The Italian Greyhound Club

The aim of the Italian Greyhound Club is to protect and improve the breed, and encourage responsible ownership of Italian Greyhounds in the UK

Breed Blog #9: Winning on the green carpet at Crufts – YKC style!

From Helen Rishworth

Reading Linnet’s last blog made me think about New Year’s resolutions. Looking back at my aims for 2011, I think I managed to achieve about half – whether this is good going or not will depend whether you’re a ’half full’ or ’half empty’ person!

One goal that I was able to put a tick next to was ’A placing in the Young Kennel Club (YKC) Toy finals’. Crufts is not far off now, and I think I can speak on behalf of quite a few YKC members in saying that the Crufts finals, in all disciplines, are very special to compete in. They are what we work towards all year. Championship shows throughout the season hold classes for YKC members which are qualifiers for finals held at Crufts. The qualification criteria varies between events but usually winning the class secures a place in the final.  Read the full post >

The work of the Italian Greyhound Club is wide and varied from liaising with the Kennel Club and dog show organisers, to providing advice to people new to the breed who may be thinking about Italian Greyhounds as companion dogs. Founded in 1900 we are the oldest Italian Greyhound Club in the world but we’re focused on protecting our enchanting breed for the future.

If you’re thinking about whether or not Italian Greyhounds are the right breed for you, or if you’re right for the breed, please visit our Italian Greyhounds, Finding an Italian Greyhound and Avoiding Puppy Farmers pages.

General enquiries to the Italian Greyound Club should be sent through our Online Enquiry Form or email us at TheSecretary@italiangreyhoundclub.co.uk.

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