Fun Facts with Jane – Westminster Kennel Club Did You Know?

Fact – Westminster Kennel Club Best In Show Record is Tied with who? Fun Facts with Jane – Westminster Kennel Club Did You Know?

Fact – Westminster Kennel Club Best In Show Record is Tied with who? Fun Facts with Jane – Westminster Kennel Club Did You Know?

Until 1998 when Peter Green won his fourth Best In Show at Westminster, Percy Roberts held the record for most Best In Show wins there. Roberts’ first big win at the Garden came in 1926 with the Wire Fox Terrier Ch. Signal Circuit of Halleston, followed by the Sealyham Terrier bitch Ch. Pinegrade Perfection, owned by Frederic Brown of New York, in 1927. His next two Bests at the Garden were with Wires, in 1934 with Ch. Flornell Spicy Bit of Halleston and in 1937 with Ch. Flornell Spicypiece of Halleston.

Deb Cooper interviews Gail Miller Bisher for a first-look at the site of Westminster 2021. Live from Lyndhurst – Westminster 2021 with The Big Reveal!

Will Alexander has an in-depth conversation with Richard Paquette about dogs, how he got started in dogs, and his life in dogs.

There has been a judge change for the Morris & Essex Kennel Club to be held on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 in Colonial Park, New Jersey. Newfoundlands will be judged by Judge Diane Price and Dogo Argentino will be judged by Judge Douglas Holloway Jr. in place of Judge Ms. Kimberly Meredith.

The American Kennel Club (AKC®), the world’s largest dog registry and leading industry authority and advocate for dogs, is pleased to announce that eleven exceptional students from 10 states have been awarded the American Kennel Club (AKC®) Junior Scholarship for 2021. The scholarships are offered to high school and college students, ranging from $500 – […]

The timing may be a bit off, but the frenzy that surrounds Westminster is right on schedule. What are the COVID rules and regulations? Which hotels will allow dogs? Will there be a place close by to change clothes if they get sweaty or dirty or, more importantly, for the group (please, please, please)? Is there a set-up to wash and groom the dogs at the show grounds? How do we get onto the site itself? On and on it goes, questions which require an answer–an accurate one.

A newly released book, Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment, by Nobel winning author Daniel Kahneman, is a terrific read that speaks to human judgement inconsistencies that are impacted by what the author calls “noise.” He isn’t talking about audio noise. Instead, he means the silent “noise” in our brain, which is a product of external factors and human nature that greatly impact “unwanted variability in judgments.” I can’t but wonder how much this kind of noise affects the decisions of dog show judges, subconscioulsy or not.

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The anticipation is over. After 16 long months since a Best In?Show winner was chosen on the floor of Madison Square Garden, Westminster 2021 is here!