About the Lancashire Heeler Community website

This site has been created for the benefit of Lancashire Heeler owners and breeders seeking to protect, build and support this vulnerable breed. As I write this I have just learned that the AHT have now managed to develop a DNA test that will help all of us to make better breeding decisions to prevent the pain and suffering caused by PLL. This is exciting news indeed and bodes well for what is otherwise a very healthy, intelligent breed full of character and fun.

This site is provided for the benefit of all. It is neither managed nor funded by The Lancashire Heeler Club, although a section of the site is provided for use by the club as agreed with them. No monies have been received or are sought for any aspect of this website.

The site is open to all to enjoy and contribute. Send in any pictures and articles you feel will be of interest to others and feel free to join us at fun days and enter competitions. Please note the terms and conditions for submitting material to the site. There are also plans for other Clubs at home and overseas to maintain their own pages of news here as the site progresses. If you have any ideas of pages you would like to see or to maintain please let me know.

Many people have contributed to the site whether that be, via recent surveys, feedback over the past few years, articles, photographs and anecdotes. As always there are far too many to mention all of them here, I am extremely grateful to the following for making contributions of material:

Jacky Cutler
Joan Huck
Eeva-Maija Lehtinen
Chris Norman
Tracy St. Clair Pearce
Hannie Warrendorf
Sarah Whybrow
Bill and Ginnette Simpson

and the very many owners and breeders whose names appear amongst the pages of this site.

Janice Jones

Masthead picture

Our masthead picture of the Heelers on a dry stone wall was taken by Rodney Smith and features 5 dogs owned by Joan Huck. The original negative was lost and survives only in sepia form. The site picture has been digitally 'hand coloured' and adjusted to give the illusion of more dogs.

A number of people have asked about the dogs in the picture. In answer to this Joan has written to say:

"Two of them were brothers for which I have the original Lancashire Heeler Club registration cards for.
They were Cockleith Fergi & Cockleith Podge and were born on the 15-9-86 Sire & Dam was Tarlton Tex & Laneside Matilda and were bred by a Miss C Stewart Mills. They were never registered with the KC which was such a shame as they were two nice dogs and never had any eye problems and could possibly have helped to widen our gene pool.

The other dogs are Doddsline Crafty Lad at Leyeside, Patterjo Elfin Ears and Leyeside Little Annie which is the pup in the middle of the picture who is now eleven years old."

I am very grateful to Joan and Rodney for allowing me to use the picture on the site.

Lancashire Heeler drawings

Eeva-Maija Lehtinen provided drawings to Kathie Kidd for for her First and Second Books of The Lancashire Heeler. I have always been taken with them as they seem to capture the amusing character of the dog. I consider it a privelege to be able to use the drawings on the site

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About the Lancashire Heeler Community website

Janice Jones

Masthead picture

Lancashire Heeler drawings

Photographs and articles