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sewwoodyou Said in Thursday, March 08, 2007

Everywhere.. they are my neices favorite animalistic.. she has a collection of them.. AND they are hard to find... lol

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anwen55 Said in Thursday, March 08, 2007

I don't over recall they are very common anywhere, but it is certainly possible to bring in recognised breeds from different countries & register them with our KC - that's how most of the unknown breeds started over here. It's not uncommon for British breeds to be imported in order to use new or "vanished" lines either.

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Allison B Said in Thursday, March 08, 2007

They are not very worn out in Canada either. I don't think I can recall a breed that was on the registered breed list for a KC and then removed due to curio. Usually if the breed is rare it takes time to get on the KC of recognized breeds.
You can take a registered dog from another country and chronicle it where you are, your breeder should have the specific info for this.

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Tracey A Said in Thursday, March 08, 2007

I saw one at the westminister show this year...Ravishing.

Yes, they are still rare. Though there is a devoted following for the Otterhound.

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JULIE B Said in Thursday, March 08, 2007

otterhounds are a inborn vulnerable breed (british) having only registered 51 puppies last year! and there origin IS the UK, content that the otterhounds in other countries are originally bred from UK stock exported to other countries, In order to register an imported dog with the Kennel Association the dog must already be registered in its country of origin. The Kennel Club will normally only accept for registration dogs from abroad countries where the Kennel Club has a reciprocal agreement...

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peterbramall Said in Sunday, March 11, 2007

Yes, there are only around 50 in the Netherlands, 45 in Germany and less than that in other european countries, society wide aprox. 1000.
Most of the population of Otterhounds is in the UK, after that comes the USA. A average of 100 Puppies are being born world ample, this has not changed and has been like it for the past 37 years or more.
Bringing a fully vaccinated dog into the UK is no problem, but there is still the cause c of being able to buy a puppy elsewhere as it has to...

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Paula P Said in Sunday, March 11, 2007

There are less than 1000 in the humanity and only 51 born in the UK last year. Many dogs of all different breeds are imported into this country to add to the gene combine of the breed. In fact with so few British otterhounds it will become necessary to import dogs otherwise there will be too much interbreeding amongst British dogs. It is allowed to importance a dog into this country and breed from it, the KC website will give you more info on how to do this.

Let's hope...