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43-882: The Patterdale Terrier is a breed of dog descended from the Northern terrier breeds of the early 18th century, originally bred in Patterdale , Lake District. There are two breed standards for the Patterdale Terrier belonging to the United Kennel Club (UKC) and the American Dog Breeders Association (ADBA), both in the United States , since the United Kingdom Kennel Club does not recognize

86-544: A bumper. UKC announced Dock Jumping as a licensed event in 2007. Drag Racing features dogs who meet the height requirement, racing in a straight-line course, and in the case of Steeplechase, clearing small hurdles during the run. Flat racing does not include these hurdles. UKC began to license Drag Racing in 2004, at the time called Terrier Racing. In April 2014, UKC rechristened the event Drag Racing, opening it up to all breeds 18 inches or under in height. Lure Coursing features dogs pursuing an artificial lure around

129-545: A church, a primary school and a hotel. In summer it can get quite busy, but not so much as Glenridding. Patterdale is considered to be a walkers' valley, and in fact Alfred Wainwright stated that it was his favourite valley in the Lake District as it is relatively undisturbed by tourism. Patterdale and Glenridding were badly affected by Storm Desmond in December 2015. The civil parish of Patterdale also includes

172-571: A decade before moving to a new space in Kalamazoo, where they would remain until 1979. In the early 1970s, the Fuhrmans opted to give up leadership in the company, and in January 1973, UKC announced the sale to businessman Fred Miller, who would take over as president. Miller oversaw a shift to computerization for UKC records in the mid-1970s, and by 1978, UKC was the first known dog registry in

215-449: A handful of breeds. He envisioned UKC-registered dogs occupying a wide range of uses, from working , to companionship , to hunting . Bennett found a niche among the owners of working dogs, such as herding and hunting dogs. The first dog registered with UKC was an American Pit Bull Terrier , Bennett's own dog, named Bennett's Ring. This also made UKC the first registry to recognize the breed. Starting in 1905, UKC began publishing

258-730: A journal called Bloodlines , devoted to purebred dogs of all kinds. The journal continued to grow, and in 1974, the journal would split into two distinct magazines. Coonhound Bloodlines would devote itself to the UKC-recognized Coonhound breeds, while Bloodlines, devoted to all breeds, would continue to publish until it was discontinued in 2015. Coonhound Bloodlines continues to this day. Bennett continued to run UKC out of his home until his death in 1936. Upon his death, The New York Herald Tribune credited Bennett with developing breeds such as "the American Eskimo ,

301-777: A new hunting sport in the Elite Shed Dog Series. In October 2018, Raab announced that she would be stepping down as president, though she would remain involved with the company in other capacities. UKC continues to operate out of Kalamazoo, licensing more than 16,000 events every year across the United States. The registry currently recognizes over 370 breeds of dogs. In September 2021, the company announced that it had come to an agreement to acquire American Field Publishing Company, including its Field Dog Stud Book , specializing in upland field trials for pointing dogs and field trial breeding records. UKC stresses

344-529: A predetermined course. The UKC Lure Coursing rule book lays out 26 breeds which may participate in the regular stakes race, while any breed can participate in a coursing aptitude test. The recommended field size for the race is approximately 200 yards by 300 yards, while the minimum field size is set at 150 yards by 200 yards. UKC announced the addition of Lure Coursing in May 2010. Nosework (knows as scentwork in AKC)

387-608: A sedentary household life. The origins of the breed can be traced back to the cross breeding of The Old English Terrier (the original black terrier) and the Northumberland Pit Terrier (now extinct) and later to the Lake District , specifically to Ullswater Hunt master Joe Bowman, an early Border Terrier breeder. where he used the best Red Fell terriers and the best local hunting terriers available to him, so that he could continue his efforts to refine

430-516: A specially designed obstacle course involving tunnels, bridges, and jumps. The event is timed to measure speed of completion, and accuracy is also taken into consideration. The first UKC-licensed Agility trial was held in July 1995, after the National Club for Dog Agility transferred the program to United Kennel Club. Conformation is the official term for a dog show, referring specifically to

473-509: A variety of new performance sports, and launching the company website in April 2008. In July 2014, with Cavanaugh getting ready to pursue retirement, UKC VP of Operations Tanya Raab was named UKC President. Cavanaugh would continue with the organization until officially retiring in October 2015. Raab's tenure as president saw the development of a few more performance sports, and the onset of

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516-633: Is a small village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria , England. It is in the eastern part of the Lake District , and the name is also used for the long valley in which the village sits, also called the Ullswater Valley. The parish had a population of 460 in 2001, increasing to 501 at the 2011 census. The poet William Wordsworth lived near Patterdale in his youth, and his autobiographical poem The Prelude narrates such childhood activities as fishing in

559-423: Is modeled after working detection dogs , and challenges dogs to recognize a specific, trained odor, such as birch , anise , clove , myrrh , and vetiver , and then indicate to their handler that they have located that odor in a variety of locations, and elements. UKC began to officially license Nosework events in 2015. In Obedience trials, dogs perform a series of exercises at the command of their handler,

602-615: Is shown, and breeders are primarily concerned with the practicality of the breed. This terrier must have a strong neck, the fortitude to hold its quarry at bay, the ability to squeeze into tight burrows, and great flexibility and endurance. The coat may be one of three types: "smooth," "broken," or "rough." All coat types should have dense and coarse double coats that are harsh to the touch and weatherproof. Colours include black, red, bronze, black and tan, chocolate, liver, or even liver and tan and occasionally brindle, but never fully white. Any other colours, or larger patches of white away from

645-588: Is used for groundhog, raccoon, fox and nutria with great success. Patterdale Terriers, considered highly adaptable, excel worldwide not just at hunting a wide array of quarry, but in a number of canine sports, such as dog agility and terrier racing. In the US, the Patterdale Terrier was recognised by the United Kennel Club on January 1, 1995, but remains unrecognized by the American Kennel Club . Patterdale Patterdale (Saint Patrick's Dale)

688-529: The International Canine Federation . UKC was founded by Chauncey Z. Bennett, on February 10, 1898, after feeling that other dog registries in existence at the time catered too much to Conformation-only show dog owners or wealthy hobbyists, whom he called "the big city idle rich". Bennett's goal for UKC was to be a registry that recognized a wide range of breeds, as opposed to some of the working dog registries, which only recognized

731-583: The Kirkstone Pass which is the road to Ambleside . Further up the valley to the north is the lake of Ullswater with Gowbarrow Fell and Hallin Fell overlooking it. The only tarn in the valley is Brothers Water , one of the first places in the Lake District to be acquired by the National Trust . The only other village in the valley is Glenridding . Patterdale village has a youth hostel ,

774-728: The Columbian (white) Collie, the Redbone Coonhound , American Water Spaniel , American (Pit) Bull Terrier, and the American Fox and Coon Hound." After Bennett's death, his daughter Frances Ruth Bennett took over management of the company, and in 1944, she and husband Dr. Edwin Gould Fuhrman moved operations at UKC into the Hanselman Building in Kalamazoo. Operations would continue there for less than

817-667: The National Leafy Oak Field Trial, in Kenton, Ohio . Today, UKC licenses thousands of bench shows a year across the country. The organization also crowns National Bench Show Champions yearly at Autumn Oaks, and a World Bench Show Champion at the yearly Coonhound World Championship event. Though promoting Beagles in Bloodlines as far back as 1913, the first UKC-licensed Beagle Field Trial did not take place until 1924. In 1988, UKC met with Beaglers across

860-419: The Patterdale Terrier. The UKC standard states that dogs are between 25 and 38 centimetres tall, and specifies that dogs should be in fit, working condition. The UKC standard further specifies: An active little terrier that presents a compact, balanced image. As a working terrier, they have to be capable of squeezing through very small passages underground to follow quarry. This breed is worked far more than it

903-512: The United Kingdom. Patterdale Terrier Type dogs were bred by poachers across northern England. As well as others, for the hunting and dispatch of the red fox in the rocky fells around the Lake District, North West and North East of England where a traditional digging dog was not always of great use. Patterdale Terriers have also been used for illegal badger baiting in the UK. The Patterdale

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946-570: The United States or CEB-US). The event was held in Armour, South Dakota and consisted of a conformation show and two distinct field trials. Since that event, UKC has continued to host pointing dog field trials with clubs across the country. In 2021, UKC announced that it had acquired American Field Publishing Company, including the Field Dog Stud Book, the oldest purebred dog registry in the United States. The UKC Elite Shed Dog Series

989-402: The breed even further. The breed did not gain notability until Cyril Breay, a schoolmaster and huntsman, refined them even further, using the best dogs of northern England. It is believed that all current Patterdale Terriers descend from dogs bred by Breay. The Patterdale Terrier is more of a "type" rather than a "breed", being the result of a culmination of working terrier breeds indigenous to

1032-676: The chest, are indicative of cross-breeding, particularly with the Jack Russell Terrier . It is traditional for a Patterdale terrier to be of solid colour, with no white markings. Patterdale Terrier puppies tend to be bold and confident beyond their capabilities. The Patterdale is known as a working terrier, rather than a show dog. Typical of terriers, whose work requires high energy and a strong drive to pursue prey, Patterdales are very energetic and can be difficult to socialize. Though also kept as pets, due to being bred for high-intensity work, they may tend towards being too energetic for

1075-460: The company website remains devoted to dog law, with tips to get involved, and links to contact lawmakers. United Kennel Club's two main programs are called Hunting Operations and All-Breed Sports. Hunting Operations runs six separate types of competitive hunt, generally based on the breed of dog, while All-Breed Sports runs ten different performance sports, that are open to—as the name suggests—all breeds. The first organized Coonhound field trial

1118-832: The country to develop the UKC Hunting Beagle format, with the first event taking place in 1990. Currently, UKC runs the Hunting Beagle Nationals, established in 1992, and the Hunting Beagle World Championship, established in 2000. Both events feature a Hunt and Bench Show portion. In 2021, UKC paired with the Beagle Gundog Alliance to develop a new format, the Beagle Gundog program. This format held its first national event that same year. In

1161-589: The cruelty of the practice of vivisection . The first article referenced the conditions in which the famous Pavlov dogs were kept, as well as other experiments being performed on dogs. This regular column would continue to run through the early 1940s. UKC also maintains position statements on a variety of topics pertinent to dog law, documenting the company's opposition to Breed Specific Legislation , mandatory spay and neuter laws, blanket anti-tethering laws, and its desire to steer potential dog owners toward purchasing dogs from responsible breeders . A section of

1204-627: The early 1980s, UKC held a series of meetings with several prominent voices in the Hunting Retriever field, about an arrangement to create a new format of field trial for retrievers. This became the Hunting Retriever Club, which was quickly affiliated with UKC. In April 1984, the first Hunting Retriever Club and UKC hunt was held in Ruston, Louisiana . The first Grand Hunt, was established in 1986, as dogs quickly reached

1247-480: The external and visible details of a dog's build and structure. The preferred details are written out in each breed's standards, which are published and held by each registry. UKC began to license Conformation Dog Shows in the 1920s, with the first annual UKC Bench Show held in May 1926. In Dock Jumping (called Dock Diving in AKC), dogs jump off the end of a standard length dock, usually jumping for distance, though some classes feature high jumps or working to fetch

1290-564: The first events being held toward the end of the year. The Cur and Feist breeds are smaller dogs, most often used to hunt squirrel and other small game. Over the two decades of the program's existence, UKC has developed World Championships for both Cur Squirrel Dog and Feist Squirrel Dog, and holds licensed bench shows. The first UKC-licensed pointing dog trial was held in April 2004, by the French Brittany Gundog Club (which would later become Club de l’Epagneul Breton of

1333-537: The lake from a stolen boat. The village is now the start point for hill walking , most notably the Striding Edge path up to Helvellyn . Other fells that can be reached from the valley include Place Fell , High Street , Glenridding Dodd , most of the peaks in the Helvellyn range , Fairfield and St Sunday Crag , and Red Screes and Stony Cove Pike at the very end of the valley, standing either side of

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1376-538: The late 1980s, with qualifying dogs hunting in one of four zones to earn their way to the Finals. In 1992, the number of zones expanded to five. Today, there are seven zones, accommodating hundreds of dogs. A Bench Show is essentially a Conformation show for Coonhounds. The dogs are placed on a two-foot high platform to assist the judge in their examination of the dog for adherence to breed standards . The first UKC licensed Bench Show for Coonhounds occurred in 1946, at

1419-577: The rocky dens found in the north do not allow much digging. As a consequence, the terrier needs to be able to bolt the fox from the rock crevice or dispatch it where it is found. The use of "hard" dogs to hunt foxes in this way was made illegal in England and Wales by the Hunting Act 2004 , as it runs counter to the code of practice under the Act. The Patterdale made its way to the United States, where it

1462-523: The same day, demonstrating both form and function. However, only limited regional qualifiers are offered annually, and those are chosen at whim. Dogs must qualify at a regional qualifier to receive an invite to the national. Very early on, UKC began to stake out positions on topics of the day pertaining to dogs and dog law. Beginning in February 1936, the UKC journal Bloodlines ran a regular column discussing

1505-499: The title of Hunting Retriever Champion, and had no higher levels to reach. In October 1986, the first Grand Hunt was held, and in the years since, there has been a Grand Hunt every fall and every spring. With the development of Hunting Retriever Club came a new publication for United Kennel Club, Hunting Retriever Magazine , the first issue of which was published in August 1984. The UKC Cur & Feist program began in 2000, with

1548-576: The value of what they call the "Total Dog". It refers to a dog which displays "equal parts function, temperament, and structure," and is used to showcase dogs that look as their breed should in Conformation shows, but also are able to excel at performance sports that utilize skills for which they were bred. UKC awards a Total Dog Award to dogs at All-Breed Sports events which earn a win in Conformation as well as an eligible Performance Sport on

1591-572: The villages of Glenridding and Hartsop . As well as the southern end of Ullswater and the smaller lake of Brothers Water . From 1894 to 1934, the parish was part of the West Ward Rural District of the county of Westmorland , then was transferred to the newly created Lakes Urban District , finally becoming part of Eden District of Cumbria in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972 . In 2023, Eden District

1634-545: The world to computerize all its registration records. In January 1979, Miller announced that UKC would be moving to what would become their current offices in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The company would occupy the new building in March of that year. In the 1980s UKC added Obedience as a performance sport, and in 1984, UKC partnered with the newly formed Hunting Retriever Club to create a new format of field trials for hunters. The partnership also saw UKC begin publication on what

1677-419: Was abolished and absorbed into the newly created Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area. The parish was once an outlying part of Barton , which is about 10 miles (16 km) from Patterdale. The A592 road , Windermere to Penrith runs through the parish from the col of the Kirkstone Pass in the south to Glencoyne Bridge in the north. United Kennel Club The UKC is not recognised by

1720-425: Was at the time a third magazine, Hunting Retriever Magazine, which continues to this day. In April 1996, UKC became the first All-Breed dog registry to offer a DNA program, which it opened up to dogs from other registries in March 1997. In March 2000, Miller died, and leadership shifted to vice president and General Manager Wayne Cavanaugh. Cavanaugh continued to digitize and modernize UKC, adding and developing

1763-534: Was created in 2017, to provide a family-friendly format for those who enjoy participating in the gathering of shed antlers—or shed hunting . The first UKC Elite Shed Dog National event was held in April 2020 in Whittington, Illinois . The UKC All-Breed Sports Department operates ten performance sports, as well as the SPOT (Socialized Pet Obedience Test) program. In Agility , a dog and handler race to complete

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1806-404: Was developed in the harsh environment in the north of England, an area unsuitable for arable farming and mostly too hilly for cattle. Sheep farming is the predominant farming activity on these hills. Since the fox is perceived by farmers as being predatory with respect to sheep and small farm animals, terriers are used for predator control. Unlike the dirt dens found in the hunt country of the south,

1849-513: Was held in Marion, Ohio , in 1924. The first unofficial UKC Nite Hunt was held in 1953 in Ingraham, Illinois . In 1960, UKC held the first Autumn Oaks event, at which the organization crowns a National Grand Nite Champion yearly. In 1978, UKC launched Coonhound World Championship, to crown a World Nite Hunt Champion. The event continued to grow, and UKC instituted a zone semifinal system in

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