2018 Yearbook
SECRETARY'S REPORT 2018
The 2018 AGM was held on Sunday 8th April at Bearley Village Hall, where the positions of Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer were filled by Mrs Sue Cole, Mrs Debbie Treadwell and Mr John Sharpe respectively. The vacancies on the committee were filled by Mr Kevin Campbell-Woodford and Mrs Mandy Addington, who joined re-elected members Dr Pinak Das Purkayastha, Mr Alan Lefley, Mrs Sylvia Court, Mrs Hazel Barnes and Mrs Sonali Das Simpson .
The judges' ballot for the 2021 Championship Show was won by Jean Timmins. Gary Janssens won the ballot for the Open Show 2019 and Sue Forret will judge the Limited Show, which for 2019 will be held in conjunction with the Houndshow on 13th July at the Staffordshire Showground.
The 40th Anniversary Championship Show was held on 30th March at the Kennel Club building, Stoneleigh. The officiating judge, Mr Ian Sexton, had drawn a lovely entry of 121. Dog CC ,Reserve Best in Show and Best Opposite Sex was Pat and Peter Pask's Amarach Aaron of Baronglen, with the Bitch CC and Best in Show going to Chris and Julie Amoo's Ch Sade Prudence. Best Puppy went to Jo Braine's Hollyhenge Carribean Kiss. Best Veteran was Carol Stirling's Ch Clanlily Baron Of The Glen, who at eight years old still powered round the ring.
The three special classes that are run to enable judges that do not yet award CCs to gain experience were judged this year by Ann Donaldson, who found her class winners in Novice, Mr S Ritchie's Broughadowey Raiden at Torrfionn, Post Graduate Miss Kim Webb's Goldswift Mission Possible for Inkleyboys and Open Dr and Miss Das Purkayastha's Ravens-beech Romanus among Neckrebagh.
The Captain Graham Class was judged by Mrs Hazel Barnes, her winner was Mr S Ritchie's Broughadowey Raiden at Torrfionn.
The Limited Show 2018 was held in conjunction with the Three Counties Championship Show at Malvern Showground. From an entry of 37, judge Juan Codesido, who had travelled from his home in Tenerife, found his Best in Show in Diane and Dennis Redfern's Goldswift Fluke at Rainster. RBIS was Miss Jean Timmins's Ballyphelan Panther Cornovi, who was also Best Veteran. BOS went to Ms J McDonald-Ulliott and Ms M Holder's Hibeck Miss Dior, Best Puppy was Mrs T Sumner's Dukesarum Lilybet and Best Novice went to Miss Jane Littlefair's Goldswift Phoenix Kiss.
The Rally and fun dog show was held on a rather damp day on 29th July at Bearley Village Hall in Stratford-Upon-Avon. The Companion Dog Show pedigree classes were judged by Lin Colbert and the fun classes by Pat Box and Pauline Ashby.
The Open Show was held on 27th August at the West Hall of the Kennel Club building Stoneleigh. The officiating judge, Miss Kim Webb (Inkleyboys), drew an entry of 58. Best Dog and BIS was Dr P and Miss S Das Purkayastha's Ravens-beech Romanus Among Neckrebagh, Reserve Best Dog and Reserve BIS was my own Glengail Ggilmour At Floydian. Best Bitch and BOS went to Miss Wendy Heather's Ch Whiteorchard Venusta, Reserve Best Bitch was Mrs C MacLeod's Brachan Eira and Best Puppy Mrs S Dawson's Austonley's Falcon of Shalico.
Finally, I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has helped and supported me throughout the year, the officers and committee, the President and Vice Presidents, who all contribute towards the successful running of the Club, not forgetting our kitchen angels Pat and Pauline for keeping us all well fed at our events, Caroline whose talents make things sparkle and Anne Vaudin who quietly works so hard in the background keeping things running smoothly, not only with our website but as our archivist. Very special thanks to our new chair, Sue, who has taken on her role with great enthusiasm and energy and is already proving a valuable asset to the Club and its members. Great job Sue, Noel was a difficult act to follow!
Debbie Treadwell
Secretary
IRISH WOLFHOUND HEALTH GROUP REPORT 2018
2018 continued to be a very busy year for the IWHG with the Regional Heart Testing Scheme, ongoing research projects, our work with the KC on the breed’s Breed Health & Conservation Plan (BHCP) and the Breed Health Survey. Keeping everyone updated has been a fast moving exercise!
Heart Testing - January 2018 kicked off with the introduction of our new Booking Administrator, Anne Vaudin, and what a baptism of fire it was! The Beast-From-the-East roared into the country threatening to scupper the early sessions, but with sheer determination and help from all those attending and hosting the events and the cardiologists, Anne and Wendy (Heather) did an amazing job of keeping the sessions going. And those that couldn’t make them were fitted into other sessions later in the year.
We were at great pains to tell Anne that this was not the norm for bookings and that things would settle down, which indeed they did. We’re sure everyone will agree that the new system works extremely well and we’d like to thank Anne and Wendy for all the hours they put into making the sessions happen.
The Heart Testing Scheme ran 22 sessions through the UK (including one in Northern Ireland) and one session in Ireland, making a total of 23 sessions.
As always we are indebted to the cardiologists, so a huge thank you to them all for their ongoing support. We were delighted to welcome on board a new cardiologist, Dave Fisher, BVetMed CertSAC CertSAM MRCVS, RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Cardiology and Small Animal Medicine. And in addition, we welcomed back Susan L Roberts, BVMS CertVC MRCVS RCVS, of SLR
Cardiology Referrals, who was one of our original cardiologists working alongside Serena Brownlie- Sykes when the regional heart testing scheme was in its infancy.
We have enjoyed the benefit of heart testing at a reduced cost for many years, and continue to do so, but from 2019 the cost per hound will rise to £50.00 per dog for the full three-part test. This remains exceptional value and super veterans 8 years and over and rescue hounds will continue to be subsidised.
Dates and venues for 2019 will be published directly onto the Health Group website when they become available. If you have signed up for email notifications for website updates, you will be notified as the sessions become available for booking.
Funds - The accounts for the year to 31st December 2017 are published on our website and 2018 accounts will be published once they have been audited and approved. 2018 saw some fantastic results from our amazing fundraisers.
The Irish Wolfhound Community spring raffle raised the magnificent sum of £1,490, adding to the £733 already received from Mandy Addington in January from the sale of Irish Wolfhound Community merchandise, 2018 calendars and greetings cards. More recently, Mandy donated a further £1,100 from the sale of her greetings cards and 2019 calendars, a tremendous effort that raised a similar figure for the other Irish Wolfhound causes, the IW Rescue Trust and PAWS.
Thank you to Helen Ward for the fantastic donation earlier in the year of £600 from the sale of her beautiful Posh Collars – if you haven't bought one of these for your dog, then you should! During the year we also received a very generous donation of £596 from DeWolf Dog Training, so thank you to everyone at DeWolf who contributed towards this.
Several hundred pounds was donated in loose change tins, so a huge thank you to everyone who donates in this way. And a thank you also to Jill Stayte for topping up our supply of loose change tins this year.
Easyfundraising, where participating online retailers give donations when you make purchases on their websites, raised the fantastic sum of £956 in 2018.
All our income is from donations that we receive, and we’d like to thank each and every one of you who contributes to the group in any way, be that by giving money or providing prizes or your time and expertise for fundraising activities - every penny counts and we sincerely appreciate all of you. GDPR in May brought its own challenges, as it did for so many small organisations. The IWHG aims to reach as many owners as possible to inform and educate and GDPR presents just another hurdle to navigate. We make our news as readily available as we can over as many platforms as possible, but as we all know, we can’t just send information out individuals, they have to opt in – that’s all very well if they know where to find the info to opt in in the first place. So we rely on broadcasting our messages and encouraging owners to share through social media, the website, signing up for updates and newsletters and using the KC’s resource to email registered owners. If anyone feels they are missing any updates or have any additional suggestions, please let us know.
The Team – The Spring brought some very welcome news with Caroline Sheppard and Jean Timmins rejoining the Group – a much needed injection of additional experience and energy to help spread the workload. Jean resumed lead responsibility for livershunt projects and also works closely with
Miranda Brace on driving our Pneumonia Study.
Caroline resumed her study into Dentition Study and also her Veteran Study and importantly will also be project lead on FCE/Puppy Paralysis.
Sadly, Linda Forret, our very efficient and capable Secretary over the last few years, decided to step down from the Group and we would like to thank her for all her support, commitment and hard work. The role of Secretary was taken on by Maura Lyons, well known to many already as our Research Coordinator and she is now running both jobs in tandem.
Livershunt –We are delighted to say we have partnered with a new lab for the Breed Livershunt Testing Scheme and welcome the support of Cytopath. We are grateful to IDDEXX, which has had a long-standing association with the breed, but they are now no longer able to continue their earlier preferential rates. We are delighted and grateful that Cytopath have agreed to support the scheme and look forward to many years working with them – thank you, Jean, for organising this. The procedure remains the same as indicated on the previous testing forms, with one main exception: breeders will need to order a pre-addressed envelope from CYTOPATH well in advance of the test being done. All the information needed is on the testing forms which are on the website. GDV/Bloat – At the end of 2018 Nottingham Veterinary School has asked the breed to become involved in a new study on Bloat (Gastric Dilatation Volvulus/GDV), which is already underway with Deerhounds and Greyhounds – it is breed specific, but also will also be reviewed against these other breed studies. This is still considered a very serious condition in IWs so is well worth participating in– we know you are asked to fill in a lot of surveys, but we hope that some of this will bear fruit and help all IWs in the future. Again, details are on the website.
Pneumonia – In December we had an additional drive to generate more surveys for this ongoing study. We would like to thank everyone who responded before the end of the year. We set this deadline so that Dr Angela Bodey MRCVS, who will be doing some further work on this study in early 2019 might have additional data to work with. However, the call for more surveys is ongoing so we continue to ask owners who have had a hound with pneumonia to complete a survey if you haven’t done so already.
BHCP - We had a meeting with the KC in October with representatives from all the Breed Bodies to discuss their first draft and to establish a joint action plan. We are now working closely with the KC to
develop a second draft expected in Spring 2019, working towards a final version by early 2020. A key part of developing the BHCP is using evidence based criteria, so we wanted to have an up to date snapshot of the Breed’s Health Status as a starting point. So, in September we launched our own IWHG Breed Health Survey, which resulted in an excellent uptake, generating 363 responses and we are very grateful to everyone who took part. A report on the initial findings is in the Winter 2018 newsletter and we will be reporting back on this in more detail later in 2019.
As expected heart disease and osteosarcoma are still the most commonly reported causes of death among wolfhounds, which reflects what has been reported in the Annual Health Report for many years now.
However, one of the interesting results from the Breed Survey is that the most common conditions that we take our hounds to the vet for are the same as for all other breeds, namely chronic ear infections, chronic tummy upsets/diarrhoea and skin allergies. Whilst immensely irritating and frustrating for the dog and the owner, these are not usually life threatening.
So we have decided to lead on this in our next Breed Health Seminar on Saturday 9th November 2019 and are delighted to be going ‘Skin Deep and Beyond’ with Rosario Cerundolo, a renowned specialist Veterinary Dermatologist, who will joining us to discuss all things skin and allergies and take questions from the floor. Rosario is a very entertaining speaker and the Seminar is suitable for all Wolfhound owners – so if you’ve ever experienced skin or ear problems with any of your dogs, this is for you!
For more details on any of the topics covered here, or how you can help contribute to the research, please check out our website and newsletters (in the Library section) - and go to the Home page to sign up for regular updates, the latest newsletters and to contact us directly.
Irish Wolfhound Health Group
IRISH WOLFHOUND RESCUE TRUST REPORT 2018
I would like to start by giving my thanks to the trustees of the Rescue Trust who asked me take on the role as secretary, it is a great honour and privilege. Jean Timmins is a very hard act to follow, but she has handed over the reins of a highly organised and robust system that has been helping Irish Wolfhounds for over 50 years. Jean is now a trustee alongside Linda Lees, Jan Pain and Roger Tebbutt as treasurer.
During 2018 we have been lucky enough to be able to offer five weeks' free pet insurance for hounds rescued via the trust. This is in partnership with Agria Insurance who are also the team behind the Kennel Club pet insurance. This has been a huge support to new owners, especially those who are taking on veterans. As is always the case with insurance, any pre-existing medical conditions are exempt and must be disclosed.
2018 has seen a smaller number of hounds through this year. However there has been a larger number of online advertisements with hounds for sale, some unregistered or crossed. In total. six hounds were released to the trust for rehoming during 2018, four bitches and two dogs, with ages ranging from 16 months to almost seven years. Reasons such as divorce, change of housing and other personal circumstances, with two of these hounds requiring specialist foster care.
One hound in particular required long term foster care, aged nearly seven years with little history but nervous of men. Sadly she lasted six months with her foster carer before a tumour haemorrhaged, during this time she enjoyed the company of other dogs and a loving family where she enjoyed sunbathing in the garden. The second hound is currently still in foster care whilst we wait to find a more specialised home as an only dog.
Special thanks go to Kathy Coleman, Sandy Surrell, Jan Oliver, Denise Pateman, and Chris Stevenson who continue to assist rescue as such short notice and often with end of life hounds. We have a great network of breed enthusiasts who have the best interests of Irish Wolfhounds at their core. Thank you to all those who have been so supportive for my first year as secretary, thanks to Roger Tebbutt, Jean Timmins, Jan Pain, Linda Lees, Keith & Marylyn Pursglove, Sheena Evans, Sue Cole, Kim Webb and Mandy Addington. The Trust is also reliant on those of you who give up their time to undertake home visits, dog assessments and keep watch on the internet for advertisements.
My first year as secretary has been enlightening on many levels. Not only is it rewarding to assist with the rehoming of hounds in need, but the passion and love for our breed is evident. Thank you to those who have taken my calls and without hesitation, responded with “Yes, of course I can help”. The Rescue Trust is beholden to you all and more importantly the hounds say thank you.
Wendy Heather, Secretary
Irish Wolfhound Rescue Trust
IWC SHOW RESULTS 2018
All IWC show results, together with photos and judges' critiques, can be found via the main menu.
KC CHALLENGE CERTIFICATE WINNERS 2018
* denotes Best of Breed (1) = no of CCs
Crufts, Mr C Amoo
DCC Myhre's CORMACS TARIQ (1)
BCC Turini Salamon's ITA CH MIRANDA DELLA BASSA PAVESE * (1)
Irish Wolfhound Club, Mr I Sexton
DCC Pask's AMARACH AARON OF BARONGLEN (1)
BCC Amoo's CH SADE PRUDENCE * (5)
Hound Association of Scotland, Mr B Doak
DCC Gargan's IRL CH FERSEITHEAN OF SKERRYHILL (1)
BCC Pinkney's HYDEBECK RULER OF THE STARS JW * (1)
WELKS, Mrs P Marston-Pollock
DCC Pinkney's CH HYDEBECK IMPERIAL RULER JW * (13)
BCC Cramphorn's YELXBA VICTORIA ShCM (1)
Birmingham National, Mrs C E Cartledge
DCC Pinkney's CH HYDEBECK IMPERIAL RULER JW (14)
BCC Amoo's CH SADE PRUDENCE * (6)
SKC, Mrs E Stannard
DCC Pinkney's CH HYDEBECK IMPERIAL RULER JW * (15)
BCC Pinkney's HYDEBECK RULER OF THE STARS JW (2)
Bath, Mrs S Wilkinson
DCC Amoo's CH SADE TYRION * (6)
BCC Sheppard's GOLDSWIFT ENCHANTED LEGACY (1)
Southern Counties, Mr E Engh
DCC Sumner's DUKESARUM ATTICUS * (1)
BCC Sumner's CH DUKESARUM SCOUT (4)
Three Counties, Mrs A Snelgrove
DCC Heather's RAVENSBEECH REVENIO WHITEORCHARD * (2)
BCC Heather's WHITEORCHARD NEBULA (1)
Border Union, Miss D Spavin
DCC Amoo's CH SADE BRUTUS * (5)
BCC Pinkney's CH HYDEBECK RULER OF THE STARS JW (3)
Blackpool, Mrs P Guard
DCC Sumner's DUKESARUM GIACOMO (1)
BCC Sumner's DUKESARUM CHIARA * (1)
Windsor, Mr M Caple
DCC Pinkney's CH HYDEBECK IMPERIAL RULER JW (16)
BCC Amoo's CH SADE PRUDENCE * (7)
Hound Association, Ms C L Pinkney
DCC Tebbutt's CH CAREDIG CARADOG * (5)
BCC Sumner's DUKESARUM CHIARA (2)
East of England, Ms B Adams
DCC Treadwell's GLENGAIL GGILMOUR AT FLOYDIAN (2)
BCC Porter's LINDALL PASSION * (1)
Leeds, Mrs C Sheppard
DCC Severn-Kumar's GAELMARQUE DRAP DE BERRY (2)
BCC Amoo's CH SADE PRUDENCE * (8)
Bournemouth, Mrs C MacLeod
DCC Surrell, Coleman & Simmons's LONNKYLE PILGRIM AT BOKRA (IMP) (1)
BCC Sumner's DUKESARUM GYPSY * (1)
WKC, Dr L Salamon
DCC Amoo's CH SADE BRUTUS * (6)
BCC Amoo's CH SADE PRUDENCE (9)
Birmingham City, Mrs M Pursglove
DCC Amoo's CH SADE TYRION (7)
BCC Amoo's CH SADE PRUDENCE * (10)
Richmond, Mr I Walton-Haddon
DCC Amoo's CH SADE TYRION (8)
BCC Amoo's CH SADE PRUDENCE * (11)
Darlington, Mrs E A MacDonald
DCC Pinkney's CH HYDEBECK IMPERIAL RULER JW (17)
BCC Amoo's CH SADE PRUDENCE * (12)
Belfast, Mrs R Van Veen-Keur
DCC Finney's GULLIAGH VULCAN * (1)
BCC Haughey's DRUIMNACUR ERIN (1)
Irish Wolfhound Club of NI, Ms B Ahrens
DCC Pask's NAPOLEONE DELLA BASA PAVESE (2)
BCC Finney & Finney's IR CH GULLIAGH ALJR * (1)
Irish Wolfhound Society, Ms I de Haan de Levie
DCC Amoo's CH SADE BRUTUS (7)
BCC Amoo's CH SADE PRUDENCE * (13)
South Wales, Mr S Milner
DCC Pask's AMARACH AARON OF BARONGLEN (2)
BCC Amoo's CH SADE PRUDENCE * (14)
LKA, Mrs M Bryce-Smith
DCC Amoo's CH SADE BRUTUS * (8)
BCC Redfern's RAINSTER IZZY (1)
TROPHY WINNERS 2018 For more information about trophies see Trophies page under Our Club. For trophies won at IWC shows see under Show Results. | ||
ANNUAL POINTS TROPHIES | ||
Brabyns Trophy Samando Trophy Van Brunt Cup Sanctuary Cup | Best Living Stud Dog Points at Ch Shows Points at Ch Shows (D) Points at Ch Shows (B) | Tebbutt's BERWYCK ARCANGELO FOR WITCHESBROOM Amoo's CH SADE PRUDENCE Das Purkayastha's BALLYPHELAN ASANSOL AMONG NECKREBAGH Sumner's DUKESARUM LILYBET |
GENERAL CHAMPIONSHIP SHOWS | ||
Manchester Sulhamstead Chall. Cup Perpetual Chall. Trophy Crufts Champion Urla Cup Sulhamstead Ch. Salver KC Challenge Cup Non-Champion Cup (D) Non-Champion Cup (B) WELKS Lady Gardner Beaker No 1 Cup No 2 Cup Veterans Cup Sulhamstead Chall. Cup Bailey Booth Stro. Bowl SKC Bracken Plate Bath Noel Nichols Memorial Blackpool Sulhamstead Chall. Cup Ouborough Chall. Cup Border Union North West Shield Windsor Challenge Cup Typical Head Cup Sulhamstead Chall. Cup East of England Knightellington Cup Knightellington Cup Hound Show Sulhamstead Chall. Cup Van Brunt Cup Paignton Clonara Cup Leeds North West Shield WKC Ystwyth Cup City of Birmingham Buckhurst Trophy Richmond Knightellington Cup Knightellington Cup | Best Dog Best Bitch Best Bitch Best of Breed Best Opposite Sex RCC winner if not Ch. RCC winner if not Ch. Best Post Graduate Best of Breed Best Opposite Sex Best over 5 years old Best Junior Best of Breed Best Junior Best of Breed Best of Breed Best of Breed Best of Breed Best Head Best Junior Best of Breed Best Novice Best Junior Best Bitch Best Dog Best of Breed Best of Breed Best of Breed Best of Breed Best Dog Best Bitch | Amoo's CH SADE TYRION Amoo's CH SADE PRUDENCE Overseas winner – not awarded Overseas winner – not awarded Overseas winner– not awarded Overseas winner – not awarded Bradley's GLENGAIL GGWENDOLYN Pinkney's HYDEBECK RULER OF THE STARS JW Pinkney's CH HYDEBECK IMPERIAL RULER JW Cramphorn's YELXBA VICTORIA ShCM McDonald-Ulliott & Holder's HIBECK MISS DIOR Gregory's BARRASSY'S SHOOTING STAR AT KILLOUGHERY Not awarded Amoo's CH SADE TYRION T Sumner's DUKESARUM CHIARA J & P Sumner's BALLYPHELAN AMADEUS Amoo's CH SADE BRUTUS Amoo's CH SADE PRUDENCE Dawson's AUSTONLEY'S FORTUNE OF SHALICO Addington's WOLFHOUSE DAVINIAH OF WOLVEBRIGG Not awarded Severn-Kumar's GOLDSWIFT DESTINY OF GAELMARQUE Not awarded T Sumner's DUKESARUM CHIARA Tebbutt's CH CAREDIG CARADOG Pask's AMARACH AARON OF BARONGLEN Amoo's CH SADE PRUDENCE Amoo's CH SADE BRUTUS Amoo's CH SADE PRUDENCE Amoo's CH SADE TYRION Amoo's CH SADE PRUDENCE |
NEW CHAMPION 2018
Photo: Roy Edwards
Ch Hydebeck Ruler of the Stars JW
Date of birth: 19 August 2015 Breeder/owner: Ms C L Pinkney
First three CCs awarded at: Hound Assn of Scotland 2018, SKC 2018, Border Union 2018
KC BREED RECORDS 2018
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