December 2020
What a year 2020 has been! We apologise for the lack of news since Crufts.
Due to Covid -19 there have not been any actual dog shows in the UK other than e.g. online FaceBook virtual shows which have proved popular with some dog owners who are missing the show scene. Anyone can take part in these virtual shows and there are usually a varied selection of classes on offer, something for everyone, where you can post a photo of your dog to be judged alongside others in their class. A bit of fun for everyone and also with a chance of being awarded Best in Show!
Due to Covid -19 there have not been any actual dog shows in the UK other than e.g. online FaceBook virtual shows which have proved popular with some dog owners who are missing the show scene. Anyone can take part in these virtual shows and there are usually a varied selection of classes on offer, something for everyone, where you can post a photo of your dog to be judged alongside others in their class. A bit of fun for everyone and also with a chance of being awarded Best in Show!
7th march 2020 - crufts
This year there were a total of 65 dogs entered in AV Import Register classes at Crufts (25 were WSSD's) an even higher entry than last year! There was a change of Judge due to Mrs Renee Sporre-Willes withdrawing due to ill health and the new selected Judge was Ann Ingram who awarded Best of Breed to a German bred WSSD who is owned by Miss Gea Piek from the Netherlands 'Undercover Vito vom Sutumer Grund' Congratulations to owner and breeders!
The Club Members amongst who's dogs were awarded a highly coveted rosette at Crufts were...
Neil and Angie Allan's French Import 'Prince Snow Allmark du Bois des Ternes' who was awarded Best Puppy.
Helen & Matt Emery's 'Kontrastas Huntsman white von Navajos' who was awarded 1st Junior Dog.
Tracy Brown's 'Kontrastas Hector the Noble with Tamalden' who was awarded 2nd Junior Dog.
John & Jacquie West's French Import 'Ojons Ghost Rider de L'Aige de la Tournelle Shepalian' who was awarded 3rd Post Graduate Dog.
Neil & Andrea Miller's 'Hidden Treasure of Sereno Spirit' who was awarded Reserve Open Bitch.
Well done everyone!!
Full show results below...
The Club Members amongst who's dogs were awarded a highly coveted rosette at Crufts were...
Neil and Angie Allan's French Import 'Prince Snow Allmark du Bois des Ternes' who was awarded Best Puppy.
Helen & Matt Emery's 'Kontrastas Huntsman white von Navajos' who was awarded 1st Junior Dog.
Tracy Brown's 'Kontrastas Hector the Noble with Tamalden' who was awarded 2nd Junior Dog.
John & Jacquie West's French Import 'Ojons Ghost Rider de L'Aige de la Tournelle Shepalian' who was awarded 3rd Post Graduate Dog.
Neil & Andrea Miller's 'Hidden Treasure of Sereno Spirit' who was awarded Reserve Open Bitch.
Well done everyone!!
Full show results below...
Crufts BOB & best puppy
5th - 8th march 2020 - discover dogs/CRUFTS at NEC BIRMINGHAM
Our Club's Breed Booth at Discover Dogs still had plenty of visitors this year as Crufts was permitted to go ahead despite concerns surrounding COVID 19.
Many thanks to our Club Members who volunteered to man the booths with their dogs over the four days. We appreciate the amount of time and effort they put into promoting our beautiful breed.
A superb job done by all, we are so lucky to have such a wonderful team!
*** 1st day (Thursday) was Mike & Lyn with their 'Brax' and Carl & Rebecca with their 'Dodge'
*** 2nd day (Friday) was Neil & Andy with their 'Ezi', Christine & Phil with their 'Yogi' and 'Merlin', Kris & Ben with their 'Kaamos', Vicki and Mark with their Huka.
***3rd day (Saturday) was Zivile & Martin with their 'Finn' & 'Flame', Christine & Phil with their Yogi & Merlin and Mike & Lyn with their Brax. Tracy also popped by with her 'Charlie'
*** 4th day (Sunday) was Kris & Ben with Kaamos, Carl & Dawn with Dodge, Helen with her 'Lobo'
Many thanks to our Club Members who volunteered to man the booths with their dogs over the four days. We appreciate the amount of time and effort they put into promoting our beautiful breed.
A superb job done by all, we are so lucky to have such a wonderful team!
*** 1st day (Thursday) was Mike & Lyn with their 'Brax' and Carl & Rebecca with their 'Dodge'
*** 2nd day (Friday) was Neil & Andy with their 'Ezi', Christine & Phil with their 'Yogi' and 'Merlin', Kris & Ben with their 'Kaamos', Vicki and Mark with their Huka.
***3rd day (Saturday) was Zivile & Martin with their 'Finn' & 'Flame', Christine & Phil with their Yogi & Merlin and Mike & Lyn with their Brax. Tracy also popped by with her 'Charlie'
*** 4th day (Sunday) was Kris & Ben with Kaamos, Carl & Dawn with Dodge, Helen with her 'Lobo'
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January 2020
Our Dogs paper published the results of TOP DOG, TOP PUPPY, TOP BREEDER, TOP BROOD & TOP STUD for 2019
TOP DOG is Bailey of Sereno Spirit (BRAX) owned by Lyn & Mike Dennis
TOP PUPPY is About a Girl The Winter Souls to Shadowshack (POLAR) owned by Pat Milham
TOP BREEDER is Sue Renno (Sereno Spirit)
TOP BROOD is Cova la Gebrada
TOP STUD is Justice Sereno of Buscin's Love
Congratulations on everyone's success in OUR DOGS prestigious competition!
TOP DOG is Bailey of Sereno Spirit (BRAX) owned by Lyn & Mike Dennis
TOP PUPPY is About a Girl The Winter Souls to Shadowshack (POLAR) owned by Pat Milham
TOP BREEDER is Sue Renno (Sereno Spirit)
TOP BROOD is Cova la Gebrada
TOP STUD is Justice Sereno of Buscin's Love
Congratulations on everyone's success in OUR DOGS prestigious competition!
12th & 13th October 2019 - Discover Dogs Excel centre london
As in the previous two years our club members with their dogs did a great job in representing our breed at the Excel Centre in London.
The first day Zivile and Martin with three of their WSSD's Fabs, Heyla and Finn manned the breed booth.
The second day Carl and Dawn attended with their boy Dodge and Mike and Lyn with their Brax.
The first day Zivile and Martin with three of their WSSD's Fabs, Heyla and Finn manned the breed booth.
The second day Carl and Dawn attended with their boy Dodge and Mike and Lyn with their Brax.
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More history in the making with Successful results for our breed in the show ring GROUPS!
There have now been multiple group placings for our breed at Open Shows but recently we have witnessed ground breaking achievements with some group placings at Championship Shows which is a fantastic result for any breed that is only on the Kennel Club's Import Register! A big Congratulations goes to those Club Members with their dogs, onwards and upwards!
28th June 2019 - The 1st occasion was Lyn & Mike Dennis's 'Brax' (Bailey of Sereno Spirit) who made breed history by being awarded a 4th place in the Veteran Group under Group Judge Stuart Band at the prestigious Windsor Championship Dog Show! - Earlier in the day he had been awarded Best of Breed (Best AV import Register) and Best Veteran under Judge (and ex Kennel Club Chairman) Simon Luxmoore. There were 21 entries in AV Import Register (Pastoral)
13th July 2019 - The next occasion we have a double whammy with Pat Milham and her Spanish Import 'Polar' (About A Girl The Winter Souls to Shadowshack) being awarded Puppy Group 2 at the National Working & Pastoral Championship Show under Group Judge Derek Smith after having been awarded Best Puppy and Reserve Best Bitch earlier in the day under Judge Mrs F I Kaye. There were 23 entries in AV Import Register (Pastoral)
also... at NW & P Championship Show was Carl & Dawn Henshaw's 'Hemi' (Dreamweaver of Sereno Spirit) who was awarded Special Beginners Group 3 (Pastoral) under Group Judge Mrs F I Kaye who had also awarded him a 1st place in the Special Beginners Class earlier.
It is wonderful news that it’s our Club Members Dogs that are making history being the first in the breed to have been awarded group placings in Veteran Group , Puppy Group and Special Beginners Group!
28th June 2019 - The 1st occasion was Lyn & Mike Dennis's 'Brax' (Bailey of Sereno Spirit) who made breed history by being awarded a 4th place in the Veteran Group under Group Judge Stuart Band at the prestigious Windsor Championship Dog Show! - Earlier in the day he had been awarded Best of Breed (Best AV import Register) and Best Veteran under Judge (and ex Kennel Club Chairman) Simon Luxmoore. There were 21 entries in AV Import Register (Pastoral)
13th July 2019 - The next occasion we have a double whammy with Pat Milham and her Spanish Import 'Polar' (About A Girl The Winter Souls to Shadowshack) being awarded Puppy Group 2 at the National Working & Pastoral Championship Show under Group Judge Derek Smith after having been awarded Best Puppy and Reserve Best Bitch earlier in the day under Judge Mrs F I Kaye. There were 23 entries in AV Import Register (Pastoral)
also... at NW & P Championship Show was Carl & Dawn Henshaw's 'Hemi' (Dreamweaver of Sereno Spirit) who was awarded Special Beginners Group 3 (Pastoral) under Group Judge Mrs F I Kaye who had also awarded him a 1st place in the Special Beginners Class earlier.
It is wonderful news that it’s our Club Members Dogs that are making history being the first in the breed to have been awarded group placings in Veteran Group , Puppy Group and Special Beginners Group!
BRAX & LYN
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PAT & POLAR
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CARL & HEMI
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annual general meeting - 28th April 2019
Our first AGM will be held at Days Inn, Strensham Svcs, Worcestershire (off the M5) on Sunday 28th April 2019 at 10.30am. All fully paid up Club Members are welcome to attend.
Update...
We had a successful first AGM, thank you to the members who supplied the yummy food and snacks and to all that attended.
Update...
We had a successful first AGM, thank you to the members who supplied the yummy food and snacks and to all that attended.
7th/8th/9th/10th March 2019 - Discover Dogs Crufts at the NEC Birmingham
Day 1 (Thursday) Sue with her Chase and Mike & Lyn with their Brax manned the breed booth, a busy day with interviews and a TV appearance for Mike holding Sue's WSSD Chase on TV Channel 4 Crufts program with Claire Balding.
Stephan Bolliger (GWS & FBBSI President) with his wife Daniela also visited us all the way from Switzerland, brought us some yummy Swiss chocolates too! :-))
Stephan Bolliger (GWS & FBBSI President) with his wife Daniela also visited us all the way from Switzerland, brought us some yummy Swiss chocolates too! :-))
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Day 2 (Friday) it was Pastoral Day at Crufts so a few members were showing their WSSD for the very first time at Crufts. Club Members Christine & Phil with their Yogi, Sarah with her Suvi and Kris & Ben with their Kaamos took turns in covering our breed booth. The first time for all three dogs and they did just great!
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Day 3 (Saturday) Christine & Phil with Yogi and Sarah with Suvi covered a second (extremely busy) day as there were more children visiting the booth being it was a weekend.
Day 4 (Sunday) Carl & Dawn with their Mini & Lyn & mike with their Brax manned the breed booth.
CRUFTS is extremely busy with hundreds of visitors visiting the breed booths over all the four days including a few of our Club Founder Members! All the dogs that attended - Brax, Chase, Yogi, Kaamos, Suvi and Mini were stroked, cuddled, photographed and admired throughout a 7 hour day! This has to be the ultimate test for any dog with groups of people crowding around the breed booth. All Club Members dogs have done an absolute sterling job over these 4 days (along with their owners of course!) and we couldn't be prouder of them all!
Crufts dog show
A few top winning WSSD's came over from Europe to compete at Crufts under Judge Mr R Doedijns (Netherlands) and the Best AV Import (BOB) on the day was a World Winning WSSD called 'Doux of Ice Wine' from Hungary. There were a total 58 dogs (15 being WSSD's) shown in AV Import Register classes competing against the other pastoral breeds on the Import Register. The Club Members amongst who's dogs were awarded a highly coveted rosette at Crufts were John & Jacqui West with their Ghost (Ojons Ghost Rider De L'Aige De La Tornelle Shepalian) who was awarded Best Puppy, Claire Moorhouse with her 'ZZ' (My Girl of Ice Wine at Austonley), daughter of the BOB winner, who was awarded Best Bitch at the young age of 12 months! Carl & Dawn Henshaw with their Hemi (Dreamweaver of Sereno Spirit) was awarded 3rd place in Post Graduate. These awards have also qualified their dogs again for Crufts 2020! Congratulations to all!
Stephan Bolliger (President of the FBBSI in Switzerland) was in attendance on Pastoral day, he had brought over a special token (FBBSI) trophy which was awarded to Doux as he had won BOB.
Stephan Bolliger (President of the FBBSI in Switzerland) was in attendance on Pastoral day, he had brought over a special token (FBBSI) trophy which was awarded to Doux as he had won BOB.
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6th March 2019 - Photo call for the new import register breeds at the NEC for Pre Crufts launch
Lyn & Mike were invited to take their Brax up to the NEC on the Tuesday before Crufts for a photo call with the Press for the pre Crufts launch. What a great photo!
18th January 2019 - Committee Meeting
18th January 2019 - During the Committee Meeting we discussed various items, one of them was the recent Kennel Club recognition of our Breed Club. We will have a busy year ahead!
20th & 21st October 2018 - Discover Dogs Excel centre london
Once again this year our Club had a Breed Booth at Discover Dogs at the Excel in London!
Day one (Saturday) Zivile & Martin manned the booth with their Finn & Flame who did an excellent job of welcoming visitors.
Day one (Saturday) Zivile & Martin manned the booth with their Finn & Flame who did an excellent job of welcoming visitors.
Day two (Sunday) Carl & Dawn with their Mini and Mike & Lyn with their Brax were on duty who again did a great job welcoming visitors.
2018 - May to july
Through May, June & July some Club Members have taken the opportunity in showing their WSSD's at various shows around the UK and in Ireland with many fantastic results! Well done everyone in flying the flag for our breed and may their successes continue! All results can be found in the Breed Notes of Our Dogs Paper also on our facebook page titled White Swiss Shepherd Dog Club of the UK if anyone wishes to join.
We now have a GALLERY page added to our website so if any Club Members wish to send in some photos of their much loved WSSD companions please do so, Photos taken at shows also welcome.
We now have a GALLERY page added to our website so if any Club Members wish to send in some photos of their much loved WSSD companions please do so, Photos taken at shows also welcome.
28th april 2018 - committee meeting
A Committee Meeting was held in Worcestershire the day after some of our Members had successfully shown their dogs at the WELKS Dog Show at Malvern on the 27th. There were many items on the Agenda including a decision to invite non Club Members to join our Facebook page online.
We now look forward to our Breed Club gaining KC recognition sometime in the near future.
We now look forward to our Breed Club gaining KC recognition sometime in the near future.
21st April 2018 - 1st Championship show
Both Brax (Bailey of Sereno Spirit) and Fallon (Golden Image of Sereno Spirit) competed in the first Championship Show available to enter since the Interim Breed Standard was released. This time was at the Working & Pastoral Dog Show in Builth Wells under Jean Lanning. On this occasion Fallon was awarded the Best AV Import on the day, Brax awarded Reserve Best Dog. Again this was a wonderful achievement for our breed.
15th April 2018 - 1st Open SHow
Being the earliest opportunity to enter a KC show since the Interim Breed Standard was released Brax (Bailey of Sereno Spirit) was the first as he had been entered at Camberley & District Canine Society Open Show where there were 13 entries in total for Import Register classes, he was awarded Best AV Import on the day. What a wonderful achievement!
1st April 2018 - The Interim Breed Standard for the white swiss shepherd dog is published!
The new Interim Breed Standard for the WSSD was published in the April edition of the Kennel Club Journal (page 27)
https://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/media/1159576/april-2018-kcj-final-online.pdf
Anyone who wishes to compare the UK Interim Breed Standard to that of the FCI Standard can find them both on the menus above.
Now the Interim Breed Standard has been released we are able to enter our dogs in Import Register Classes at Dog Shows.
29th March 2018 - kennel club press release
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The Kennel Club puts out a Press Release with a heading of 'Range Rover advert creates craze for new dog breed'
https://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/getting-a-dog-or-puppy/finding-the-right-dog/white-swiss-shepherd-dog/ Press Releases from various other sources including 'The Times' regarding this followed swiftly with varying headlines! Fortunately for us our breed is currently not readily available and puppies are scarce with waiting lists in situ as it caused a rise in enquiries from people wanting one now!. We feel the people that truly would like one of these breed to be part of their family will be patient and wait for one. |
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8th - 11th March 2018 - Discover dogs (crufts) at the nec birmingham
This was the first time our Club had a breed booth at Crufts. Some Founder Members including those on the Committee took turns in attending the booth with their dogs over all four days of Crufts. All the dogs did a grand job of meeting and greeting the general public.
On the Thursday 8th March (1st day) at Crufts, the booth was manned by Mike & Lyn with their Brax and Sue with her Fallon & Chai. A busy day for the team meeting and greeting all visitors to the booth.
Stephan Bolliger, the President of both the FBBSI and GWS travelled all the way from Switzerland to visit us for the day and also chatted with some members of the public.
The FBBSI is the International Federation for the WSSD (umbrella organization) and the GWS is the sole breeding club in Switzerland.
On the Friday 9th March (2nd day), the booth was manned by Angela with her 'Lupe' and Claire with her 'Bear' who also did a great job the whole day meeting and greeting all visitors. One visitor being our own Club President Miss Jean Lanning who stopped by to say hello.
On the Saturday 10th March (3rd day) it was Zivile & Martin who manned our breed booth with their Finn & Fabs. being a weekend it was a particularly busy day and they both did marvellously well. We were invited for one of the dogs to take part in a Ring Craft Display for the public in the Activities Ring and Finn was chosen. Zivile & Finn did a fantastic Job and they came 2nd by public applause!!
On the 11th March (4th & final day) we had a full team of helpers! Carl, Dawn, Jenna with their young 'Mini' and Mike & Lyn with their Brax returned for another full day! Both dogs did their jobs wonderfully with meeting and greeting everyone, even at one time an excited baby, just look at that little face! <3
6th March 2018 - Brax is on tv!
At very short notice and the day before we were to travel up to Crufts in Birmingham to set up our breed booth for Discover Dogs we were asked if one of our WSSD could be taken to Broadcasting House in London to appear on the BBC NEWS channel in a live interview along with a Glen of Imaal Terrier, which was substituted for a Dandie Dinmont at the last moment. Photos below are of Brax with Bill Lambert (the KC representative) who was being interviewed while holding both dogs. Brax behaved impeccably without owners Mike & Lyn in sight and was made a big fuss of by various TV crew members. Later, according to the Kennel Club, his photo went viral on Buzz Feed making him No2 on a list of 27 of 'the best damn dogs on the BBC News! just being pipped at the post by a Labrador called Bounce. What a Star!
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26th JAN 2018 - The first litter of WSSD this year and since UK KC recognition are born in Derbyshire (3 boys & 3 girls)
The parents of this litter are Blaise of Sereno Spirit and IR CH Dream Chaser of Sereno Spirit.
21ST & 22nd oCTOBER at DISCOVER DOGS - our CLUB members dogs did a great job in representing our beautiful breed
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Friday 20th October - The evening before a very busy weekend attending our very first Discover Dogs event and the White Swiss Shepherd breed booth is finally decorated and ready for visitors...
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Bandanas sporting our Club logo also ready for Brax, Finn and Fallon to wear while meeting and greeting people at the venue.
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Saturday 21st October - At the end of a very busy first day at Discover Dogs with 2.1/2 year old Finn and 16 month old Fallon. |
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Sunday 22nd October - Today was an exciting day for us as our extremely busy booth was visited by none other than the Prince Michael of Kent who stopped by with his Entourage for a brief chat about our White Swiss Shepherds. ********************* Today it was the turn of 5.1/2 year old Brax to accompany young Fallon in the breed booth. Brax can seen in the video thoroughly enjoying being fussed over. |
THE day arrives that the kC officially RECOGNISES THE wHITE sWISS sHEPHERD dog!
On 1st October 2017 the UK KC officially recognises the White Swiss Shepherd Dog!
eukanuba Discover dogs at the excel centre london - 21st/22nd October 2017
On 19th July 2017 - Our Club has been invited to organise the White Swiss Shepherd Dog breed booth at the Discover Dogs event which will be held at the ExCel Exhibition Centre in London. The breed booth on this occasion will be manned by two Committee Members with two dogs (one male and one female of the breed).
We will also be having a breed booth at Discover Dogs Crufts 8-11th March 2018 at NEC Birmingham, this time for a total of four days. Club Members will be in attendance over those days to offer information on the breed and talk about their own experiences.
Kennel Club press release
Success!! On 19th July 2017 we received notification that there was going to be a press release . The press release made at 10am stated... The White Swiss Shepherd Dog will become the 219th pedigree dog breed recognised by the Kennel Club with effect from 1 October 2017. The breed will be classified in the Pastoral Group on the Imported Breed Register.
The breed, as it suggests, is a type of herding dog developed in Switzerland in the twentieth century. It comes in two coat types, medium-length and long-haired, and has had an FCI breed standard since 2011. A Kennel Club breed standard is being developed and, when this is published, the breed will be able to be entered at Kennel Club licensed shows.
The breed, as it suggests, is a type of herding dog developed in Switzerland in the twentieth century. It comes in two coat types, medium-length and long-haired, and has had an FCI breed standard since 2011. A Kennel Club breed standard is being developed and, when this is published, the breed will be able to be entered at Kennel Club licensed shows.
Applications for both breed recognition & Club recognition is submitted to the KC
January 2017 Applications for both Breed Recognition and for our new 'proposed' Club were submitted to the KC
the White Swiss Shepherd dog CLub of the UK is formed
On Saturday 26th November 2016 ten of us traveled from different sides of the country and as far afield as Ireland to hold our Inaugural Meeting in Worcestershire where our new Club was formed.