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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> AM
[mailto:am@pute.freeserve.co.uk] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 14 January 2009 21:56<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'dailydrool@dailydrool.org'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> Basset
Hounds are going to be changing for ever!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Happy New Year to all first!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>And now to reason for posting;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>You probably all already know about this but on the
news today I heard the kennel club has changed breed standards ( See here <a
href="http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/item/2223"
title="blocked::http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/item/2223">http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/item/2223</a>
) in a bid to encourage healthier happier dogs. The Basset Hound breed standard
has changed more than any other dog in the hound group ( See here <a
href="http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/item/2227"
title="blocked::http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/item/2227">http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/item/2227</a>
)and actually more than most dogs!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>From what I can tell it’s reactionary to a
programme made earlier this year which investigated unhealthy breeding practice
– <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7620507.stm"
title="blocked::http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7620507.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7620507.stm</a>
in which the kennel club participated. They were interviewed as part of the
programme but later complained it was edited out of context. Since then, the
BBC have tried to put conditions on the kennel club to withdraw certain breeds
from the show (Don’t know which) if they were to continue televising
CRUFTS as contracted. They couldn’t agree so the BBC aren’t
covering it ( See here <a
href="http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=2187&d=23&h=244&f=3"
title="blocked::http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=2187&d=23&h=244&f=3">http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=2187&d=23&h=244&f=3</a>
) see more about it here <a
href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4229859/Kennel-Club-changes-breeding-rules-after-BBC-suspends-Crufts.html"
title="blocked::http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4229859/Kennel-Club-changes-breeding-rules-after-BBC-suspends-Crufts.html">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4229859/Kennel-Club-changes-breeding-rules-after-BBC-suspends-Crufts.html</a>
and <font color=black><span style='color:black'>supposedly</span></font><font
color="#1f497d"><span style='color:#1F497D'> t</span></font>he whole story here
~ <a
href="http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/1561/the-kennel-club-crufts-and-the-bbc-the-whole-story/"
title="blocked::http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/1561/the-kennel-club-crufts-and-the-bbc-the-whole-story/">http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/1561/the-kennel-club-crufts-and-the-bbc-the-whole-story/</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#1f497d" face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Reading a little further also it seems according to
this BBC page bassets were in the Crufts disputed list ~ <a
href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7779686.stm"
title="blocked::http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7779686.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7779686.stm</a>
and there’s more on the subject matter here… <a
href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3022373/Top-breeder-says-Kennel-Club-is-in-denial-over--deformed-dogs.html"
title="blocked::http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3022373/Top-breeder-says-Kennel-Club-is-in-denial-over--deformed-dogs.html">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3022373/Top-breeder-says-Kennel-Club-is-in-denial-over--deformed-dogs.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#1f497d" face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sounds like bassets will have much smaller ears and
hardly any wrinkles – if any that is in future generations…this
doesn’t fit with our experience of bassets – we’ve not had
any problems because of extra skin or their big ears but we’ve had a terrible
experience with the very painful problems and in our first basset’s case
death that came with spinal disc prolapsed due to their very long backs. And
yet this doesn’t feature obviously that I can see in the new standards ~
which supposedly focus on health and happiness of the dog…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Anyway – wondering what everyone thinks this
might mean for the breed and how it might affect breeding across the pond?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Bests<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Clan of Mug and Mad (April Drool !)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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