The Dogue de Bordeaux Club of Great Britain
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The Dogue de Bordeaux Club of Great Britain is the only breed club in the UK that is officially recognised by The Kennel Club. The club, in its present format, was formed in 2000 when the then two breed clubs amalgamated and in 2001 the Kennel Club recognised us. Since then the club has worked endlessly to move the breed forward in the UK. The club successfully campaigned to have the Interim Breed Standard written by the KC which meant for the first time in 2001 the Dogue de Bordeaux was able to be exhibited at a Kennel Club licensed show since 1897. The first show was in fact Working and Pastoral Breeds of Wales Championship Show where an Imported male from Holland called Vinnie Du Domain De Frimarque won the first ever Best of Breed in the Import Register Working classes. In 2005 the club submitted an application to the Kennel Club to be elevated to the breed register. The Dogue de Bordeaux Club of GB held its first Limit and Open Shows in 2008 and has attracted some of Europe’s top judges officiating in the ring drawing in massive entries, these shows are the only Kennel Club licensed events that Dogue de Bordeaux can officially exhibit at in a single breed show in the UK |