Facebook has become the best friend and the biggest enemy of our social media lives in Dogdom. What can be a positive interaction can just as easily become a destruction derby. Here are viewpoints from three judges on this very challenging area of our daily interactions. Maybe these responses will encourage the way you use Facebook to do good, or to temper your words before they do harm? ~ Elaine Lessig, Moderator
By Amy Fernandez Social Distancing – a term that just rolls right off the tongue these days–wow! It’s almost hard to recall when that behavior merited psychiatric classification. But enough bad jokes. My point is that life changes in the blink of an eye. And although most people are struggling to lockstep these new health [...]
It is time to put your thinking caps on! For today’s Virtual Dog Show, we are asking our readers to be the judge and place the following three Bull Terrier bitches First, Second and Third AND to tell us why. The complete AKC Official Standard for Bull Terriers is available online here. As quoted from [...]
When we asked our readers if puppies were keeping them busy at home during this downtime, many answered with a resounding”Yes!” Congratulations to Deb Shindle on her lovely new litter of Cardigan Welsh Corgi puppies that are keeping her very busy during quarantine. They are sired by CH All Trade Uptown Funk and out of [...]
WHAT’S IN A WORD? – Dog Show Vocabulary with Phil Booth
Check out the fourth installment of our series that explains common dog show terms.
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The Board of Directors of Take The Lead announces the inception of a NEW fund, created to assist members of our fancy who have suffered the loss of their existing health insurance. This unexpected turn of events would be directly due to the unprecedented COVID-19 national pandemic. This loss of coverage may be due to job [...]
Last week we made a call out for our readers to share photos or videos of what they were doing with their dogs while cooped up at home. Chelsea Goss shared how she is adjusting to working from home and being at home with her dogs while doing so. She noted that working from home [...]
Last week we asked our readers to share their funniest or must embarrassing win or candid photo from a dog show…all in good fun! Elizabeth Salewsky sent us this amusing outtake. There was no judge for the photo, so she improvised and it made for a very fun photo! Do you have a photo where [...]
By February 2020, there was evidence that animals were being infected with SARS-CoV-2. While two dogs (Hong Kong), two cats (Belgium and Hong Kong), and one tiger (New York City) have been infected (as of April 5) with SARS-CoV-2, infectious disease experts and multiple international and domestic human and animal health organizations agree there is [...]
During this unexpected downtime, the dog show community is making great use of some of the free time with educational seminars, sharing knowledge on social media, and expanding their overall dog knowledge. Below is a “Pop Quiz” of the basics of External Anatomy. Using the diagram below, Place the letter of the corresponding external area [...]
