Falconeer Kennels

11/05/2024

Abandoned Amusement Park

11/05/2024

Calling all Junior Handlers competing at Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
Stop by the Cherrybrook booth at Westminster for a free gift bag including lots of great swag from Chris Christensen Systems, Saint Rocco's Treats and more!

We hope you'll enjoy these goodies and we wish you the BEST OF LUCK competing this week 🏆💜💛

10/05/2024

New CDC Dog Importation Rules Coming August 1, 2024

Dear CKC Members,

To protect the health and safety of people and animals and prevent the reintroduction and spread of dog-maintained rabies virus variant (DMRVV) in the United States, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced changes to the requirements for the importation of cats and dogs into the United States, effective August 1, 2024.

While CKC recognizes the need to reduce the risk of bringing rabies into the US, we understand that these regulatory barriers will unduly impact many responsible CKC members, such as those who work with US counterparts to diversify breeding programs, travel to the US to compete in shows, utilize US veterinary services, and provide puppies to US citizens. Given the seriousness of this impact, we are in contact with the American Kennel Club Government Relations team and other stakeholders to gather additional information, as well as explore whether there are ways we could advocate together, on behalf of our members to ensure that your interests are well represented.

CDC first implemented the temporary suspension of dogs into the US from DMRVV high-risk countries in July 2021 and most recently expanded the requirements to standardize the dog importation process in the US.

The new regulation states that all dogs imported into the US must meet the following requirements (Including dogs returning from the US after travelling abroad):
Be healthy upon arrival
Be at least 6 months of age
Have an ISO-compatible microchip (implanted prior to any required rabies vaccinations)
Have a CDC Dog Import Form receipt
Have additional documents depending on where the dog has been in the last 6 months and whether or not the dog was vaccinated in the United States.
Additional requirements will be needed for dogs imported from countries designated as high-risk for DMRVV (canine rabies). These requirements may include arriving at a port with a CDC-registered animal care facility (ACF), an appointment with an ACF prior to import, and quarantine.
The purpose of CDC’s new rule (as they have stated) includes:
Preventing the reintroduction and spread of dog-maintained rabies virus variant (DMRVV) in the United States
Aligning with the World Organisation for Animal Health’s standards for the international movement of dogs from countries determined to be a high-risk for dog rabies
Preventing and deterring the importation of dogs with falsified or fraudulent rabies vaccine documentation and importers from circumventing dog import regulations
Supporting CDC’s efforts to improve data collection related to dog importation, including tracking the total number of dog importations

You may view the complete CDC rule on the Control of Communicable Diseases: Foreign Quarantine: Importation of Dogs and Cats via the Federal Register here. For more information, please visit: www.cdc.gov/dogtravel, which includes Frequently Asked Questions. If you have questions specific to your personal circumstance, please contact CDC at [email protected].

We will continue to work with the American Kennel Club and other partners in the coming weeks on this important development and will provide a further update as more information becomes available.

Sincerely,

The CKC Advocacy Team

10/05/2024

Dog Importation Regulation; New Rules will Start August 1, 2024

CDC is updating its dog importation regulation to protect the health and safety of people and animals by making sure any dog arriving in the United States is healthy and doesn’t present a risk to our communities.

Starting on August 1, 2024, all dogs entering the United States must:

Appear healthy upon arrival;
Be at least six months of age;
Be microchipped; and
Be accompanied by a CDC Dog Import Form online submission receipt.

Additional requirements are based on where the dog has been in the last six months and whether or not the dog was vaccinated in the United States. For dogs arriving from countries with a high risk of dog rabies, they must be protected against rabies.

The rabies virus variant carried by dogs (dog rabies) was eliminated in the United States in 2007 and CDC wants to prevent the re-introduction of dog rabies into the United States. This regulation builds on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic when a temporary suspension was enacted for the importation of dogs from countries with a high risk of rabies. This suspension will expire when the updated regulation goes into effect on August 1, 2024. The regulation also more closely aligns with the World Organisation for Animal Health’s standards for the international movement of dogs from countries with a high risk of dog rabies. Furthermore, it addresses recent challenges seen with international dog importations, such as fraudulent documentation and dogs housed in unsafe conditions if they didn’t meet requirements for entry to the United States...More information: http://caninechronicle.com/?p=286957

10/05/2024

By this time next week, we’ll be heading into Groups and Best in Show for Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show!

But before all of that, Rhea and I are still taking REQUESTS FOR PHOTOS during Breed Judging on Monday and Tuesday.

Of course, Rhea and I guarantee that ALL photos will be posted NIGHTLY and the only guarantee for photos will be our many PREPAID RESERVATIONS.

I will be taking requests for Westminster, IF MAKING A REQUEST:

-MUST HAVE Armband Numbers
-MUST HAVE Intent to Purchase
-MUST HAVE Understanding that photos may not happen
-MUST NOT private message or email regarding specific dogs
-MUST HAVE ONE ARMBAND NUMBER PER LINE

**NO REQUESTS WILL BE TAKEN FOR BREEDS THAT HAVE A PREPAID RESERVATION.**

While I’d love to get everyone, please know it’s one of me and a whole lotta you. When looking at requests, I’ll always prioritize those who have purchased from me in the past.

Westminster:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfHaRlfoJjMU6Gxw9QPiGHttm3aO-ZILrEE4sJRMZCG3oFSPg/viewform?usp=sf_link

**NO REQUESTS WILL BE TAKEN FOR BREEDS THAT HAVE A PREPAID RESERVATION.**

Safe travels to ALL!

ALL PHOTOS CAN BE FOUND HERE: www.norcalbulldogger.com

10/05/2024

26/02/2024

Available Whippet male for companion home.
9 months old. Chipped and up to date on shots.
Crate broken , lead trained and has travelled well.
Rugby 🏉!
Please PM me. Serious inquiries only.

18/10/2023

Witch house 🏡 wooden cottage , Tatra mountains , Poland

18/10/2023

A bookshelf in the abbey of waldsassen in Bavaria, Germany.

18/10/2023

"Yeah? Well you throw like a girl!"

In the world of c**n hunting, the hound that “gives tongue” on something that isn’t there is called a “babbler.” In that world, telling the hound’s owner (who, trust us, already knows), that they have a “babbler” is akin to the insult leveled in the terrific movie, Sandlot, where the worst insult a kid could throw at another player was that he played like a girl.

If only. In 2012, Monica Abbott pitched a softball at 77 miles per hour. Sandlot kid would have been thrilled with that. But we digress.

Hunting a smell that isn’t there isn’t limited to a novice or enthusiastic c**nhound. There’s a name for a hunting Beagle who follows a non-existent scent or trail, as well, and it’s the colorful phrase, “Ghost Running.” Owners can’t always know that their hound is ghost running, but a good indication is when one dog barking, and the rest of pack is silent. Some hunters advise that the owner stand still on or near the line that the dog is running – and wait. Rabbits run in a circle, and if the dog comes around twice but a rabbit is never seen, odds are good that s/he might be ghost trialing.

However…..

The dog might also be cold trailing which means that there used to be a rabbit along the line, but the scent is old. If anything, it suggests that the dog could have a “big” nose, but the other hounds can’t smell it, or simply choose to ignore it because it isn’t fresh.

And you thought scent hunting was cut and dry.

Image: “Hot Pursuit” by award winning Robert Ragland is available on his website at the link: http://www.beagleart.com/

18/10/2023

Join us!

20/09/2023

Kestrel

20/09/2023

Good and Lucky

KC of Buffalo, 1957: Pointer Ch. Vilmar’s Lucky is Best in Show under judge Dr. J.P. McCain. The stunning liver-and-white, breeder-owner-handled by Mary Ann Wadsworth Rich, of Auburn, N.Y., won a record-setting four consecutive American Pointer Club specialty Bests of Breed. The first of these wins came in 1954 under Paul Palmer from the classes, and his fourth was judged by Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge, both APC Hall of Famers.

Lucky was shown 40 times and retired with 38 BOBs, 28 group wins, and 12 Bests in Show. Mrs. Rich called him “an elegant and breathtaking mover.” Dr. Robert F. Parker said Lucky was the most properly built Pointer of all. Another fan was the revered all-rounder Alva Rosenberg, who called him “as sound a Pointer as can be seen.”

The APC Hall of Fame page tells us, “Bred very sparingly, he is the sire of three champions, and through Ch. Kenmure’s Rarity is in the pedigree of Ch. Truewithem a Taste of Triumph, Ch. Marjetta National Acclaim, Ch. Cumbrian Black Pearl, and DC Woodspoint Re*****on, CD MH VAX, all in the Hall of Fame.”

Also from APC, we learn that Mrs. Rich was a professional pilot: “In 1943, she became only the seventh woman in the United States to have an instrument (blind flying) rating. She worked as a commercial pilot qualified to fly the U.S. Mail before turning her talents to breeding and exhibiting nine generations of splendid Vilmar champions between 1946 and the 1960s.”

September AKC Gazette: http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13bea8e9

Gazette issue archive: https://www.akc.org/products-services/magazines/akc-gazette/

20/09/2023

Spread the word! Coming soon!

24/08/2023

🤣🙈

23/08/2023

Himalayan blue poppies in the rain, Valley of Flowers National Park, Uttarakhand, India. 💙

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28/05/2023

Judge much ?

27/05/2023

Annie on … Coonhounds!

Here’s a lovely Tauskey portrait of Black and Tan Coonhound Ch. Karlena’s Musical Rattler, an all-time c**nhound legend who won his breed at Westminster for a record nine consecutive years in the 1950s and ’60s.

Anne Rogers (Clark), famous for her way with Poodles and English Cockers, also maintained an interest in Black and Tans during her handling career. An interesting tidbit from the February 10, 1964, Sports Illustrated:

“Superstitious to an extreme, [Rogers] regards half-dollars as lucky pieces, just as she does the dice which she sews to the end of every show lead. Among the potential Westminster winners thus protected against fate at the Garden this year will be a one-year-old named Karlena’s Musical Rattler II, better known as Junior. (‘What else?’ says Miss Rogers.) Junior is Miss Rogers’ very own dog and a splendid-looking animal but, unlike most of her favorites, he is not a poodle but a c**nhound. And he is not a bit likely to make best-in-show.

“Junior’s father, Ch. Karlena’s Musical Rattler, holds the record at Westminster for most consecutive best-of-breed wins, and was never beaten anywhere by any other c**nhound, but Junior—Miss Rogers confesses—is not quite the dog his father was. She is entering him in the show just the same. Why? ‘I always have a c**nhound at the Westminster,’ says Anne Hone Rogers, a dog lady who believes in adding luck to good management. ‘It’s a superstition.’ ”

May AKC Gazette: http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f55295ab #/f55295ab/1

Gazette issue archive: https://www.akc.org/products-services/magazines/akc-gazette/

Happy holiday weekend! We’ll see you around the rings.

07/04/2023

Bryce my sweetheart

07/04/2023

Beautiful Ola.

06/04/2023

Comfy Vlad.

06/04/2023

Ivy’s new pup.

06/04/2023

My friend Ola

06/04/2023

Rio

06/04/2023

Beautiful Found.

22/03/2023

Thousands of butterflies leaving the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Michoacán, Mexico 🦋🦋
📸: https://www.instagram.com/pepe_soho/