinator meeting 
• 4 December 5.30 - 7.30pm - Clubs and Societies  
• 4 December 7.30 - 9.30pm - Multiple CC judges and Single CC judges 
• 9 December 6.30 - 8.30pm - New judges that do not give CCs 

Interested participants are encouraged to register early to guarantee a place, however further sessions may be added if there is the demand.

Our two 2024 Championship Shows held simultaneously at the Kennel Club Building, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire were judged by Mrs. Jan Groves (Bridgestone) and Mrs. Sue Benyon (Kaijasholme).

The full results pages are available - photos of the class winners to follow;.

FULL SHOW RESULTS WITH CRITIQUES AND PHOTOS OF CLASS WINNERS - SUE BENYON
SHOW RESULTS AND PHOTOS OF CLASS WINNERS - JAN GROVES

In collaboration with the Veterinary Cardiovascular Society (VCS), we have identified several focus breeds, including the Newfoundland, where heart disease is noted within their Breed Health & Conservation Plan but more data/work is needed to improve heart health. As a breed that has raised concerns in the past surrounding heart health, and in line with the expertise of the VCS and supporting literature, we are pleased to recognise your breed as part of this dedicated five-year programme and wish to support you further in addressing heart health within your breed. The list of focus breeds (Boxers, Dobermanns, Great Danes, Irish Wolfhounds, Newfoundlands, and Bull Terriers) will be routinely reviewed as new data become available. To advance our understanding of cardiac health in these breeds, we are planning to conduct heart exploratory sessions over the next five years. These sessions are intended to provide a snapshot of cardiac health and offer guidance on potential next steps for breeders and owners. We will also be working with VCS to explore possible next steps to progress breeds who already have plenty of data and long-established programmes for screening.

While these initial sessions are exploratory, they represent an important step in gathering data that could inform future research and breed-specific health initiatives. The insights gained from this research will feed into The Kennel Club's BHCPs, enabling us to work closely with breed communities to provide information and guidance on improving the heart health of pedigree dogs.

Please note that while the data collected from these sessions will be crucial, it will not lead to the immediate development of a formal screening scheme, nor will the cardiologists be able to provide any breeding advice. At this stage, the information gathered will be used to enhance our understanding and guide future actions and can be shared with you by way of an anonymised summary.

Our next exploratory session will be held on Tuesday 1st and Wednesday 2nd October 2024 at The Kennel Club Building in Stoneleigh. This is open to all the breeds identified as part of this process. Given our collective agreement on the importance of focusing on these breeds, I wanted to first gauge your interest in supporting this initiative?

The cardiologists will use both auscultation and echocardiogram to assess each dog's heart, discuss the findings with the owners, and record them on a certificate. The owner will receive a copy of this certificate, but results will not be published on The Kennel Club's website. These assessments will be completely free of charge to the owner at this event. It's a great opportunity so please feel free to share this information with your breed community!

We have approximately 50 appointment slots available and are encouraging anyone interested to request an appointment via our online form and we'll do our best to get them booked in. Given the significance of these sessions, we kindly request that anyone who registers and later finds they cannot attend informs us promptly so we can offer their appointment to someone else.

Lastly, I would like to remind you of the ongoing opportunity to participate in The Kennel Club's online survey, which aims to improve our understanding of the prevalence and types of heart disease affecting different pedigree dog breeds. To date, nearly 6,000 people have participated, and we are striving to reach 10,000. The survey is open to all dog owners and can be completed here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WL3ZLP3.

We appreciate your continued support and are eager to work together to improve the heart health in the Newfoundland. Again, any help promoting the exploratory sessions in October would be hugely appreciated.

Poppy Ryan
Health and Genetics Project Coordinator
Canine Health and Welfare
The Kennel Club

Memberships are due for renewal by the 31st of December each year. Renewals made after 30th March in the following year pay a 'late renewal' fee of £5.00.

Existing members can renew their annual membership using the Membership Renewal Form or

The new Water Test Regulations have been agreed and ratified by all three UK Breed Clubs and come in to immediate effect for all official test Water Tests.

DOWNLOAD THE WATER TEST REGULATIONS

There is a new Addendum to the Water Test Regulations for 2024.

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New Members Welcome

If you would like to become a member of the Newfoundland Club, please download complete and return our application form.

New members should be proposed and seconded by existing members but if you don't know any existing members but would still like to join, please email our Membership Secretary, Linn Kleinman.

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This Facebook page, entitled "Newfoundlands - The Truth and Nothing But The Truth", is separate from our main Club page. It contains information and advice for all Newfoundland owners and prospective Newfoundland owners.

Our BREEDERS FOR LIFE scheme is designed to provide a quality assurance mark for prospective Newfoundland puppy purchasers that the breeders follow the very best practices in their breeding program.

It is hoped that the scheme web site will be found by those searching the Internet for Newfoundland puppies and provide the essential information about Health Testing for our breeding stock and encourage people to be discriminating when selecting a breeder.

There are criteria for becoming a Breeder For Life member, such as three consecutive years and current membership of one or more of the UK Newfoundland Breed Clubs but breeders or stud dog owners do not necessarily have to be Newfoundland Club members - see the Scheme Requirements page for details.

We cordially invite suitably qualified breeders to join the scheme - an Application Form can be downloaded here.

Scheme memebers will have a public profile page on the web site and will be able to advertise their litters too.

We are pleased to announce new Regulations for official Draught Tests which have been jointly agreed with the Northern Newfoundland Club and Southern Newfoundland Club.

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The regulations came into force in May 2018 requiring that we receive positive consent from our members to store their data and to communicate.

If you have not done so already, please download the form, complete and return it to the address shown on the form.

Alternatively you can email the completed form to secretary@thenewfoundlandclub.co.uk

DOWNLOAD THE FORM

Info and insights for prospective owners

Newfoundlands can be wonderful companions and as puppies are adorable. However, it is important to know what owning a Newfoundland entails so we have produced a couple of guides which contain lots of useful information and advice. We encourage you to download and read them carefully.

GUIDE FOR PROSPECTIVE OWNERS ADVICE FOR NEW PUPPY OWNERS