Research Testing for cord1 PRA in Miniature Wires

The Animal Health Trust has made the Cord 1 PRA test available to owners of Miniature Wire Dachshunds since 1st January 2010.

They have now kindly offered to test a “research sample” of Miniature Wires to try to estimate the frequency of the mutation within the variety. To date there has been one “affected” dog and some “carriers” tested so the Cord1 mutation is clearly in the Miniature Wire population, albeit in a very small way.

The Animal Health Trust is willing to do this testing free of charge and would report back breed statistics anonymously to the Breed Council as this data will help the Trust and the Breed Council determine the best advice for breeders to follow. Owners can receive their individual results.

The testing needs to be done on 50 different dogs, by 50 different sires out of 50 different dams. By testing this number of relatively unrelated dogs a fairly good estimate will be obtained of the frequency of the mutation within the breed.

Anybody willing to have their dogs tested should contact the co-ordinator Judy Squires (Miniature Dachshund Club) at Tel. No. 01480 462813 or email squires@wirehall.freeserve.co.uk

Please state your name, address and telephone number – as the testing kits will be sent direct from the Animal Health Trust to the owner – also the full name of the dog to be tested and the name of the sire and dam and whether it is of English, Continental or other breeding, as a good cross-section is required.

The names of those participating and details of their dogs will be kept confidential and will only be recorded by the co-ordinator and the AHT.

Dachshund Breed Council Newsletter for May 2010

The May 2010 Newsletter contains details of how you can participate in two research programmes:

cord1 (PRA) in Mini Wire Dachshunds


Epilepsy

Both programmes are being run by the Animal Health Trust and require cheek swab samples. The MW cord1 programme is being co-ordinated by Judy Squires of the Miniature Dachshund Club.

Kits to provide samples to add to the epilepsy research programme can be obtained directly from the AHT – full details are in the Newsletter.

PLEASE NOTE:

The epilepsy research referred to here is not Lafora’s testing. It is Idiopathic Epilepsy research. They are collecting samples to try to find the gene(s) causing epilepsy. If you want Lafora’s tests, please contact the Wire Club.

http://sunsongdachshunds.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/dbc-news-may-10.pdf

Update Online Competetion

Hope your all busy snapping away. Deadline for the commpetetion is 1st July 2010.

Georgie has done the most amazing job collecting a amazing range (please see list here http://www.dachshundforum.co.uk/main/show)

Pleased to annouce that Dogs Monthly will be doing an article on the show so please don't forget to get your copy. http://www.dogsmonthly.co.uk/

Channel Island Group up and running

htpp://www.cidachshunds.webs.com

New Channel Island Dachshund group, trying to connect people with dachshunds.

Channel Island Group

COMING SOON

Very soon there will be the first channel islands dachshund group. We are hoping to help support the meeting of dachshunds all over the UK, to enjoy sunshine, sea breeze walks all over the channel islands. Check back for more information.

If your interested in helping, or would like some support from the dachshund forum please contact us on:

dachshundforum@hotmail.co.uk

we look forward to hearing from you.

Updates...

All information for the online compeition can now be found at

http://www.dachshundforum.co.uk/main/show

Don't forget not just dachshunds can enter...

Also sponsorship for Jane and Joy's CaniX isn't going to well. We are in need of your support donate now. PLEASE
You can sponsor us for Daxaid and Roots through paypal via the paypal address canixfunds@hushmail.com

Visit http://www.dachshundforum.co.uk/main/canix

Online show ending 1st July 2010

Check out the Dachshund Forum Page for all the information on the online dog show

http://dachshundforum.co.uk/main/show

Now open for all to enter... There will be a flicker account opening soon so you can see all the entries. The show will close midnight on the 1st July 2010...

A massive thanks goes to Georgie who has managed to get some amazing prizes, thank you to everyone who has donated. Its not too late if you would like to donate something.

Get in touch dachshundforum@hotmail.co.uk

Digging into the great dachshund decline

Digging into the great dachshund decline

http://www.thelocal.de/society/20100325-26099.html

Two Couch Potatoes, Two Dachshunds, 4 Miles.

Joy and I have entered the Neolithic Canicross event on May 2nd this year. Joy is taking a mini long Pebbles, I'm hoping to take Isaac (have a JRT as back up - the boy at the moment is being far too well behaved to pull forward as needed) and we have a four mile run from the Bustard Inn to Stonehenge.

We are looking for sponsors. Monies will be split equally between Daxaid and Roots Nursery School

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/sunsong/sda/daxaid.htm   and   http://rootsnurseryschool.org/

We will be up against all these superfit chaps and chapesses with their wonderful Malamutes etc, and neither of us really are in any fit shape (unless you count round. Round is a shape**) so we are badly in need of some added incentive in the way of at least being able to reflect that we raised lots of cash for good causes while we count our blisters afterwards!

You can sponsor us for Daxaid and Roots through paypal via the paypal address canixfunds@hushmail.com or we would be very happy to take a cheque or postal order at our home addresses. If you send a cheque or PO please add an address so we can send a receipt and a thank you. Both of us will be at WELKS (just before the race) and the National (just after)though we may still be hobbling and not speaking to each other at the National...

Jane Ashwell-Carter

**Sorry Joy - I owed you that one

Dachshund forum Online Show - 2010

The very first DACHSHUND FORUM online show...

All money raised from this will go to charity, if you have an idea who we should be supporting then please join the forum and add your vote. We raised a massive £322 from our calendar sales at christmas for daxaid. So please dig deep and get snapping...

List of Classes:

1) Prettiest Bitch

2) Handsomest Dog

3) Most Appealing Eyes

4) Happy Families

5) Best Rescue

6) Best Puppy (under 12 months)

7) Golden Oldie

8) Mans Best Friend (You & Your Dogs)

9) Dachshund Friend (AV Breed)

10) Anything but a dachshund

11) Fancy Dress

12) Dachshund Forum Class

13) Naughest dachshund

14) Best look a like

15) Dachshund the judge would most like to take home

16) Dachshund Mum Of The Year

17) Dachshund Dad Of The Year


* Best Puppy in show

* Best In show

* Reserve Best in show

Prices and certificates will be awarded, if you would like to sponser a class please let me know.

Entry:
Please label picture/email:
Your name
Email address
Postal address (if you win we would like to send you a certificate and your prise)
Class to be entered
Name of Dog
Sex
Age

50p pre entry. Enter as many times as you like. None dachshund photos welcome (apart from in the classes that state for dachshunds)
Donation button on the fourm or paypal to joy-middleton@hotmail.co.uk Or email this address to send a cheque. People who are not part of this forum can enter as well. Apart from class 12) which is for forum members only.
Any questions please email dachshundforum@hotmail.co.uk