Discover Dogs

It's that time of year again, the fantastic event that is Discover Dogs, I can highly recommend this event, as you might just discover yourself! or discover your perfect breed of dog, or maybe even discover an activity that you never knew existed?

It's not to late to get your tickets and get yourself down this weekend.  

There is nothing better than seeing so many happy wagging tails, and seeing all the brilliant work that goes into this huge event. 

Sponsored by Royal Canin, the event is expected to welcome over 26,000

visitors and 3,000 dogs over the two days of the show.

The event provides a fantastic opportunity for visitors to meet, greet

and discover over 200 different breeds of purebred dog, and learn all

about the distinctive personalities, traits and looks of each breed and

how to buy the perfect canine partner.

Discover Dogs began in 1996 and has now become one of the must-sees in

the canine calendar. It is a fantastic experience and one that can't be

missed by any dog lovers.

And now the countdown has begun for this year's show. Discover Dogs,

organised by the Kennel Club, is London's leading dog event and this

year, our 15th event will be showcasing 200 breeds of pedigree dog for

visitors to meet, so if you like dogs you will love Discover Dogs.

Some info about what's on - http://www.discoverdogs.org.uk/whats-on

and here's just a sneak peak of what's going on

 Companion Dog Club Competition 

Scruffts - Family Crossbreed Dog of the Year Final

200 breeds of pedigree dog for visitors to meet and learn more about

   Young Kennel Club Competitions

   Kennel Gazette Junior Warrant Semi Final (which will put on show potential Crufts champions of the future)

Dog Agility and many different doggy demonstrations

 Dog Photographer of the Year 2011 photographic competition - winners' display

    Trade Stands (2011 list available later this year) - over 100 stands selling all you can possibly imagine for you and your dog.

      Online Kids Zone and YKC

and of course the important bit-

http://www.discoverdogs.org.uk/ticket-office

What more do you need to know? Well o.k, maybe a little bit more, did you know that there will be a brilliant new scheme launched at Discover Dogs this year.

DOGS NEW WEAPON IN BATTLE AGAINST CHILD ILLITERACY

The Kennel Club is launching a charitable foundation that will help to bring dogs to children as reading companions, in a bid to halt the staggering decline in child literacy.

Zoe Wanamaker is the first celebrity to support the Kennel Club’s new Bark & Read Foundation, which is being launched after figures revealed that one in five children leave school unable to read or to write.

This new project will help to support the network of dogs that can be taken in classrooms, libraries and other places of learning to help children develop confidence about reading out loud to a non-judgemental companion.

The project will be officially launched at the Kennel Club’s Discover Dogs event, taking place on 12-13 November at Earls Court. Children, who if under 12 go free to the event, will be able to read to dogs in a dedicated reading corner. The Kennel Club will also be hosting reading days at its library based in Piccadilly, which holds the largest collection of dog literature in Europe.

There are two charities that take dogs into schools in the UK, which the Bark & Read Foundation will support, Reading Education Assistance Dogs (READ) and Pets As Therapy, through their Read 2 Dogs programme. The latter is active in more than 40 schools across the country but the Kennel Club wants to see even more children benefiting.

Speaking about the project Zoe Wanamaker, said: “Reading is such an important skill that is used in every part of our lives, but it can be a scary and intimidating experience when you are young.

“As with anything in life you have to practice, practice and practice to get better. That is why the Kennel Club’s Bark & Read project is such an inspiring idea, as we all know that dogs are great listeners and won’t judge if we stumble over a word. The concept makes reading time fun and helps to develop children’s self esteem and passion for reading while they’re still finding their voice. If children aren’t inspired to read then they will just turn to their play-stations and x-boxes instead.”

Caroline Kisko, Kennel Club Secretary said: “Dogs don’t judge, they don’t laugh or correct if a child makes a mistake. In short, dogs are simply great listeners which makes all the difference for children who are struggling to read. They caught onto this idea in the States a long time ago and there is plenty of proof that it works.

“We have set up the foundation, as part of our Charitable Trust, to support those charities in the UK that are doing amazing work by taking dogs into schools and other places to help children to read. We hope that people will support the project by donating money or, if they have a dog, by coming forward and seeing if they could be a potential volunteer so that more children can benefit.”

Mrs Morgan, Learning Support Assistant at St Matthews Primary School in Middlesex spoke about the difference that reading to dogs has made to one of her pupils, when he met Pets As Therapy dog, Henry. She said: “There was one boy in our class who had extremely low self esteem and was declared to be essentially mute.

“On his first visit to Henry, he read his entire book, without error and in an audible voice.  He would take sly looks at Henry but did not interact with him.  In the weeks that followed, progress has been exceptional.  His reading has dramatically improved and so has his confidence in reading aloud.  He will now actively contribute ideas and is thrilled when he is praised and valued.  Despite various past interventions and strategies, nothing has come close to reaching him in the way that Henry has.”

Claire Claydon, a head teacher at Brightlingsea Juniors’ School and a Pets As Therapy volunteer, said: "As a head teacher and a Pets As Therapy volunteer I have seen what a difference reading to dogs makes. It builds the children’s confidence to a degree that we never imagined possible and they actually look forward to reading time. Another factor that we never planned for, that turned out to be really important, is that the child feels like they’re being the teacher, the one responsible for helping the dog to understand the story.”

www.thekennelclub.org.uk/barkandread

So what are you waiting for, get your tickets now!

The North East Dog Directory

For some silly reason, at the start of my final year at university I decided to take it upon myself to start a new project.


This is the general idea- (taken from our Faceook page) www.facebook.com/tnedogdirectory


I need your help to generate as much of a buzz as possible, the more people the better. I will keep everyone updated over the next few weeks about how the meetings go.


Welcome to the one stop resource for everything and anything dog related in the North East. A comprehensive directory comprising of the best services, events, charities and much more in the North East. 


Would you like to get involved? Read below to find out how to get an album in our gallery with our visual directory, and find out what we are doing. 


This page was created as a replacement for another page I created 'Northumberland Dog Services' in order to have a page title that incorporates the whole of the North East. You are welcome to post your page links, events, questions, or anything else on the wall, any links that you leave will also appear as a list in our 'links' tab.

Want to find a dog training club? Want to find local doggy walkers? Want to find doggy shops? Want to know about doggy events in your area? Or just want to ask peoples advice on a doggy matter? Then look no further.
This page is for everything and anything dog related, be it big dogs, small dogs, dog training, dog photography, charities, rescues, dog walking, veterinary practices, and and all the services you could imagine. Please feel free to post on the wall, be it your service page, questions, experiences or events. (The only catch is, it must have some link to the North East).

As some of you will know Facebook will be removing the discussions tab on the 31st October which is way this page does not incorporate one. You are still welcome to post on the wall with links, (which appear as a list in our 'links tab). Please make sure they are well presented, and once you have posted on here, please share our page on your wall.

In place of the discussions tab we will have an app which is coming soon that will allow users to search all the services (that have added themselves), and also narrow results by using their postcode. Its exactly what is says on the tin, its a 'directory'

The only way to keep up to date is to 'like' this page, all news will be posted on here. It will also be the first place to hear about the brand new quarterly e-magazine 'The North East Dog Directory'. You can also use the email below to request a reminder for the when the website goes live.

**Website- Coming Soon!**
** www.thenortheastdogdirectory.co.uk **
will be going live soon , this will be a brand new resource for the whole of the North East. Some of its feature will include:
>A community forum
>Amazing advertising packages- for all business no matter how big or small (available from the 30th October)
>Free listing for your business, charity or service on the searchable database
>Events page
>Bed and bone- a guide to the best dog friendly places in the North East
>Go Walkies (walkapedia)- An interactive guide to the most amazing walks that the North East has to offer.
> Activities/Training- A comprehensive guide to all the dog activities that the North East has to offer as well as an explanation of what they involve.
>Rescue and Rehoming- a page dedicated to the work done by North East charities and some of the dogs needing homes.
>Lost and Found- A record for lost dogs and found dogs in the North East
and much more to be added
>News and Articles - Behaviour articles, interesting news

and much much more

This is a free resource for all, it will be the most comprehensive guide to the whole of the North East dog world. That means that if you're not on it (no matter what type of service you provide) then you're missing out, and people are missing out on you.

Would you like to know about our advertising packages and what we offer? Do you want to know more? Want to submit an article, a walk, an event, a business story, charity story, then please email below, we need your input. Or would you like a reminder sent for when our website goes live? We welcome anything and everything.

Email - tnedogdirectory@gmail.com

*Want to get involved?*

We also want this page to become a community of all things dog related in the North East area, and it can become the meeting place for all ages. In order for it work you need to share, share, and share again.

The more people the more variety and the more rich this becomes with information.

Use this as a platform to reach new clients or let people know more about your business, charity or event. The more people on this page the more beneficial it is for people. Post your pages, events, news, interesting stories, training days, rescue pages, competitions.

**Would you like to be in our gallery?** What we would like to do is offer all image based services i.e photographers, artists, graphic designers the opportunity to send us 5 of their best pieces of work to tnedogdirectory@gmail.com with the subject title 'Album', and we will place them in an album with your business as the gallery title, so make sure you include contact details. This will allow users to see your work. We would also like to open this up to any service, any 5 images that best represent your business (whatever that may be), they can include adverts, products or general images, so it would be brilliant to get lots of different dog clubs, (flyball, agility), walkers e.t.c. Again the gallery title will be your chosen service name and region. So start sending and help us build a visual directory. Make sure you include as much information as possible through comments, sharing and tagging. The albums will be listed on a first come first served basis. So start sending.

**How you can help:**

You can help this page grow, it’s really easy, and the more everyone does it, the better it will get, use this as a platform to reach new clients or let people know more about your business, charity or event. You can also tag us in posts by using the @ button and then our page name.
All you have to do is click ‘share’ at the bottom left hand side of the page, share it on your wall, let friends know, share it on your company pages, and share it in any groups. Have you got a company page? Then add us to your favourites.

All abusive, misleading or non related content will be removed. Please make sure posts are well presented to keep the page looking tidy. If you post links on the wall for your pages, then please return the favour and post this page on yours.