Check out this great video on the Canaan Dog by Animal Planet. The lady playing with the puppies 2:55 minutes into the video is BCDS member Myrna Shiboleth of the Shaar Hagai Kennels in Israel.
The Canaan Dog – Breed Specific Seminar
A rare chance to hear Myrna Shiboleth speak on the Canaan Dog – not to be missed! The British Canaan Dog Society (proposed) are hosting a Breed specific seminar on The Canaan Dog. The speaker is World Renowned Breed Expert Myrna Shiboleth, from the Shaar Hagai Kennels in Israel. This event is being held on …Read More
Grooming your Canaan Dog
The Canaan dog does not have a heavy long coat so does not require as much grooming as some other breeds. But the breed does have a double coat, this is a coat with harsh longer outer hairs which offer protection from the elements combined with a soft shorter undercoat which is shed twice a …Read More
Frequently Asked Questions
The Canaan Dog is a pariah (free-living) dog found in Israel and its surrounding area. Nobody really knows the exact truth about their origins. Some say that he is an originally domesticated dog turned feral, while others believe they may in fact be a separate species to the wolf and domestic breeds of today. The …Read More
Hip Dysplasia – Hip Scoring in the UK
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) and The Kennel Club in the UK (TKC) have joined together to run a hip scoring scheme for breeders, in order to test for canine hip dysplasia, the most common inherited joint problem of large breed dogs. This current system came into effect in 1984. Dogs are scored from the …Read More
Hip Dysplasia
Dysplasia literally means abnormal, so hip dysplasia literally translates as abnormal formation of the hip socket. The hip is a ball and socket joint, in a normal hip the ball fits snugly into the socket, forming a pivot point. Dogs which have a genetic predisposition for hip dysplasia are born with normal hips. However, as …Read More