Dates For Your 2016 Diary

Ouch! It’s already nearly a month into 2016 and most of us are probably still getting used to writing ‘6’ instead of ‘5’. As the events calendar for the canine world is starting to get back into swing, we’ve pulled together some of the highlights for 2016.

January

• Northern Dog Club Open Show – 30th January – Middlesbrough
• Cardiff Canine Society Open Show – 31st January – Cwmbran

March

• Crufts – 10th-13th March – NEC Birmingham
• PATS Pet Trade Show – 22nd-23rd March – Sandown
• United Kingdom Toydog Society – 26th March – Staffordshire County Showground
• All About Dogs – 27th-28th March – Suffolk

April

• All About Dogs – 9th-10th April – Newbury
• All About Dogs – 23rd-24th April – Newark

May

• All About Dogs – 1st-2nd May – Brentwood
• National Dog Show (CG) – 5th-8th May – Staffordshire County Showground
• Scottish Kennel Club (CG) – 20th-22nd May – Royal Highland Showground

June

• Southern Counties Championship – 3rd-5th June – Newbury Showground
• World Dog Show – 23rd-26th June – Moscow, Russia

July

• Just Dogs Live – 8th-10th July – East of England Showground, Peterborough
• Welsh National Sheep Dog Trials – 28th-30th July – Tyfos, Llandrillo, Corwen, Denbighshire (Principal Sponsor – Gilbertson & Page)
• The Game Fair – 29th-31st July – Ragley Hall, Alcester, Warwickshire

August

• English National Sheep Dog Trials – 5th-7th August – Park Farm, Castle Howard, North Yorkshire (Principal Sponsor – Gilbertson & Page)
• Irish National Sheep Dog Trials – 11th-13th August – Ballymullock Road, Larne (Principal Sponsor – Gilbertson & Page)
• International Agility Festival – 11th-14th August – Rockingham Castle, Rockingham, Market Harborough, Leicestershire
• Scottish National Sheep Dog Trials – 18th-20th August – Awirk Farm, Lochans, Stranraer (Principal Sponsor – Gilbertson & Page)
• Welsh Kennel Club (CG) – 19th-21st August – Royal Welsh Showground
• European Dog Show – 26th-28th August – Brussels, Belgium
• All About Dogs – 28th-29th August – Norfolk

International Sheep Dog Trial (sponsored by Gilbertson & Page) Supreme Champion 2015 Aled Owen with Llangcwm Cap

September

• International Sheep Dog Trials – 9th-11th September – Sandilands Farm, Tywyn, Gwynedd (Principal Sponsor – Gilbertson & Page)
• All About Dogs – 24th-25th September – Hylands
• PATS Pet Trade Show – 25th-26th September – Telford

October

• Gundog Society of Wales (CG) – 19th October – Three Counties Showground

November

• Working and Pastoral Breeds Scotland (CG) – 5th November – Royal Highland Showground
• Discover Dogs

December

• British Utility Breeds Association (CG) – 3rd December – Staffordshire County Showground
• Ladies Kennel Association (CG) – 12th December – NEC, Birmingham

Information taken from Dog Show Central UK, The Kennel Club and Our Dogs, where you can find many more details of dog shows and events all over the UK, from breed specific society events to championship shows and international events. If there are any other events that you think we should add, please get in touch.