While fireworks and food are a major part of Independence Day festivities, they may not be much fun for your dog. With all of the loud noises and disruption in his routine, your four-legged friend could end up getting sick – or worse, lost. To help keep this Fourth of July happy and safe for […]
Not long ago, several of us were sitting around talking about dogs. Dog people in general like to do this and people who hunt with their dogs are especially prone to telling epic tales about their canine partners in much the same way, I suspect, as the ancient Greeks and Romans used to sit around telling stories about their great warriors.
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is providing an update on its investigation into reports of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in dogs eating certain types of pet food. As part of this update, the FDA is sharing a compilation of adverse event reports of DCM submitted to the agency through April 30, 2019, an updated case […]
A little kid sat on a park bench, eating happily out of a bucket of candy. An older man approached the kid and said, “You know, you shouldn’t eat so much candy, it will kill you.”
We’ve all been there. We take our chance on a permit judge. We watch while the judge proceeds to butcher the stan- dard. We blame the judge. Maybe we should blame our parent clubs’ Judges’ Education Committees (JECs).
We have another fun #ThrowbackThursday photo to share with our readers on this Thursday. Can you guess who is pictured in this cute throwback? Guess Who? Check back on Monday for the correct answer! The correct answer to this week’s throwback is Alex Romero. Thanks Alex for this great photo! Don’t forget! Do you have […]
Recently, I was being mentored outside the ring. It was a Working breed with a good entry and a permit (aka provisional) judge. The person mentoring me thought the judge was doing a good job and I could see what she was looking for.
Pam Peat fell and broke her wrist just before her Best In Show assignment while judging in Coeur D’lene, Idaho this past week.
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For IMHO this month, I decided to put a world-wide slant to the questions and invite well respected American and foreign judges to respond. Mr. Michael Canalizo from New York, NY USA, Dr. John Reeve-Newson from Toronto, Canada, and Mr. Frank Kane from Yorkshire, United Kingdom–all icons of the dog world–kindly agreed to give us their insights into the changes they have seen in dog shows over their decades of participation and the differences in judging procedures they have experienced.
