Preservation Breeders – Nurturing Your Brood Bitches
One of the hallmarks of a preservation breeder is the excellent level of care provided to their dogs. Our dogs have tremendous value to us. Each individual has a contribution to make.
Home » Current Articles
You are browsing entries filed in “Current Articles”
Table Talk
One of the most difficult things for a handler to deal with is when “their” dog finishes their career and goes home. With Westminster week comes a lot of this scenario
The Shifting Demographics of Our Sport
Our sport is not one which has been blessed with a great many young competitors, at least after these young peo- ple age out of Junior Showmanship.
Intro to Field Judging
Click here to read the complete article 346 – The Annual, 2016-2017 By Chris Robinson Back when I was a university student, sometime around the end of the second ice age, every major in the college of liberal arts began with a required introductory course– Journalism 1, Introduction to the Theater, Freshman English, French 1, […]
Evolving Our Attitude on Selecting Stud Dogs
For many decades, the prevailing advice to bitch owners about selecting a stud dog involved picking a mate that had the phenotypic attributes called for in the breed standard.
Table Talk
One of the body building coaches that I follow wrote us all an inspirational note at the beginning of the year. I thought it applies to our sport as well. Every January, we see what we call “Temporaries” at the gym. These are the people that have made a New Year’s resolution to get in […]
Gail Miller Bisher – The Road to Westminster
Second-generation fancier Gail Miller Bisher has been on her own Road to Westminster ever since she was a junior handler showing Bearded Collies with her parents.
Table Talk
Best wishes to Pat Jones, her daughter Chris, and family. Pat is fighting the good fight against cancer and this lovely lady deserves all of our best wishes. Pat always has a smile on her face, and I always enjoy seeing her Facebook posts (vbg!).
Dog Statues Around The World
They are frozen in time and sometimes deceptively real. Perpetuated in stone or bronze, looking over water, streets, parks or squares, dog statues can be found all over the world.
Table Talk
Happy New Year my friends!!!! As we start the New Year, some will continue on with dogs they showed last year, and others will begin the year launching a new dog’s show career. When all is said and done, the dogs that we choose to exhibit as our best don’t have a choice. They do […]
