By Caroline Coile Finally, you can make money in dogs! You’ve heard of the goose that laid the golden egg. Your dog could be the pooch that laid the platinum poop. That’s because AnimalBiome, a biotech firm in Oakland, California, wants your dog poop! And they’re eager to pay you $100 a month per dog […]
By Caroline Coile According to the annual report of the UK PAW Report, imported dogs now account for 8% of the UK’s total canine population, or roughly 900,000 dogs. Of these, the owners of 4%–accounting for roughly 26,000 dogs–said they chose to import a dog because they specifically wanted a dog with cropped ears, and […]
We received the devastating news that Dave Helming of Flemington, New Jersey passed away. Dave was a world-renowned Newfoundland breeder, Show Chairman of Westminster Kennel Club, an AKC Judge, and longtime fancier involved in all aspects of the sport of purebred dogs. Dave purchased his first Newfoundland with his wife, Peggy, in 1965. For 50+ […]
Guess Who? Are you ready for this week’s #ThrowbackThursday? Who can you name in this photo? Check back on Monday for the correct answer! Don’t forget! Do you have a fun photo that you would like to share for #ThrowbackThursday? Email Liz Powell at showresults@caninechronicle.com with your photos!
The AKC Museum of the Dog is pleased to announce the opening of their new exhibit “Fashionable Dogs”, which will run from September 7th, 2023, through December 31st, 2023. This exciting exhibition is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor […]
Congratulations to Margery Good and co-owners France Bergeron, Emily Bennett, Lucy Spiegel and Sandra Middlebrooks! Their Sealyham Terrier, Stache, won the first Chicago Challenge Cup sponsored by The Canine Chronicle in Chicago this past weekend! Marge was presented with a check for $20,000 and was able to choose from three wonderful charities to donate an additional $5,000. The charities were the AKC Canine Health Foundation, Take the Lead, or the American Heart Association. Team Stache chose the AKC Canine Health Foundation.
By Bonnie Threlfall Let me start by explaining what I am looking for in my first impression of a class of English Cockers as a whole. From across the ring, I am looking for compact, one piece dogs with balanced angulation at both ends. I am already mentally eliminating the long dogs that appear shelly and narrow, […]
What breed of dog am I? I am a breed in the Terrier Group; my name coined by Teddy Roosevelt. I am a sturdy, compact, small-to-medium sized parti-colored dog giving the appearance of elegance and fitness, denoting speed, power and balance. Any variation of pied patterning is acceptable. White on my body is preferred to be between 10 […]
By Dr. Gareth Morgan-Jones Originally published: January 2012 There has, in recent times, been concern expressed about the direction which the sport of pedigreed dogs is currently taking, with a seemingly shifting emphasis and focus occurring away from the pursuit of meaningful breeding practices. A rather oddly rhetorical, and in some ways slightly nonsensical, question […]
