BlueRose Kennels – Learn How to Find and Enter Your Ring The BlueRose Kennels, Phil and Amy Booth video series provides useful tips, tricks, tutorials and product reviews for the dog show community as well as all dog lovers who want to learn something new. We hope you enjoy this video! Click here to watch […]
First names are so vital because they identify you, and surnames are doubly important because they provide a link back to the homeland and origins of people throughout the centuries.
Will Alexander Drops Some Knowledge About What’s Happening in the Sport of Dogs. It’s Deep… It’s Humorous… It’s Provocative… It’s Will Unfiltered! This week Will gives us Top 10 Dog Show Road Games. Click here to watch on Canine Chronicle TV!
Mentoring has been the soup de jour of this game for quite a while now. It’s touted as the all-purpose magic wand to impart knowledge at every level of the sport. Likewise, there’s no shortage of horror stories revealing its pitfalls on both sides of the deal. Since I’ve been on both sides, I think I can say that some of the AKC-sanctioned results have led to a degree of justified skepticism among the ranks. That said, perhaps it would be useful to explore a case of mentoring that succeeded beyond all expectations.
Let’s face it, we have all been there at one time or another–be it your first point, a major to finish, or your first group placement. There you are in the final cut. The judge says, “one at a time please,” and motions to the first exhibitor to take their dog around the ring. You’re fourth in line; you are ready! The judge indicates it’s your turn and Bam! you launch off the line like Secretariat leaving the gate of the Kentucky Derby. Your dog lunges and bucks. You pull him back, let out more lead and as you glance up the judge has moved on to the next exhibit. You may have smoothed out in the last quarter of the ring, but it’s too late.
Even though the Sloughi has enjoyed full recognition in the AKC Hound Group since January 1, 2016, the breed remains one of the lowest entry breeds, and the majority of judges have not had the opportunity to see or examine Sloughis in the flesh.
Will Alexander has an in-depth conversation with Ken Wall about dogs, how he got started in dogs, and his life in dogs.
The Westminster Kennel Club pulled off the impossible in Tarrytown, New York last month. They hosted an impressive and unforgettable event against all odds and did it with superb efficiency and style. A Herculean effort indeed, WKC impressively and successfully worked to preserve the long and storied history of Westminster–a tradition that the sport around the world truly admires.
Elaine Breaks Down 3 Westminster Looks with Judge David Kirkland – Closet Confidential with Elaine Lessig: Episode 24
