Coshocton County Beagle Club Hosts Annual Beagle Nationals in Coshocton
Coshocton County Beagle Club Hosts the
Annual Beagle Nationals in Coshocton, Ohio
April 17 & 18, 2010
The United Kennel Club’s 2010 Beagle Nationals is a hunting beagle event held annually in Coshocton, Ohio. In accordance with UKC Rules and Regulations, no game is taken and no firearms are allowed. There will also be a Beagle Bench Show on Saturday. The Bench Show offers something a little different, in which the Beagles are judged on a breed standard.
The Beagle event will start off on Saturday, April 17, with a hunt at 7:00 am. Later that day will be a Bench show at 2:00 pm. The following day will contain one hunt at 7:00 am.
Hunting Beagle events offer the participants a chance to participate in each cast as an active handler. Both the handler and his dog work as a team while attempting to outscore the three other handlers and dogs in the cast. Where casts are randomly drawn at the local clubhouse and are sent to the brush to be run on wild rabbits and judged under simulated hunting conditions.
The Beagle breed was originally conceived as a dog to pursue rabbits and bring them around to the gun for hunters. The UKC Beagle program strives to keep each breed as it was originally intended. Letting natural instinct take over and seeing what the Beagle can do best.
Along with the Hunting Beagles, UKC will hold one Bench Show taking place Saturday. Bench Shows are traditional “Dog Shows” for Beagles. Teams entered in Saturday’s Bench Show compete and go against Champion and Grand Champion caliber Beagles for the chance to be crowned 2010 UKC Beagle Nationals Overall Champion.
Established in 1898, the United Kennel Club is the largest all-breed performance-dog registry in the world, registering dogs from all 50 states and 25 foreign countries. More than 60 percent of its 13,000 annually licensed events are tests of hunting ability, training and instinct. UKC prides itself on its family-oriented, friendly, educational events. To find out more about registration and events, call or visit our website. Phone: (269) 343-9020; Fax: (269) 343-7037; www.ukcdogs.com
