by Jan Irving | 11 Jul 2010 | About Clumbers
Most people offer Clumbers from eight weeks of age – I think this age is too young, let me tell you why! It has become the norm to offer puppies of all breeds at 8 weeks of age, and that sort of fits in with vaccinations, if the buyer is prepared to do the...
by Jan Irving | 11 Jul 2010 | About Clumbers
The Clumber is a spaniel family member – and as such has and displays many of the qualities of that ‘race’. These spaniel qualities include: – a reasonable sized head compared to the body (compare the wolf’s head to its body), wider in...
by Gail C Parker | 11 Dec 2009 | reviews - dog books and dvds, Showing the Clumber
Book Review By Gail C. Parker Dog Show Judging The Good,the Bad, and the Ugly by Chris Walkowicz What an interesting book!! Even for someone who has no intention of judging, this book is a must-read! It gives judges (and those who want to become judges) all...
by Jan Irving | 6 Jun 2009 | About Clumbers, reviews - dog books and dvds
I was sent this link recently, it is a brilliant piece, and I will no doubt stretch my budget to the whole book. The extract looks primarily at the aged dog and humans’ attitude to aging....
by Jan Irving | 13 Apr 2009 | Showing the Clumber
Here is a quick sample on improving the image. The first photo shows a show practice class and free standing, the handler is standing in front and allowing the dog to just stand naturally but smartly. A novice dog, he is lifting his head too high, so the lay of his...
by Jan Irving | 13 Apr 2009 | Clumber breed type, judging, etc
Welcome I have been asked to present the breed lectures for the Clumber and Sussex Spaniels – this is not just a lecture or a review of the breed standards as adopted in Australia, but (I hope!) a learning experience for all. The material and resources will be...
by Jan Irving | 23 Mar 2009 | Indepth Breeding Notes
from his article Breeding for the Future published Our Dogs Christmas Number 1964 Every mating should be regarded as representing a stage in a deliberate and progressive breeding programme, the aim of which is to build up a strain that may be relied on consistently to...
by Jan Irving | 7 Mar 2009 | About Clumbers
I know there has been a hue and cry, particularly in the USA, about puppy millers, and I am also aware a lot of dogs have had to be rescued to and re-homed from ‘homes’ that pups from such places have been sold to. This article is an article so YOU as a...
by Jan Irving | 20 Jan 2009 | About Clumbers
Here is a collection of quotes on the topic about when Clumbers first appeared at Clumber Park. JOHN MANSELL, GAMEKEEPER TO THIS GRACE THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE, HOUGHTON KENNELS, OLLERTON, NOTTS in THE FIELD 1870 I do not know the exact date of the spaniels being...
by Jan Irving | 18 Jan 2009 | About Clumbers, Indepth Breeding Notes
This is a complicated issue, often ignored or misunderstood. This article is not complete, but gives some information which I will perhaps remember to add to later. HEALTHY EYES An excellent eye, firm but not tight rim, no sign of entropion or extropion, minimal sign...
by Jan Irving | 18 Jan 2009 | Indepth Breeding Notes
This is a complicated issue, often ignored or misunderstood. This article is not complete, but gives some information which I will perhaps remember to add to later. Try rating these x ray plates of Clumber hips yourself: plate one plate two plate three Check out these...
by Jan Irving | 18 Jan 2009 | Indepth Breeding Notes
This is a complicated issue, often ignored or misunderstood. This article is not complete, but gives some information which I will perhaps remember to add to later. A sample of a correct/scissor bite in the breed, although in breeding I lean for a full depth scissor...
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 | 12 Dec 2005 | Showing the Clumber
This will contain photos and examples for show exhibitors. It will cover free standing and ‘stacking’ a phrase that still grates on me after all these years, we should be doing no more than offering feather light touches to encourage our dogs to stand at...
by Jan Irving | 2 Dec 2005 | About Clumbers
2006 Dead End by Mariah Stewart (Mass Market Paperback – 30 May 2006) Excerpt – page 312: ” … our house, sleeps in his bed. This big, hairy thing. Clumber spaniel, you ever seen one of them” 2004 Google book search on...
by Jan Irving | 18 Jul 2005 | Indepth Breeding Notes
Are you only looking for angulation at the hock? Dogs have a pelvis, the upper thigh (femur) articulates with that and then at the knee/stifle the femur articulates with the lower thigh (tibia) which articulates with the hind cannon through the hock – you need...
by Jan Irving | 1 Jul 2005 | Clumber breed type, judging, etc
Are you only looking for angulation at the hock? Dogs have a pelvis, the upper thigh (femur) articulates with that and then at the knee/stifle the femur articulates with the lower thigh (tibia) which articulates with the hind cannon through the hock – you need...
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...