Table Talk · August 9, 2023

If you your travels take you to the big city of Chicago, please stop by the Canine Chronicle booth and see me!

If you your travels take you to the big city of Chicago, please stop by the Canine Chronicle booth and see me!

As the summer temperatures continue to soar, I have a message to those attending outdoor dog shows. Do not give your dog ice cubes if they are hot! This shock to their system can cause serious complications including bloat and other dangerous, life-threatening situations. If you have not had the chance, check out the Table Talk Live! segment about heat stroke on our Facebook page and website. You will find a lot of helpful information in that segment.

August 10, 11, 12 & 13, 2023

I would like to share words of wisdom from Pat Trotter about her views on an ethical breeder: “The ethical breeder is a purist who does not expect his animals to earn their keep through stud fees and puppy sales. The ethical breeder lives for his dogs and not off his dogs. This breeder breeds for the enjoyment of the end product and the sense of accomplishment achieved by success. This success can come in the form of looking out the window in sheer pleasure as one of your dogs trots across the yard effortlessly, or it can come with accolades in the show ring.
Breeders must be constantly dedicated and rededicated to the fact that the most important thing a dog can be is man’s best friend.”

The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show presented by Purina Pro Plan, America’s second-longest continuously held sporting event, will be held May 11-14, 2024, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City for the second year in a row. This iconic event is the centerpiece of Westminster Week.

The Kennel Club of Palm Springs made a big announcement this past week when they notified the fancy that they will be moving their cluster to an alternative location on the same Empire Polo Grounds site immediately adjacent to the site where the shows have been located for the past several years. For more information, you can view the complete announcement from KCPS at www.caninechronicle.com/?p=268021. The new site is larger and will allow the Kennel Club of Palm Springs to add 6 rings, more reserved grooming, motor home parking on grass, and so much more!!! We are excited to be part of the largest cluster in Southern California, which will be bigger and better than ever in 2024!!!! I will be sure to keep everyone posted as more information becomes available.

The Canine Chronicle just received this message from our partners at KCPS:
The Kennel Club of Palm Springs has exciting news to share with all our friends in the dog fancy.
Our January Shows have grown through the years, and we have had more and more requests to accommodate Group and Specialty Clubs on our grounds on Thursday and Friday.

Any Breed clubs looking to find a home for their specialties should reach out to Mary Ann Brocious and the Ann Arbor Kennel Club. This group knows how to run a great cluster! The grounds are beautiful, and the hard-working club members are awesome! Kudos to all for a job well done!

Table Talk · July 5, 2023 Happy 4th of July to one and all! For many this weekend represents the second weekend of 4- and 5-day clusters starting in Oklahoma and winding through Texas. Some will “tag” in and out of this road trip. They’ll attend shows in other parts of the country some weeks and [...]