Welcome
The Clumber Spaniel League Victoria is Australia's first ever Clumber club, despite the breed arriving in Australia in 1883. The first pair came to Victoria direct from the ancestral home of Nottinghamshire's Clumber Park in the northern reaches of the famous Sherwood Forest.
The CSLV was founded in September 1997 at the Melbourne Royal by Jan Irving, Lisa Franke and An Cerato, who were soon joined by Sandra Sanim, and Dorothy Chisman. In April 2004, the centenary year for the UK's own Clumber club, the Victorian Canine Association accepted the CSLV affiliation application.
Major work was undertaken in 2004 to raise a minimum saving fund of $2400 to cover the equivalent of ten years' affiliation and incorporation fees, and then attention will turn to health and rescue funds. The first shows will be held in Skye on July 10th 2005.
Foundation members were Jan Irving, Lisa Franke, & An Cerato
Inaugural members were Sandra Sanim & Dorothy Chisman
while the website is being rebuilt - please excuse the chaos. The old website is accessible through www.erinrac.com/cslvOLD for the time being
this is your site administrator, there are things that niggle me about this system, so I plan to write a simpler and easier to use membership site. In the meantime watch here for major announcements, etc
want more information about Clumbers and litters, click here to access our membership list!
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What's Happening with Clumbers in Oz!
| dates are YEAR-MM-DD | SHOWS 2010 Well, another exciting year of shows under our belts. Disappointing not to have more kennels represented in the main section, but there was a strong contingent of new breeders in the Baby Puppies - we look forward to renewing acquaintances in 2011!
Best in Show Championship Show 2010 - Irving's Ch Erinveine Veni Vidi Vici - judge Ms S Yla-Mononen - Finland, entry 20
Best in Show Open Show 2010 - Teniswood's Ch Erinveine Vide et Crede - judge Ms H Pereya, entry 24
Litter brothers take out the 2010 shows!
check for more info 2010-06-15
| CLUMBER PUPPIES AND BUYING A CLUMBER The CSLV is the only Clumber Club in Australia and we welcome overseas members too. All our members sign up to a strict Code of Ethics and a strict Code of Practice to ensure only the best and healthiest Clumber Spaniels are bred and that buyers can be sure they are offered a fair deal and a great dog. The CSLV represents Clumber Spaniel breeders who have Clumber Spaniel puppies for sale in Australia and New Zealand. read more check for more info 2010-04-02
| RESEARCH SUPPORT REQUEST Roe is of course instrumental in the Clumber Spaniel Health Foundation and a successful breeder & exhibitor of Clumbers (BlueMoons prefix, USA)
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As I'm sure you have heard, I'm working for the Van Andel Research Institute now. We are intensely focused on hemangiosarcoma research, along with four other cancers (lymphoma, osteosarcoma, melanoma and malignant histioctyosis).
I am really trying to boost sample recruitment. We need blood samples and/or dna from Clumbers who have or have had hemangiosarcoma. Any help you can give us in this respect will be greatly appreciated.
Talk to you soon,
Roe
Roe Froman, DVM
Senior Veterinary Research Scientist
Van Andel Institute
333 Bostwick Ave NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
616.234.5556
www.vai.org/helpingdogs check for more info 2010-03-16
| 2010 CHAMPIONSHIP & OPEN SHOW The show will be held at KCC Park on Sunday 13th June 2010, judging commences at 8.30am ---- judge is Ms S Yla-Mononen (Finland) click here for schedule
Rarer Gundog Spaniel Club have their Championship Show and Open Show (Schedule now available) at Bulla on the following day Queens Birthday holiday Monday)
and CSLV will hold a Clumber BYO Picnic and Open Show at Bulla on Queen's Birthday Monday! schedule coming soon check for more info 2009-12-09
| 2009 CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW Best in Show Akerman's NordU US Au Ch Sugar Loaf Hertig Knut
Runner Up Best in Show Teniswood's Ch Erinveine Vide et Crede
Our Championship show attracted 17 entries, which is consistent with the entries fro the past five championship shows. We would welcome more entries, and strive to accommodate the busy lifestyles of Clumber owners across Australia by moving the show each year - always in the cool months of April to October to allow safe road travel without excessive heat. We also choose to exhibit at the state's best grounds with fabulous lawns and a superb indoor complex, as well as contract overseas judges.
DVD now availablesold out!
check for more info 2009-11-01
| FCI GUIDELINES CIRCULATED WITH THE ANKC VISION FOR THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF PEDIGREE DOGS The ANKC have drafted and circulated to all clubs The ANKC Vision for the Health and Welfare of Pedigree Dogs (May 2009), attached to which is the FCI Breed Specific guidelines. check for more info 2009-06-23
| CLUB SHOWS & EVENTS IN 2009 The Club Championship Show will be conducted on note change of date & venue Friday 30th October 2009 KCC Park - picnic event! (Saturday 31st October 2009:Victorian Gundog Club & Rarer Gundog Spaniel Club Champ shows (part of the Cup Day Weekend) - we have made arrangements to have an all breeds UK judge with extensive experience and a high regard for the breed to judge.
There will be no Open Show this year, instead we are conducting two Members Comps (you do need to be a financial CSLV member to compete) during the lunch break at Caulfield & District Kennel Club's Championship Show on Saturday 23rd May - at KCC Park.
If you have any suggestions for either day's Clumber showing please contact the Show Manager Carolyn McMaster canowna@ iinet.net.au
SCHEDULE NOW AVAILABLE check for more info 2009-05-25
-join CSLV now :-)-
-2009 championship schedule-
| HOW MANY CLUMBERS ARE THERE? From time to time we are asked to supply registration numbers for the breed in Australia - here is a summary from more recent years.
The information has been drawn from ANKC records, you should be able to find the national registration statistics each year on their website www.ankc.org.au check for more info 2009-04-11
| SHOWING IN VICTORIA Revitalising Shows – Exhibitor Arrangements
Following the meetings of the Management Committee held in January and February this year, a number of important decisions have been made, which I list below for the attention of members.
These decisions have been made with the best interests of all exhibitors in mind. The Committee has received a consistent stream of complaints over recent months concerning crowding around the rings, crowded (and sometimes dangerous) parking arrangements, and a general level of concern about selfish behaviour in the way some exhibitors set up around the rings to the detriment of everyone attending.
The following arrangements now apply:
1. All marquees are to be set up with the narrow side to the ring, to minimise large set-ups to the exclusion of many other exhibitors.
2. No-one is permitted to set up prior to the day of the show, and in the event of it being a double show, prior to the day of the first show.
3. All signed parking directions are to be strictly adhered to, and members who fail to park safely, or who park in no-parking areas may have wheel clamps and other obstructions applied.
4. Plastic tape must be used for all evening shows, to increase visibility. The Management Committee appreciates that twilight shows are becoming increasingly popular, and in addition to any chain or rope set-up, white tape must be placed on the ground for outdoor twilight shows.
I hope that with these directions, exhibitors can continue to enjoy shows free of inconsiderate ring set up and car parking behaviour.
ELIZABETH WHITE
Chief Executive
VCA check for more info 2009-02-26
| NEW BREED STANDARD The English Kennel Club have released the revised breed standard for the Clumber, under current ANKC policies this standard will be adopted in Australia.
The major alterations/changes are in essence in the choice of words rather than a wholesale change in type or form. Checked out changes in General Appearance (reference to condition and purpose), Head and Skull (removal of the word massive), Eyes (free from all obvious eye problems), Forequarters (now moderation in bone size), Body (now moderately long AND well muscled rather than looking for extreme depth), and Weight (a reduction in the ideal weight for the male by 5% and a range is given rather than one figure). check for more info 2009-01-13
-Breed Standard-
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