We have another fun #ThrowbackThursday photo to share with our readers on this Thursday. Can you guess the handler that is pictured in this week’s Throwback? Guess Who? Check back on Monday for the correct answer! The correct answer to this week’s Throwback is Michael Shepherd. Thank you all for your responses! Don’t forget! Do […]
We regularly talk about how many dog shows there are week-in and week-out across the country. Many of our friends feel that there are too many dog shows, while there is a small percentage of exhibitors located in an “under-served” area with significantly fewer shows than in most other parts of the country. Oddly, on […]
The other day, a friend of mine sent me a t-shirt that gets to the nub of my relationship with my dogs. It says, “The dog is in charge. I just pay the bills.” It’s true that the dogs, over the years, have created a very well-trained human. I buy their food and serve it to them on their schedule. I provide their recreation, frequently at their insistence when I’m most busy trying to meet a deadline or, during the months when the area where I live is ruled by King Boreas, in the most godawful cold imaginable. There is NO clothing that both allows you to throw bumpers and stay warm when the wind chill is at minus-57. If you live south of I-70 you’ll have to trust me on that because I have had a considerable amount of experience trying to do both and failing. At the slightest hint that all might not be beer and skittles in their lives physically, they are rushed immediately to the best medical care available.
According to NationalPurebredDogDay.Com, May 1st celebrates the heritage, diversity and predictability of the purebred dog. Each breed is a living legacy of the culture that created it for a reason, each breed indelibly etched in that culture’s history just as surely as its music, art, and language. This day celebrates that purebred dogs not only provide […]
The American Kennel Club is pleased to announce enhancements to the conformation Puppy of Achievement (POA) program. After a successful pilot program in 2017 – 2018, the Board of Directors decided to accept the recommendation of staff to continue and enhance the POA program. A survey conducted at the end of the pilot program showed […]
Ordinarily, my monthly contribution to The Canine Chronicle contains some element of humor, is reflective or rueful, and occasionally it expresses outrage. In a major departure from the usual, this one’s going to contain some practical information–since this is the Sporting Dog issue–for those of you who are planning to take your champion sporting dogs into the field and will deal with what the well-equipped hunter and his/her dog need for field work.
The American Kennel Club (AKC ® ), the world’s largest purebred dog registry and leading advocate for dogs, is pleased to announce the winners of the first ever AKC Agility Premier Cup Presented by EEM which was held in conjunction with the Longines Masters of New York at NYCB Live at the newly renovated Nassau […]
Thank you to Deb Cooper for sending over another fun #ThrowbackThursday photo to share with our readers on this Thursday. Can you name the two then apprentices and handler pictured in this Throwback? Guess Who? The correct answer from left to right is Peggy Beisel-McIlwaine, George Ward, and Bill McFadden. Thanks to all for your […]
The group and Best In Show Judging from Saturday’s Kennel Club of Beverly Hills was taped for television back in early March and also aired on Easter Sunday on NBC. The Kennel Club of Beverly Hills dog show and the television production were both sponsored by Purina
On a recent trip to a large beauty supply store, I noticed that in addition to the usual variety of well-known and advertised brand name products on the shelves, an array of their own store products had now appeared in force. Whether it was shampoo, hair spray, skin cleansers, or body creams, there was one of the store brand placed next to the more recognizable labeled product.
