It is with the greatest regret that the HWVA have to announce the cancellation of it’s working test on 9th September. This difficult decision has been made due to a combination of factors. Unfortunately Richard May, one of the principle organisers, who is ultimately responsible for running the day has sustained a serious back injury,
We trust by now that all HWVA members have received their copy of the HWVA 2017 year book. It has been brought to our attention that a few errors were made when going to print. For clarification HUU Certs need to to submitted to the KC for validation and inclusion in the BRS. Any Certs
We are still hearing about a number of health issues in HWV which aren’t being reported to us. Since it is very difficult to take action about “hearsay” we would like to try to increase the formal reporting of conditions. We’ve looked at how we can encourage more people to report health issues and rather
Do you own a HWV? If so are you a member of the HWVA? If the answer to both those questions is yes are you able to spare some time to help organise or attend some events on behalf of the Association during the year? We have a small and very active Committee and run
The HWVA are producing a yearbook, which will be distributed to members during 2018. For more information and to book your advert you can either order online using the following link: Online order of advertising in Yearbook. Alternatively you can download a booking form to complete here: Booking form 2017 Yearbook.
I attended the KC Breed Health Symposium on 5 October 2017 on behalf of the HWV. There were 200 registrants for the event. We had a number of brief but interesting lectures with health updates in, some of which I have summised below. Epilepsy Lecture by Professor Holger Volk (BVA) A most engaging, knowledgable
Update from the Kennel Club: “As you already know, we selected a Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla with Idiopathic Epilepsy to be whole genome sequenced as part of Give a Dog a Genome (GDG). The sequencing has now been completed by the external laboratory and the data has been made available for us to download. What happens
The committee of the Hungarian Wire Haired Vizsla Association currently have the following vacancies: Working / Field Trial Secretary. Working Sub-committee members (4). We are currently seeking members who have knowledge and practical experience of the working side of gundog ownership to join the committee and help us to continue to provide tests, trials and
NEW DNA TESTING SCHEME FOR HUNGARIAN WIREHAIRED VIZSLAS The Kennel Club has approved a new official DNA testing scheme for hyperuricosuria (HUU) in Hungarian Wirehaired Vizslas, following consultation with the breed health coordinator on behalf of the Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla Association. To find out which laboratories the Kennel Club is able to record results from,
The HWVA Show Committee is grateful to the Association’s President Mr George Stevenson for donating prizes to winners at this years Championship Show to be held on 15 April. Show Secretary Mrs Christine Schofield said, ” This is such a generous gesture, nobody enters the Show for prize money but this year the BIS will receive £50,