Digit, a three year old Working Cocker Spaniel and Stephen Sutherland, age 21, from Dorking, Surrey have won the Kennel Club Novice Cup at the world’s greatest dog show, Crufts on Thursday 5th March.
Stephen and Digit won in the medium category after competing in an exciting agility final against the top dogs that had qualified for Crufts at the KC International Agility Festival last August.
The Kennel Club Charitable Trust and the British Veterinary Association (BVA) have pledged up to £30K to support breeds concerned about the health condition Chiari Malformation/Syringomyelia (CM/SM).
This funding will allow any owners of Kennel Club registered dogs that have had MRI scans taken before the inception of the BVA/KC CM/SM Scheme in 2012, to have their scans assessed by the Scheme and results published for free, a process to the value of £100.