What can the KC do for the GSD? - Page 1

Pedigree Database

Premium classified

This is a placeholder text
Group text

Premium classified

This is a placeholder text
Group text

Premium classified

This is a placeholder text
Group text

Premium classified

This is a placeholder text
Group text

Liebe

by Liebe on 06 February 2009 - 17:02

If the KC can do this for collie - what can the KC do for the GSD??

Following the successful staging of the first Show Border Collie Herding Test last October, the Kennel Club has announced the dates of two further tests during 2009.

The tests will be held at Pickering in North Yorkshire on Sunday 24th May 2009, hosted by the Border Collie Club of Great Britain, and at Bredhurst in Kent on Saturday 10th October 2009, hosted by Southern Border Collie Club.

The purpose of the Herding Test, a limited version of a sheepdog trial, is to safeguard the future development of the Border Collie by emphasising the importance of the breed’s natural herding abilities. Border Collies which achieve Show Champion status in the breed ring need to succeed in the Herding Test before being made up to full Champions. However any registered Border Collie which passes the Herding Test will now be entitled to use the letters ‘SBCHT’ at the end of its name.

Caroline Kisko, Kennel Club spokesperson, said: “We are very pleased with the success of this test, which will ensure that the innate behaviour and genes of the Border Collie continue to be valued and rewarded.  “The recognition of a dog’s natural abilities ties in with our Fit for Function: Fit for Life campaign, which aims to ensure that dogs are bred to be fit for their original function and to enjoy their lives to the full.”

The Herding Test consists of five principal elements – Outrun, Lift, Bring/Fetch, Inspection and Drive – working a group of five to ten sheep. Following a review of the initial test in October 2008, details of the requirements have been clarified. Dogs need to pass overall but do not need to pass each section; the stated objective of the Herding Test is ‘to assess a dog’s instinct to herd sheep in a controlled manner and under instruction of the handler’. As it is the dog’s herding ability which is being tested, dogs may be handled by anyone, not necessarily the owner.

When the new Herding Test was announced last year, exemptions were specified for dogs which had been successful in certain trials affiliated to the International Sheep Dog Society (ISDS). A further exemption is now available, for dogs that have passed the ISDS Working Test for Registration on Merit.






 


Contact information  Disclaimer  Privacy Statement  Copyright Information  Terms of Service  Cookie policy  ↑ Back to top