The 2023 I.S.C.G.B Spinone Health survey is now available for people to complete for all dogs born after 01/01/2010 whether or not they have any health conditions. Click this message to go to the survey.
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Thinking of owing a Spinone, we can offer you advice and support to decide if they are the breed for you. Remember they are a working gundog and need plenty of mental and physical exercise. Things to consider before you take the plunge.

About The Breed

Taken the plunge? You now have your bundle of joy at home. What next. We can help you care for your dog throughout what we hope will be a happy and healthy long life. Grooming, feeding, exercise, first aid, teething, insurance, heights and weights, to neuter or not, you name it, we will have experience of it.

Caring for your Spinone

The Italian Spinone is an intelligent, tireless, and thorough gundog. As a member of the Hunt, Point, Retrieve group he is best suited to rough shooting but can adapt to beating or picking up. His training will be long and require patience! However, a working Spinoni is a much happier and fulfilled dog. Fostering this natural instinct will give you a keen, eager-to-please gundog, and a calm and content companion in the family home.

Working Your Spinone

Join the Club, here you will find the official stuff. How to become a member, our rules & regs, code of ethics, judges lists, club events, who's on the committees, how we operate.

Why not join our Spinone Club

We are very pro-active about Spinone health and work closely with the Animal Health Trust clinical and genetics teams to provide information for breeders and owners. We have a comprehensive database containing pedigrees and health information about Spinoni worldwide.

Health & Welfare

There are lots of things you can do with your Spinone, an active dog is a happy dog and a more healthy you. They love to be with you doing what you are doing. Work, show, agility, pets as therapy, reading, cani cross, guide dog, hearing dog, assistance for the disabled, obedience, heelwork to music, companion, the list is endless.

Spinone Activities

What's going on in the Spinone world, here you will find all the latest news, announcements and reminders. Browse our Spinone gifts and photo gallery. Here you will also find links to our Google Events calendar and other sites of interest.

What's Going On

ISCGB Rehome & Rescue is a totally voluntary service offering assistance and support for pure bred Spinoni nationwide who, for whatever reason, cannot stay in their current home. We are a not for profit operation and rely on donations and fund raising.

Adoption and Rehome

Click to download Entry Form  Schedule 

OPEN STAKE
Friday 29 December 2023

Manor Farm, Sutton Mandeville, Wiltshire

Judges:                    Mark Firmin (2788) & Mike Ede (3975)
Entries Close:           Wednesday 13 December 2023
Draw:                        Friday December 15 2023
Meeting:                    845 am for 9 am start
Directions:                Will be sent with the draw
Prizes:                       For 1st – 4th place
                                 The winner will receive the ISCGB Salver

 NOVICE STAKE

Friday 26 January 2024

Little Pixhall Farm, Hawkshurst, Kent

Judges:                    TBC
Entries Close:           Wednesday 10 January 2024
Draw:                        Friday 12 January 2024
Meeting:                    845 am for 9 am start
Directions:                Will be sent with the draw
Prizes:                       For 1st – 4th place
                                 The winner will receive the Sentling Rosebowl

Now available, these are posted individually in their own envelope so we are unable to combine postage. We post worldwide, if you are ordering for delivery to a non UK address, please be advised you may incur additional tax charges.

Click Read More to order and pay with Paypal.

We will soon be doing a website upgrade and revamp so it would be great to hear your thoughts about the current one. What you like and don't like, anything you find difficult to use, which sections you look at, how often you visit, the devices you view it on, any feedback is most welcome. We can't promise to include all your requests but will try to accommodate as many as we can.

If you would like to take part, please complete our survey. 

Our Spinone gifts section has moved to our Facebook page and you can visit this by clicking here.  If you are not on Facebook, you can email your enquiry to us directly at gifts @ italian spinone . co . uk (with no spaces).

The 2023 I.S.C.G.B Spinone Health survey is now available for people to complete.

Please complete for all dogs born after 01/01/2010 whether or not they have any health conditions.

Please follow the link below:

2023 Spinone Health Survey

Here are the Championship Show judges for 2024 and beyond that we know of so far.

Whilst we have made every effort to ensure they are accurate, things change so please check the show details, especially dates, with the relevant Schedule before entering or attending.

The ISCGB held a Gundog Working Test for HPRs on 2nd September 2023 at 

Dene Farm, Wisdom Lane, Nether Wallop, Hampshire SO20 8ER

by kind permission of

Juliette Gerrard & Nigel Pond

Click on Read More to view the full results.

New for 2023, we are producing a short e-newsletter for ISCGB Members each month, compiled by a different committee member each time.

If you are a paid up member and you did not receive our automated email sent out on Monday 20th February with a link to the latest newsletter, please follow this link if you would like to subscribe to our monthly e-newsletter.  Enter your details and you should receive a confirmation email after subscribing. Please check your junk mail folder or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for assistance if you do not receive this. 

The next e-newsletter will be sent out around the end of November 2023.

ISCGB Novice Field Trial, Hawkhurst, Kent. Held on January 20th 2023.

Judges: Allan Hender and Andrew Farley

FIRST - Warrendown Black Pearl at Ganninyem (GSP) Owned by Jo Gosling and handled by Rory Major

Guns Choice - Hunterstone Arya (HV) Mac Mattravers

Click Read More for photo

We have been working hard to enable Cerebellar Ataxia (CA) testing is available worldwide and we have some great news to share with you.

UK Only As you are aware Canine Genetics Testing (the Kennel Club Genetics Centre at the University of Cambridge) will be processing all the UK CA Swabs.

To order swabs for UK testing go to: UK CA SWAB TEST ORDER

Outside the UK Labogen is the EU laboratory that will process all swabs from countries outside the UK.

The Kennel Club Genetics Centre at the University of Cambridge have partnered with Laboklin whose European Laboratory will process the swabs.

To order your swabs for Worldwide testing go to: WORLDWIDE CA SWAB TEST ORDER

PLEASE email a copy of your results certificate to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and your dog's CA Status will be added to the ISCGB website and health database.

The Epilepsy study swab pathway is shown below.
Please choose which pathway you would like to take either:
PATHWAY 1 Affected dogs
or
PATHWAY 2 Unaffected dogs
Please also Note: If you sent any previous Epilepsy study swabs to the AHT you will not need to repeat them
Please click on Read More to view the full pathway.

 

CA Testing
The DNA testing service was approved by Cambridge University last week, and the genetics team can now begin the process of recruiting staff to perform this function. The Italian Spinone CA Test will not need development as they already have everything in place to run the assay, but it could take a few months before DNA testing service will be up and running whilst recruitment takes place.

Epilepsy Research
We will shortly be posting the pathway for collection of swabs to continue with our epilepsy research. Once this has been published we will be able to start sending out swab kits and the necessary documentation to those who have kindly volunteered their dog's DNA for this research.

Elaine Kirkham, ISCGB Health Co-ordinator, June 2021.