A Little Help From Your Friends
The Beatles told us 55 years ago that we could “get by with a little help” from our friends. But in any profession, that idea moves far beyond emotional support, and moves into the realm of mentoring.
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Table Talk · January 4, 2023
Happy New Year! May all of you have a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year filled with beautiful puppies, many winning ribbons, and even more great times with friends and loved ones. I am not one to make New Year’s resolutions, but I committed to being better about reaching out to friends I don’t see often to check in, say hi, and make sure all is well. My commitment is motivated by the recent passing of retired AKC Judge and my good friend, Al Krause.
In Memory Of Patricia Lorenz
We received the very sad news that Patricia Lorenz of Sellersville, Pennsylvania passed away on December 29. Pat, as her friends called her, was a longtime fancier and breeder of Toy Poodles. Pat was proudest of her big family and loved spending time with them. She was happiest at home surrounded by her family, dogs, [...]
“The Great American Dog Show” returns to Chicago
“The Great American Dog Show” returns to Chicago, this weekend, Jan. 6-8 at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center. Watch as Dr Jerry Klein and Scott Pfeil visit with Chicago’s Fox 32 to promote purebred dogs and dog events! https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1161528
Dog Show Tips – Lenny Brown Interview with Will Alexander
Will Alexander Drops Some Knowledge About What’s Happening in the Sport of Dogs. It’s Deep… It’s Humorous… It’s Provocative… It’s Will Unfiltered! Will Alexander has an in-depth conversation with Lenny Brown. Click here to watch on Canine Chronicle TV!
The Hunting Horn – Calling the Hounds
More than a millennium before Karen Pryor popularized clicker training, dog people understood the magnificent simplicity of this concept. It only takes one or two positive experiences for dogs to forge that neural pathway between a sound and a reward. You might say that the hunting horn was the big clunky prototype for this training methodology. Luckily, our sport had Freeman Lloyd to document the origin and evolution of this iconic symbol for the AKC Gazette in 1943. He wrote, “In actual hunting, only one man is entrusted with it, and he is the official huntsman. For carrying the horn signifies absolute power like the sceptre of a monarch or the baton of the conductor of an orchestra.”
Ibizan Hound Club of the United States Regional – Friday, December 27, 2022
Show: Ibizan Hound Club of the United States Regional Location: Limestone, TN Date: Friday, December 27, 2022 Judge: Justin Dannenbring Dog: GCHB Symphony’s Party in the USA at Marwyn Handler: Meg Smith Owner: M Smith
From The CC Vault: A New Year’s Resolution for Breeders
By Peri Norman Originally published: February 2020 Making New Year’s resolutions is traditional for many. They can involve work, family life, finances and personal health. If you are one of those overachievers who make resolutions for each area of your life, it is easy to become overwhelmed. So here is a fairly easy one related [...]
My Dogs Top 10 New Year Resolutions
Will Alexander Drops Some Knowledge About What’s Happening in the Sport of Dogs. It’s Deep… It’s Humorous… It’s Provocative… It’s Will Unfiltered! This week Will gives us My Dogs Top 10 New Year Resolutions. Click here to watch on Canine Chronicle TV!
The Art of Losing…Successfully
Watch your breed until the end of judging. I know it’s hard sometimes; after all, who cares about that moron’s opinion now? But try to objectively find things the judge’s winners and losers have in common. If the judge truly only puts up faces, then that’s valuable information. Maybe one day you’ll need to hire a handler under them! But maybe they are actually judging dogs. It’s easy to be so mad about the day’s judging you can’t find anything good about the judge, but maybe, just maybe, their choices had something to so with the (gasp!) dogs! This means you have to be objective about your own dog as well as the competition. I showed a great moving dog with a poor head once. One day he lost to a poor mover with a good head. Once I got over my “They don’t run on their heads!” indignation, I brought that judge my dogs with great heads and never lost under him again! The same with a dog I showed that was more workmanlike. We lost a to a pretty little bitch under a judge who I immediately thought must be senile. But again, I stopped to think about it, and the next time he was on a panel I brought him a pretty little bitch and won the group! You may not have a dog to fit their preferences immediately, but stow that information away for future use. I could have stayed mad at both of these judges and crossed them off my list, but the loss would have been mine, not theirs!
