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Dates & News:

ZimDog News, can be accessed from: www.vanerp.net.

Forthcoming events:

24 September a demonstration for fun at Athol Evans Nursing Home at their garden party at 3 in the afternoon. Something like an 11-legged race, musical chairs and a pipe band will perform and Gladys and Pippa will give a demonstration of a Scottish dance.

2 October there will be a training session with the dogs at Mukuvisi Woodlands for all to see. Organized by Simon Pitt.

Before 3 October possibly the Working Breeds Club will hold their championship show. Schedules will be forwarded.

Home for small breed dog in Harare, who can help?

I am looking for: Small breed (Daschund/Jack Russell) Female.

I have a longhaired male Daschund in town and a female Jack Russell cross Daschund and a Pedigree male Labrador on my farm in Selous.

My little one in town - Toffee - needs some company I feel. He interacts marvellously with everything and everyone and is very loving but very lonely during the week with no one to play with      

* Dachsie busy to a comeback

The dachsie seems to come ‘in’ again as a registered dog, according to the amount of pedigree certificates given in 2004. The governing body in Holland ‘Raad van Beheer’ issued 805 pedigrees for the rough Dachsie, that is 30% more than the year before. The rough miniature dachsie had 578 pedigrees issued which made them to be in the top 20 of the popular registered dogs. The big dogs are still competing for the top 5. Number one is the Labrador Retriever.

[What a wealth in the amount of dogs they have in this country compared to Zimbabwe. Editor] 

Regret to be the bearer of bad news.   Ted Bates's wife May suddenly died on 6 September at their home, 30 Takeley Drive Sentosa. Those who wish to contact Ted can get him on 333714 or on e-mail tedb@zol.co.zw

The Funeral was on Tuesday 13th September. Gladys and Ursula very well organized the funeral service for May. Beautiful flower arrangements in the Chapel, wonderful music during and before the service and afterwards tea, coffee and snacks were available. Most of the people there were from the dog fraternity and Ted and his daughter as well as Sheila Ashton [who had just come back from her holiday] and many more were attending.

Unfortunately Ted’s car window was smashed and Helen’s suitcase was grabbed out of the car, when she was fetched. Ted had not thought that a dog would have been the answer to that problem, which happens here regularly on the airport road near the new post office.

Eulogy

May was born on 24-06-1940 at North Middlesex Hospital; she grew up in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. Her early life in a foster home was not a happy one.

May and Ted met through friends, and after a short courtship, when May was 21, got engaged. After they were married they moved to Woodgreen, London where their daughter Helen was born.

In 1969 they moved to Hemel Hampstead, then to get away from the English weather they decided to move to Pretoria, South Africa and in 1975 once again decided to move, but this time to Zimbabwe [which then was called Rhodesia]

May devoted her life to her family only going out to work for a short period, at the BS Leon Home as a nursing aid.

Heather Armstrong was not at the obedience show, and heard that she is house bound with a very bad bout of sciatica. This has happened before but this time it was so bad that they had to cut short their holiday in Kariba.

The Armstrong's were also planning to build at Borrowdale Brooke, but then decided rather to buy a ready made house there. This all had to happen while poor Heather was in such pain and she is now settled at Borrowdale Brooke and is slowly on the mend and able to do a little clearing up in their new home. Wishing her a good recovery and all the best.

Helen Brown competed in Class C at last Sunday KCH Show, had a fall and to top that her puppy jumped up and now she was walking around with some blue markings on her face. Charming to see! Yes dogs and our hobby have a lot to answer for.

Gill Houghton is booked for a knee operation on 3 October and will be house bound for 6 weeks after that. In the meantime Working Breeds Club is sorting out their Championship show breed and obedience before that date so Gill can judge the breed side of the show.

New addition to the Obedience group

Three 5-month-old border collies have found homes with obedience-orientated handlers. Linda Lamb, Helen Brown and Naomi Chudi are the new owners and will soon start training their new babies. Good luck with these lovely animals. Above is Naomi Chudy showing off her ‘oldie’ and the new pup.

A GIFT TO MAN

When god created German Shepherds so my father did maintain,
He took some tireless muscle.and mingled it with brain.

He added grace and carriage and a sure foot, agile gait,
With a sense of noble bearing and courage as a trait.

When he used these ingredients to meet his masters plan.
When his creation was completed he gave this wondrous gift to man.

Dates and Shows

KCH Obedience Championship Show  11 September: JUDGES

                                MR C R EDWARDS                        Beginners Class, Class A and Class C
                                MR R ELLIS                                    Novice Class, and Class B

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