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6 Your Dog May 2019

The world’s most famous dog show didn’t disappoint this

year, with four days of top-class showing, displays, events,

and competitions. Here’s our quick pick of the highlights...

HOUND-UP

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Captivating Crufts

BLACK LABRADOR’S

OWNER ENCOUNTERS

CANINE RACISM ON BUS

A young blind woman has

been verbally abused on public

transport in Merseyside just

because her assistance dog

is black.

Twenty-two-year-old Megan

Taylor, who suff ers from

episodic blindness caused by

a head injury seven years ago,

was told by a passenger to get

her Labrador Rowley off the

bus because he wasn’t yellow.

But when Megan, from

St Helens, tried to explain

that assistance and guide

dogs can be any colour and

don’t have to be Labradors,

she claims the woman became

verbally abusive.

VET’S LUNGWORM

WARNING

A vet is urging owners

to be vigilant after

a Wirral family’s

Labrador nearly died

from lungworm.

Eight-year-old Boo was

struggling to eat, losing weight,

drinking a lot, and becoming

lethargic on walks. Owner Mike

Cockburn took her to vet Dylan

Payne at Acorn Veterinary

Centre in West Kirkby, and she

was referred to specialists at

the University of Liverpool’s

Leahurst Small Animal Hospital.

Further tests

diagnosed

lungworm, which

Boo is thought to

have picked up from

eating slugs or snails in

windfall apples.

Following aggressive

treatment, Boo is fi nally on

the mend but Dylan is keen

to highlight the disease’s

symptoms, which also

include coughing, and

emphasise the importance

of regular worming.

END IN SIGHT FOR

COLLIE CONDITION?

It’s hoped a new DNA test,

developed following research

at Newmarket’s Animal Health

Trust and the Roslin Institute

M

assive congratulations to the 2019

Crufts Best in Show champion,

Planet Waves Forever Young Daydream

Believers, owned by Kathleen Roosens

from Belgium. Two-year-old ‘Dylan’ beat

21,000 dogs to the coveted title, the fi rst

time a Papillon has won.

“I cannot grasp that we have won Best

in Show just yet — I think I will be on

cloud nine all week!” said Kathleen. “He

is our Dylan the villain; whenever he

goes out he comes back covered in mud!”

Your Dog caught up with Kathleen

shortly afterwards to fi nd out more.

Q

Has it sunk in yet that Dylan is the

Crufts 2019 Champion?

Kathleen: “It was impossible to

grasp what had happened immediately

after Best in Show. We had a long day in the

Papillon ring, having to hurry to even make

it to the Toy group, and the next thing

I knew my Papillon was standing next to

that world-famous Crufts BIS trophy!”

Q

When you look back on the event,

what will be your fondest memory

of Crufts 2019?

“I will never forget the moment the judge,

Dan Ericsson, pointed to Dylan as

his winner.”

Q

What do you think Dylan’s win

will mean for the Papillon breed?

“I have been very passionate

about this fantastic breed ever since I was

a child. The Papillon is a very complete dog

in a small deluxe package. There is nothing

they can’t do; there is nothing they

can’t achieve.

“I’m pleased that judges all over the

world have acknowledged some of

Dylan’s qualities in the ring, and I do hope

he can set an example.”

Q

Tell us a secret about Dylan.

Above all, Dylan is a pet, living

a normal dog’s life. I co-own him,

together with his Swedish family; in both

homes he can get dirty, takes long walks,

goes for swims, and sleeps in the bed.”

Kathleen with Crufts winner Dylan.

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