Dandie Dinmont enthusiast Paul Keevil with his lookalike dog Crosby. Paul got to the finals of the Crufts Factor with another dog, Jackson.
Just had this from Paul Keevil of British Heritage Dog Breeds:
The Worlds largest ever Sussex Spaniel Gathering - and its in Sussex!
Isn't technology wonderful? (when it's working anyway) Through Twitter I met Paul Keevil, who with Hilary Cheyne, has started the Heritage Dog Breeds website. There is concern at the Kennel Club amongst other places that certain breeds are dwindling numerically.Many of these breeds are long established British breeds, which people are forgetting about with the lure of newly imported foreign breeds. For example, here are some statistics Paul sent me regarding puppies registered with the Kennel Club in 2008: