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What Happens After Westminster?
Being crowned Best In Show at Westminster is usually the pinnacle of a show dog’s career. It’s like winning an Oscar. You are an instant celebrity, and everyone wants a piece of you. You and your exhausted but exalted entourage make the round of morning talk shows; open the Stock Market on Wall Street; dine at Sardi’s. But after the Oscars, actors just go on to their next roles. What happens to their canine counterparts, many of whom are still quite young when they leave the limelight? As it turns out, they’re still winners.
April 21st, 2015 | Posted in Current Articles,Editorial,Featured | Read More »
NY Times article by Andrew Jacobs BEIJING — There once was a time, during the frenzied heights of China’s Tibetan mastiff craze, when a droopy-eyed slobbering giant like Nibble might have fetched $200,000 and ended up roaming the landscaped grounds of some coal tycoon’s suburban villa. But Tibetan mastiffs are so 2013. Instead, earlier this year […]
April 20th, 2015 | Posted in Featured,The Buzz | Read More »
The Westminster Group Judges Talk About Their Choices
April 20th, 2015 | Posted in Current Articles,Editorial,Featured | Read More »
The Nebraska Legislature is considering a series of measures that would make numerous changes to the state’s Commercial Dog Breeder and Operator Inspection Act. In addition to Amendment 1149, a subsequent amendment (Amendment 1194) has been filed that would also allow for a situation where a dog owner could forfeit their animals for only a […]
April 20th, 2015 | Posted in Breaking News,Featured | Read More »
We all read with profound sadness articles recounting the loss of Jagger, the Irish Setter, after the Crufts Dog Show. It struck particularly close to home because I breed, own and love Irish Setters. My life has been shared with these beautiful dogs since eighth grade. Having bred and shown them since 1984 under the Rumraisin prefix they have won best in show, national specialties, obedience, field and performance titles. It is difficult to read about any dog getting poisoned. When you read about a dog of your beloved breed arriving home and dying after competing in a show as prestigious as Crufts, it gets personal.
April 18th, 2015 | Posted in Current Articles,Editorial,Featured | Read More »
A few weeks ago I stood by the ringside along with some of my friends and watched the judging in a Terrier breed, not my own Westies though. We watched several breeds, and I found out pretty quickly that my friend felt that the judge consistently put up the best known face in the ring. I couldn’t disagree with his opinion of this multiple group judge. Then we got ourselves a cup of coffee and the conversation became very wide ranging, from the decline in entries, to the aging of club members and exhibitors, the quality and cost of show facilities, individual dogs of various breeds – you surely have been in similar conversations yourself.
April 17th, 2015 | Posted in Current Articles,Editorial,Featured | Read More »
It is with great regret that we report the passing of Mr. Seamus Oates of Dublin, Ireland. Mr. Oates was an FCI all breed judge and one of Ireland’s most popular judges. He judged all over the world, including at some of the United States’ most prestigious shows. He bred St. Bernards and Bulldogs under […]
April 16th, 2015 | Posted in Breaking News,Featured | Read More »
The Nebraska Legislature is set to consider several measures that will impact dog owners and breeders, including an amendment that could force a dog owner to forfeit their animals for only a suspicion of animal cruelty – even before a conviction by the court. The measures have already passed committee, and Nebraska only has one legislative […]
April 16th, 2015 | Posted in Breaking News,Featured | Read More »
Just when one mega media occurrence in our little world ends…so begins another.
I refer to the waning of Westminster and the ascension of Crufts. (To be completely transparent) I personally have never been to the event across the pond, but via multiple sources (of the human variety) and my new found friend “online streaming”, I think I have a good handle on it.
April 16th, 2015 | Posted in Current Articles,Editorial,Featured | Read More »
RALEIGH, N.C. (April 15, 2015) – Nestlé Purina PetCare Company continues its long-standing support of canine health with a donation of over $229,000 to the AKC Canine Health Foundation (CHF). “Nestlé Purina PetCare is very proud of our long-standing partnership with the AKC Canine Health Foundation,” said Ann Viklund, Director of Conformation for the Breeder/Enthusiast […]
April 15th, 2015 | Posted in Featured,Health & Training | Read More »
