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  • About Us
    • Rules, Regulations, AGM's etc.
  • Contacts
  • **NEWS**
  • Membership
  • Showing your Labrador
    • Enter our next Show/EVENT
    • Show Results & JUDGE CRITIQUE
    • PICTURES: Show
    • Useful Links
    • Club Code of Conduct at Shows
  • Working Tests
    • 2025 Working Tests
    • WORKING TEST RESULTS
    • PICTURES: Working Tests
    • Starting out In Working Tests
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    • 2024 FIELD TRIALS
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    • PICTURES: Field Trials
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    • Dogs on Register
    • Labrador Register: Breeders Questionnaire
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    • General Health Topics
    • Health - useful links
  • Breed Standard
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  • Calendar
  • Club Archives
    • Club History
    • **CENTENARY**
    • Year Books from 1971 to 2002
    • 90th Anniversary
    • WORKING ARCHIVE >
      • Archive Running Cards
      • Club History in Field Trials
      • Club Perpetual Trophies
      • Miscellaneous
    • SHOW ARCHIVE >
      • 1946 Championship Show Catalogue
      • 1961 Championship Show Catalogue
      • 1971 Championship Show Catalogue
      • 1972 Championship Show Catalogue
      • 1980 Championship Show Catalogue
      • 1981 Championship Show Catalogue
    • Historic Images & Articles
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Northumberland and Durham Labrador Retriever Club

DR. TOM LEWIS 
AND 
MR Richard Edwards 
seminar

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On the 25th April 2015 we held a seminar at  Croft Veterinary Hospital, Northumberland
The morning session with refreshments, welcomed people to a talk by Dr Tom Lewis - The science behind Mate Select and population genetics principles and covered topics around Estimated Breeding Values and Inbreeding Coefficients.   Everyone attending thoroughly enjoyed the session which was extremely informative.  
Participants were then provided with a lovely hot lunch which was very good! After which we proceeded to the afternoon session; a talk by the breeds' leading historian 
Richard Edwards on the Early Development of the Labrador. 
Richard has been invited to give this talk as far afield as Australia and we were delighted that he agreed to join us for what was an enthralling afternoon.  Helped also by the afternoon tea and cake!  Richard was presented with a small gift of our appreciation.

Thank you to everyone who came along and many thanks for the very kind comments on the content of the day which was, as expected, enlightening and good humoured.  Some of our attendees comments are below.

Kay Cook Thank you Lynda and the committee of Northumberland & Durham LRC for arranging a very interesting and informative day. Dr Tom Lewis- The science behind Mate Select and population Genetics principles followed with a talk by the breeds leading historian Richard Edwards. “The Early Development of the Labrador.”  Thoroughly enjoyed it; lunch was superb and afternoon tea and cakes, even better!

Helen Hunter Ferguson
Thank you to the committee for organising a most interesting and informative day learning about genetics and breed history. Fabulous catering too! Well done everyone.
Lesley Dantinnes The whole day was excellent, the committee deserve a big pat on the back for organising such an event and the speakers were both superb. I left with so much to digest and think about, thank you. 

Natasha Bujnoch Thank you for arranging! Two very interesting talks which I thoroughly enjoyed - Lovely to meet everyone and catch up.
Wynfaul Labradors It was indeed a most interesting and informative day. I don't know how financially viable the attendance made the event, but I do hope the committee are not deterred from staging other such events - thank to all involved in making the day happen.
Our grateful thanks to the talented photographers who have provided the images for this website.