AHT Breeding Advice

Here is the AHT’s current advice for breeding from dogs who are related to confirmed idiopathic epileptics.

The over-enthusiastic removal of too many dogs from our gene pool could reduce the diversity of the breed and bring other inherited diseases to the fore. Relations of confirmed idiopathic epileptics (siblings, offspring, parents) that are used for breeding, should be mated to a dog that has no common ancestors within 3 generations. Click on Read More for the full AHT article.

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NWTG Lou and Buddy

I have been asked to put a few words together to tell you all about my experience of the North West Spinone group.

Having a busy boy who needs plenty to do I thought it would be a good idea to have a go at a bit of gundog work.

I went to a couple of groups but to be honest I felt a little out of my depth and then I heard about the North west group and felt that as it was more focused on working the Spinone and HPR’s it may be more suitable.

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AHT Epilepsy Research Update

What stage are we at with this research?

Scientists at the AHT have conducted a genome-wide association study (genome scan) in the Italian Spinone in an attempt to identify regions of the DNA that might be involved in idiopathic epilepsy, as currently the mode of inheritance or genetic complexity of idiopathic epilepsy in this breed is unknown.  This report summarises the results of our investigations and suggests future directions.

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Working Gundog Certificate

Working Gundog Certificate

 

What is it? How can I get more information?
 
The best place to get more information and help understand it is by visiting the link below which will take you to the Kennel Club (KC) Website. The aim of the Working Gundog Certificate is to provide credible proof that a handler and dog are a competent partnership with the qualities to fulfil the general requirement of work on a shoot.
 

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