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Kennel Club entry figures for Crufts reveal that around 26,000 dogs will be making their way to NEC in Birmingham from 8-11 March 2012, with a record number of overseas entries.

The nation’s favourite dog event Crufts is to return to More4 in March, with Clare Balding at the helm.

One of Britain’s oldest native dog breeds, the English Setter, has for the first time become at risk of extinction.

With entries for Crufts 2012 now closed, the Kennel Club has already turned its attention to next year’s show. At its January meeting, the Kennel Club General Committee approved the following additions to the qualification criteria for Crufts 2013:

Following the success of last year’s 150th anniversary show, the popular Manchester Dog Show Society Championship dog show returns to the Staffordshire County Showground, Stafford next weekend.

The Kennel Club has released a film, narrated by Clare Balding, which looks at the issues affecting dog health and wellbeing in this country and what is being done in 2012 to help ensure that dog welfare stays at the top of the agenda.

Dogs will be stealing the attention in the run up to the Olympics as the Crufts Friends For Life competition returns to celebrate the special dogs helping people from Paralympians to the police.

The Young Kennel Club (YKC) is on the look out for young people who have made a special contribution to the dog world this year, and is inviting nominations for the Shaun McAlpine Outstanding Young Person Award

Dog lovers are invited to come along to enjoy the experience of seeing over 11,500 dogs entered in the Ladies Kennel Association Championship Dog Show at the NEC, Birmingham this weekend.

Mrs S Stanbury has withdrawn from her appointment to judge Papillons at Crufts 2012 due to ill health. She will be replaced by Mrs M Whitehill, who was scheduled to judge the breed at Crufts 2013.