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When we asked our readers to share their funniest or must embarrassing win or candid photo from a dog show all in good fun, we received an enormous response! Catlin Cahill shared one of her best outtakes. This outtake shows her friend, Kaitlyn Anderson and her Newfoundland, Garth. Garth decided to “put the breaks on” [...]
May 16th, 2020 | Posted in The Buzz | Read More »

View more around the rings photos in The June Issue of The Canine Chronicle. Follow us on Facebook @ The Canine Chronicle.
May 15th, 2020 | Posted in Around The Ring Galleries | Read More »

Thank you to Dr. Robert Dressler for sharing this photo for today’s photo of the day! Can you find the dog? If you have a photo or video you would like to share for Canine Chronicle’s photo of the day, email Cheslie at cheslie@caninechronicle.com.
May 15th, 2020 | Posted in The Buzz | Read More »

New York, NY — Mrs. Patricia Craige Trotter of Carmel, California, will judge Best in Show at the 145th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in February 2021. Mrs. Trotter brings extensive experience as an exhibitor and all-breed judge to the most prestigious judging assignment in the sport of purebred dogs. She [...]
May 15th, 2020 | Posted in Breaking News,Featured | Read More »

The US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced that it has adopted updates to the regulations it uses to enforce the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA). The updates, which were officially published on May 13, reflect public comments and finalized changes to a proposed rule that was published in [...]
May 15th, 2020 | Posted in Breaking News | Read More »

It is time to put your thinking caps on! For today’s Virtual Dog Show, we are asking our readers to be the judge and place the following three Bernese Mountain Dogs First, Second, and Third AND to tell us why. The complete AKC Official Breed Standard for the Bernese Mountain Dog is available here. As [...]
May 15th, 2020 | Posted in Featured,The Buzz | Read More »

When we asked our readers to share their funniest or must embarrassing win or candid photo from a dog show all in good fun, we received an enormous response! One of Zoey Porter’s best outtakes was when she told her Yorkshire Terrier, Tia, that she was retiring at Westminster Kennel Club. We think her expression [...]
May 15th, 2020 | Posted in Featured,The Buzz | Read More »

The following letter was sent to all AKC Conformation Judges regarding updates for the Judges Approval Process: The AKC continues to examine options in the short and long term to assist judges impacted directly by the mass cancellation of AKC conformation dog shows due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From these ongoing efforts, the Judging Operations [...]
May 14th, 2020 | Posted in Breaking News,Featured | Read More »

It is time to put your thinking caps on! For today’s Virtual Dog Show, we are asking our readers to be the judge and place the following three Papillon dogs First, Second, and Third AND to tell us why. The complete AKC Official Breed Standard for the Papillon is available here. As quoted from the AKC [...]
May 14th, 2020 | Posted in The Buzz | Read More »

It is time to put your thinking caps on! For today’s Virtual Dog Show, we are asking our readers to be the judge and place the following three Italian Greyhound bitches First, Second and Third AND to tell us why. The complete AKC Official Standard for Italian Greyhounds is available online here. As quoted from the AKC [...]
May 14th, 2020 | Posted in The Buzz | Read More »