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All Vizsla owners – please take part in the Kennel Club Breed Health Survey
BREED HEALTH SURVEY

It has been many years since our last Breed Health Coordinator organised a Kennel Club Breed Health Survey. This survey is independent of both the Hungarian Vizsla Society and the Hungarian Vizsla Club. You do not need to be a member of either, this is a RKC initiative. The purpose is to get as true a picture as possible of the health status of our breed, the Hungarian Vizsla. 

It is important that as many vizsla owners as possible complete the survey to ensure that any conclusions drawn from the results are as accurate as possible and reflect the whole population.

Entries are open on Fosse Data for our April championship showhttps://www.fossedata.co.uk/shows/Hungarian-Vizsla-Society-April-2024.aspx

The Gordon Setter Association will be holding an eye testing clinic at the Kennel Club Building, Stoneleigh, Saturday 13th April 2024, it is open to all exhibiting at the venue on the day.   

The BVA/KC/ISDS Eye scheme examination cost is £50 for standard eye test and £85 for standard test with gonioscopy.

Payment is to be made directly to vet on the day, cash preferable but there will be a card machine.

Exhibitors must bring their dog’s Kennel Club registration certificate to the appointment, along with any previous eye test certificates.

To book please contact kathrynewrigley@hotmail.co.uk

Kennel Club Canine Genetics Centre – URGENT APPEAL

As some of you may be aware the Kennel Club has withdrawn funding from the 

Canine Genetics Centre to concentrate funding on BOAS (Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome) and IVDD (Intervertebral Disc Disease). This leaves the centre in a very vulnerable position and a shortfall of £345,000 per annum.  

ANNOUNCING THE 2024 HVS AGM MEETING
Hungarian Vizsla Society Annual General Meeting to be held via Teams on Saturday 24th February 2024 at 2pm. The link has been sent via email to all members.

The Kennel Club Breed Health Coordinator has announced that new research into Idiopathic  Epilepsy is going to start in the new year.
**UPDATE**

It is with great sadness that the Hungarian Vizsla Society have to announce that Mrs Lindsay Townsend passed away today, 10th September 2023. Our thoughts and sincere condolences are with her family and friends who have asked that their privacy be respected at this difficult time.

Mrs Townsend was well known in the Vizsla community, having been Chairman of the Hungarian Society Vizsla and will be sorely missed.

Lindsay’s funeral will take place on Monday 9 October at 1pm at Rainsbrook Crematorium,
Ashlawn Road, Rugby CV22 5QQ.
Family flowers only please, donations if desired to the charity Thrombosis UK. 
The family warmly invite you to Hillmorton Ex-Servicemen’s Club (High St, Hillmorton, Rugby CV21 4EH) after the service to share memories of Lindsey.