AKC Judging Operations sent the following email to each AKC Judge regarding the AKC Judging Approval Process: Dear AKC Judge, The Board of Directors at its August 2017 meeting took the following action in regard to the Conformation Judging Approval Process, effective immediately. The Board was clear in stating their unanimous action was made in […]
Press Release from AKC Canine Health Foundation The families of beloved Pug, GCHP Hill Country’s Let’s Get Ready To Rumble, “Rumble”, proudly announce the establishment of an annual Clinician-Scientist Fellowship with the AKC Canine Health Foundation (CHF). The AKC Canine Health Foundation “GCHP Hill Country’s Let’s Get Ready To Rumble” Clinician-Scientist Fellowship will serve to […]
The Eugene Kennel Club made the following announcement on August 5th regarding their decision to dissolve the kennel club: “Regretfully the Eugene Kennel Club must announce that due to a lack of working members we are forced to dissolve our Club. It takes many members that are willing to work in order to put on […]
We have yet another fun photo to share on this Thursday. Can you guess the judge that is pictured handling a Rhodesian Ridgeback in this photo from 1966? Check back on Monday for the correct answer to this week’s throwback! The correct answer is D Jay Hyman. He is pictured handling Ch. Rolling’s Toowoomba. His […]
There have been so many tragic accidents as a result of the heat again this year. I am astounded to find the number of people that lack proper temperature detection devices in their vehicles. So, I thought it might help to give you a list of products that many exhibitors are using. The MarCell Cellular Temperature Monitoring System utilizes cellular frequency to transmit changes in temperature. This unit can be purchased through the website at www.sensoredlife.com. Last I checked the unit itself was $229 and the monthly monitoring cost was about $8.50. There are many similar units out there these days at varied price points. There is also a less expensive unit that costs around $80 that can be purchased at www.lumastrobe.com. This unit is normally used for refrigeration monitoring, but would be a great backup to one of the other temperature alert systems. These purchases can save the lives of your dogs. They cost less than a weekend’s worth of entries. No one attending shows in the summer heat should be without one!
New York, N.Y. – The American Kennel Club (AKC®), the world’s largest purebred dog registry and advocate for all dogs, is pleased to announce the start of its new conformation Puppy of Achievement (POA) certificate program. The program is designed to create incremental steps of success for those participating in conformation with their puppies. POA […]
BREED EXPERTS ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE IRISH SETTER
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Guiding Eyes for the Blind, a non-profit organization dedicated to the breeding, raising, training and placement of guide dogs with people who are blind or visually impaired, is using Watson on IBM Cloud to gain insights on increasing its success. The stakes are high: each dog costs Guiding Eyes approximately […]
The Eukanuba World Challenge, one of the world’s most truly renowned and international dog show events, will pause for 1 year and come back in 2019 to celebrate its 11th edition @ Crufts 2019. Supported by the world’s leading canine organizations, ‘Federation Cynologique Internationale’ (FCI) and ‘The Kennel Club’ (UK), the ‘Eukanuba World Challenge’ is […]
This week’s Throwback features two past judges and Terrier icons, specifically in the Skye Terrier breed. Can you guess the two that are pictured this week? Check back on Monday for the correct answer to this week’s throwback! The correct answer is of course Walter Goodman and Sandra Goose Allen, two late icons in our […]
