by admin | 8 Jun 2020 | Clumber Health and Care, Clumber Spaniel news, Clumber Spaniel Resources, Clumbers the magazine, Recommended
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by admin | 4 May 2020 | Clumber Health and Care
Don’t just take your dog for a walk I am urging you to participate with your dog’s interaction with the environment and you, I don’t want you to be an audience to your dog’s ‘walk’, get involved! Us humans get so wrapped in what we...
by admin | 23 Nov 2017 | About Clumbers, Clumber Health and Care
Well, what can dogs see? —-they don’t see colours as vibrantly as we do, (see photos filtered to show us what dogs see) what we see what dogs see —-they can’t distinguish red from green (Classic Kongs are made to appeal to the owner, not the...
by Jan Irving | 10 Apr 2017 | Clumber Health and Care, ISSUE 120 DECEMBER 2010
Trimming tends to be a bit of a personal issue, the essence being to produce a �neat� dog for the show ring and the user friendly dog for home life. As such a home trim may be a little more brutal in taking a bit more feathering off, or leaving trim lines a bite...
by Jan Irving | 10 Apr 2017 | Clumber Health and Care, ISSUE 118 JUNE 2010
This is a series of articles compiled from my own thoughts and a number of interviews I conducted with breeders, exhibitors, and owners of Clumbers from around the world. The article series is four parts, and has the following format: Brushing (Clumbers June 2010)...
by Jan Irving | 11 Jun 2016 | Clumber Health and Care
So many of the things that annoy us about our dogs are the result of what we have taught them, yes, we usually don’t realize we have taught them these reactions, responses, or behaviours. Pat Parelli, the famous horse trainer, writes on spooking (read shyness,...
by Jan Irving | 10 Jun 2016 | Clumber Health and Care
I hardly have any need, with the volume of information out there, to write specially about dog behaviour or even play bows and what they mean, so I won’t today. However, this is a very informative article I would like to recommend to those interested in learning...
by Jan Irving | 12 Mar 2016 | Clumber Health and Care
Who hasn’t used Veterinarian Google to find out info? I have. However, I would like to point owners of dogs to http://healthypets.mercola.com/ for interesting articles, and if you subscribe to Dr Becker’s newsletter, you’ll get very regular emails...
by Jan Irving | 25 Dec 2015 | Clumber Health and Care
Kong Dental Stick Large – approx 130 mm long x 65 mm across this is a good size for chewy Clumber pups, always supervised and removed and disposed off if worn Made in USA $19.80- Kong Squeezz Ball Large – purple LOUD squeak fairly flexible this size...
by Jan Irving | 28 Oct 2015 | About Clumbers, Clumber Health and Care
Clumbers are the number one chewers in the dog world, the short jaw and the well developed jaw muscle, and the un-impacted rear teeth combine to achieve this, and like all mammals they like to chew. If it is Clumber proof, it is a GOOD product. I gave Jack a product...
by Jan Irving | 8 Dec 2014 | About Clumbers, Clumber Health and Care
So you have met the Clumber, if not, look here So what is a Clumber really like to live with .. What is the expected behaviour? well mannered, polite, responsive, non-intrusive What is their trainability? excellent if handled with forethought and understanding and not...
by Jan Irving | 7 Mar 2013 | Clumber breed type, judging, etc, Clumber Health and Care, Clumber Spaniel Resources, Erinveine News, Indepth Breeding Notes, Showing the Clumber
One of the reasons I gave up Clumbers magazine was so I could dedicate more time to getting together a few Clumber book titles, here is an outline of what I am planning, the design and concepts are still fluid, so if you want to stay up to date, please join the...
by Jan Irving | 11 Oct 2012 | Clumber Health and Care, reviews - dog books and dvds
The Canine Coat Care video series produced by AMP Productions started in 1996 with the initial aim to satisfy the show exhibitor market but was soon expanded to include the pet groomer and owner market. They now have an extensive DVD library catering for a number of...
by Jan Irving | 1 Dec 2007 | Clumber Health and Care
This is just a brief introduction, I hope to get back to add more information later. (yeah, right!) PDP1 (Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Phosphatase 1) deficiency in Clumbers has been demonstrated (Nov 2005) to be a simple autosomal recessive genetic defect. Originally...
by Jan Irving | 30 Nov 2007 | Clumber Health and Care
Bad bite, or malocclussion, is where the upper front/incisor teeth do not gently overlap the lower front/incisor teeth; in the correct bite, the upper teeth lie just in front of the lower ones when the dog’s mouth is closed. You can check this by gently lifting...
by Jan Irving | 14 Mar 2005 | Clumber Health and Care, ISSUE 097 MARCH 2005
published Clumbers Magazine March 2005 Mental health is an accepted issue amongst human society but how often do owners of pets or kennels actually consider the mental health of their dog -for mental health is likely to explain many of the behavioural issues we as...
by Jan Irving | 27 Jun 2004 | Clumber Health and Care
Anaesthetic shock has been reported in the Clumber, here is some information for you. 11-4-94 to Dr Kathryn Brock BVSc DipVetAnaes University of Melbourne Dear Dr Brock An article prepared by you for the Shetland Sheepdog Club of Victoria about breed reaction to...
by Jan Irving | 1 Jul 1998 | Clumber Health and Care
this is from CLUMBER SPANIELS by Jan E Irving 1998, published by Hoflin, USA full copyright is retained on this chapter – it may not be reproduced or distributed without the author’s authority the actual book contains a series of illustrations to...
by Jan Irving | 15 Oct 1954 | Clumber Health and Care
from Leon Whitney in How to Breed Dogs revised edition 1954 One of the most disappointing things that can happen to a dog breeder is to have what appears to be an almost perfect specimen born and raised, only in the last few months of growth to have it become...