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Dates & News:

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

Zimbabwe Kennel Club:

The Zimbabwe Kennel Club office will now only be open on a Friday each week, 09.00-12.00 & 14.00-16.00 CAT.

Local Shows and Fairs

28 May at the Woodlands the SPCA Charity Fun Show & Dog Walk the Walk commences at 08.00 and the Fun Show at 10.00.
25 June at the Woodlands, Open Show breed judges Iona in conjunction with the fun show, the Pedigree Parade, so this is expected to be an enormous show.
1 to 2 July Champion Breed shows " The Ladies Kennel Association's All Breeds Ch. Show on 01 July in Harare, have Carol McCallum-Immelman judging and Hatfield Kennel Club's All Breeds Ch. Show on 02 July have Gerard Robinson judging - both from South Africa;  - Enquiries to starr@mango.zw for Schedules and info.  The Gundog Ch. Show also takes place on 01 July and the Toy Ch. Show on 02 July
30 July at the Woodlands
27 August at the Woodlands
26 November at the Woodlands, again the Christmas Extravaganza show [Contact Editor for booking a stall or a site, to sell your Christmas goodies etc].

Condolences

Ann Hancock’s Conan died on 1^st March having stomach torsion, his brother Nero [Gail’s] also died of stomach torsion earlier. Leigh’s Jonty had to be put to sleep, which was very sad 

News

Ann Hancock was attacked. I have contacted her and the correct story see her E-mail comments.

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Don’t know who told you about me being attacked, but as usual these stories do grow, yes I was beaten up for an hour and a half with lots of verbal abuse in between but did not end up in hospital just booked off work for a week as my Dr could not stop the headaches and bleeding from the ears and on the Friday she discovered I had two dislocated vertebras high up in my neck but am just fine now thanks for your concern. 

Do you know what stands for S S S ? 

Shinga the Sucking Shepherd.

Unbelievable when I saw this dog. After she had had her food she would settle down on her own bedspread and started sucking a small bit of the blanket, no matter what I did to take these pictures from all angles she kept sucking and would close her eyes and change the position of her paws, to give it the occasional kneading as if she was still at her mothers tummy. At times she had her eyes open and then again closed them in complete ecstasy. Has any of you ever seen or heard about a sucking dog? Where Shinga was trained, the trainer had heard of a case.

Bulawayo Kennel Club

The 5-Show Weekend in Bulawayo, held in conjunction with the Agricultural Section of the Trade Fair, increased their entry and had Percy Green and Coen Huyzers, both from South Africa, judging, along with Alex McKinlay from Zambia doing the Group Ch. Shows and the weekend was sponsored by PEDIGREE.  Due to the success of the Weekend, it will again next year, 2007, be held with the Trade Fair on 28/29 April 2007.

Masses of people crowding around the rings with the dogs. Sometimes four rows deep, where we had to take our dogs through to come into the ring. Results see pictures.

Matabeleland Hound Association

BIS went to Di van Zyl's Afghan, D, CH. Dunsandle Zai and Reserve BIS to the BGV(G), B, Debucher Apres Tout; CH . Greystones Andy Flower, D, was 3rd BIS and Scotty Stewart's Ridgeback, D, CH. Pronkberg Renga of Clachan, from South Africa, 4^th BIS