Newtownards & District Canine Club
Ards Club Entertain Chernobyl Children.
Last year when the Irish Kennel club hosted the European show in Dublin, we had about 4 bus-loads of exhibitors from former Soviet Union countries and many many dogs, made the journey overland and sea to Ireland.
The long journey was well worth it for many of the these visitors, as they took home Europe and Irish Championship titles on their dog as well as other major awards from the Euro show and the breed specialty shows held as well that week-end.
Dog showing has become very big in these former Soviet Union countries and many their breeders are totally devoted and strive all the time to improve their breeding stock. Traveling long distances to obtain new dogs and just to exhibit seems not to be a big barrier for Russian exhibitors and at all the major European shows you can see their big buses loaded with dogs and owners. Within a short number of years these Eastern bloc breeders have proved themselves very clever at producing top winning dogs and now it’s accepted that some of the world’s top dogs and breeders of certain breeds come from these countries.
So now only 14 months later, it’s nice to see this time Chernobyl children getting involved with a Canine Club while visiting Ireland.
The Newtownards & District Canine Club recently entertained a group of Chernobyl children who were on a three weeks holiday staying with host families in Northern Ireland. The Ards Club invited the children from the Ukraine region to their Charity dog match night.
What a wonderful thrill it must have been for the children, many looking very wide-eyed at all the beautiful dogs partaking in the match, and certainly the highlight for the children must have been when many of them took part in the Children handling class, Some looked really old hands at it showing a lot of skill and a natural affinity with their new canine friends.
Our congratulations must go to Eddie and Gail Patterson and the other members of Ards Canine Club for putting so much effort into organizing this great event for the children, most certainly a highlight for some of the children of their Irish visit.
To-day Newtownards Club are holding an All Breed Open show in aid of local charities and we wish them lots of success with that.
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