Canaan Dogs at Crufts 2012

Canaan Dogs were judged at Crufts on Thursday 8th March 2012 by Mary Deats.  Mary has been interested in Canaan Dogs for a number of years and has judged the breed a number of times. The last time she judged us was 6 years ago, so she had dogs entered that she had not seen [...]

Deafness in Canaan Dogs

BAER Right Ear Test - Dezi Canaan Dog

Soon after I first came into Canaan Dogs I heard “rumours” that there had been a number of deaf Canaan Dogs born in the USA.  Whilst I now understand it is indeed true that there have been some born deaf, I have no idea of the details – how many nor their colouring.  A few [...]

Sandy

Babrees Desert Song

It is with great sadness that I write that today Sandy (Babrees Desert Song) was laid to rest to save further suffering. At 9 months of age she went to her first Crufts show, where the judge called her a real cutie pie. She was so right in that term, and it stuck. She was [...]

Rene is Best of Breed at Darlington 2011

Babrees French Resistance

Myrna Shiboleth (Shaar Hagai, Israel) is recognised as the Worlds most foremost authority in the world on Canaan Dogs, so when she came over to judge Canaan Dogs at Darlington Championship Show on 16th December 2011, of course I had to enter Rene (Babrees French Resistance). Myrna attacted an excellent entry of 22 dogs, which [...]

Frenchie

Frenchie - Canaan Dog

Boy have we had a bad weekend. Last Thursday Frenchie took ill with being sick.  We carefully watched her during the day and she did seem a bit quieter than usual. Anyway, come Friday morning she had extremely bad sickness and diarrhoea, so we rushed her down to the vets for a checkup. Our vet, [...]

Chefa

Canaan Dog-Chefa Profile

We have a visitor at the moment, Chefa, or Chefa de Solemel as is her official name.  She is the sweetest of bitches and has come to wed her husband, Cane.  I took these photographs of her this morning while out for our early morning stroll.  As you can probably see, we had a very [...]

A Cold Winter in the Fens

Canaan Dogs in the Snow, Frenchie and Rene

Well what a winter we have had so far, and it’s barely started! We had about 4-5 inches of snow a couple of weeks ago, which of course the dogs all loved, but our chickens were definitely not impressed and there were several days they did not dare venture out from their shed! Snow is [...]

Benji left for Rainbow Bridge

Benji the Canaan Dog

It is with a very heavy heart that I have to write that our dearest Benji (Babrees Benjamin D’Israeli) was put to sleep today to save further suffering. Benji was such a true gentleman. We didn’t show him much because as an adult he hated showing, but those time we did he usually did very [...]

Dog showing

So, having stopped showing a number of years ago, I decided to show Rene. Having believed that I would never show again, Rene had not been socialised or worked on at all. As we have our own land for pleasure and exercising our dogs Rene had not even been off our territory. Now, showing such [...]

Boaz is looking for a home

Canaan Dog rehome

Boaz is a Canaan Dog in need of a new home. Born in August 2008, he is friendly and outgoing and seems to get along well with children and other dogs in a home situation. He is castrated and fully innoculated. He loves to play, needs a firm hand but with plenty of love and [...]

Frenchie is so Funny!

Canaan Dogs are full of character, and our Frenchie is no exception. Our Canaan Dogs are in kennels (when they are not running free in our paddocks), and we open their hatches to let them out at about 8am. Now the weather is improving and the sun is shining first thing in the mornings, Frenchie [...]

Babrees has a new look!

Well I thought it about time that I gave our website a bit of a facelift – I hope you like it! Pages have moved around, so if you have bookmarked something in the past, please redo your bookmark. The colour scheme I chosed seemed to be appropriate for a dog that originates from the [...]

Canaan Dog: A Complete Handbook

Canaan Dog Handbook

Written by Victor Kaftal and Lee boyd this Canaan Dog Handbook is definitely an excellent addition to your bookshelf. I have had the pleasure of meeting both Victor and Lee a number of years ago, both are well respected people amongst Canaan Dog fanciers. This book covers everything you may want to know about owning [...]

History of the Canaan Dog

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 [...]

Babrees French Resistance

Babrees French Resistance

René Born: 12th January 2006 Colour: Sand Sex: Dog HEALTH: Patella Luxation: Clear We were originally going to call this boy Johnny, with his KC registered name as French Letter. Unfortunately the KC would not allow us to have that name, so he became René, named after René in Allo, Allo – a comedy tv [...]