At our ringcraft, we have some irish setters, English setters, a few whippets, Scottie's, smooth collie , briard, and that's without any new imported breeds, met a fabulous 11 mth old Komondor at a show last week
Same. Crufts especially is perfect for rare breed spotting! I think the rarest breed I've met is the Azawakh. Love them and they are on my "one day" list.
Living in Hungary I get to see lots of breeds that are considered quite rare. In my village alone we have a couple of Puli, a Pumi, a Kuvasz and we used to have a Komondor which last year died of old age. At the vets we've also met several Hungarian Viszla as they're quite common in the cities. The breed I'm now looking out for is the Hungarian Agar aka Hungarian Greyhound which although it looks similar to a greyhound is actually a sighthound.
I would be interested to know exactly which breeds are now considered to be Rare Breeds. I know that where I live now there are a lot of breeds that I knew back in the UK that I never see here, but do not know what are considered "Rare" in the UK now - having been away for so long. All I know is that I have never seen a Griffon, my breed, and only seen one Pug in nearly 30 years. But breeds I rarely saw in England? There are so many Shar Peis in the voluntary rescue organisation - which is a registered charity - and it makes me stop and think. So who and what are now considered as Rare Breeds. Not here, in Israel, as of course things are different here, but back in the UK when my Griffons were not exactly rare but there were not that many new pups registered each year.
http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/get...nding-the-right-dog/vulnerable-native-breeds/ See if this works, these breeds are on what is called vulnerable British breeds
Many thanks Jackie. All I know is that years ago my Griffs were few and far between but I guess they were not classed as native British breeds. And to be honest I miss them so much that I have deliberately tried - unsuccessfully - to do so. Maybe that is why I do not want to get the box of photographs of them all down from the top of a cupboard?
I know exactly what you mean Malka because its the same over here. I've never seen a JRT in Hungary and only a couple of Labs whereas when I was in the UK this time last year every dog in the village where I staying seemed to be either one or the other. Before I bought Georgina I searched every shelter in Hungary looking for a Shar-Pei to adopt. In the whole of the country I could only find 9 , one of which I thought I'd adopt only to be told by the vet at the shelter she'd been so badly abused they'd taken her off the list and she'd spend the rest of her life in the shelter .... Hungary has a "no kill" policy. I could have cried as she was only nine months old!
I used to get weekly emails with photographs of dogs seeking adoption but as I could not help any more, except financially, I do not get them unless I specifically go into their website. That was the place I went to to bring my Pereg home. And there are just so many Peis there now and yet I have never actually seen one here. It is like Pugs. The only Pug I have ever seen here was so obviously not just pregnant but due to whelp any day - and I actually stopped to speak to the owner who said no, of course she is not pregnant, she is just fat. When asked it he had taken her to a vet the answer was "why should I waste my money on a vet". I never saw that poor Pug again.
my favorite rare breeds are the carolina dog, and the new guinea singing dog. the carolina dogs were discovered living wild in the swamps and woodlands of the southeastern u.s., and the new guinea singing dog lives in the forests and mountains of new guinea. from what i understand, both of these are wild animals and have not been thoroughly domesticated. i think the carolina dog however is more commonly owned than the singers.
