Once every five years, like some kind of enchantment, the Morris & Essex dog show appears on the grounds of Colonial Park in Somerset, New Jersey. The Park’s 685 acres are home to a botanical garden and various recreational activities for the community, but when the dog show takes over, it becomes a vibrant and colorful link between the past and the present.
Pictured above as a baby, this Briard is a Multiple Herding Group First winner and a Best In Specialty Show winner. He was Best Of Breed at the 2023 Westminster Kennel Club. This puppy is the #1 Briard Male Breed & All-Breed! Hint: You can find him somewhere on The Canine Chronicle website! Can you [...]
I was raised in a tightly knit family. A sister and a brother born to my maternal grandparents married a brother and sister born to my paternal grandparents. In the forties, this was not as unusual as you might think. Young adults went out with the friends of their siblings. Like my parents, they fell in love. Eventually, one couple married. Soon after, the other couple married, too. That, obviously, created a very close family group. Both sides were the same. I grew up with all female first cousins. We always celebrated holidays, birthdays, and larger family occasions together. Meeting for Chinese food dinners on Sundays was a family favorite. My parents dressed my older sister and me in matching clothes when we were together. Both of us hated that. My sister’s face in all the family photos made that quite clear. I kept my opinion to myself.
All dog breeds were bred to perform a specific purpose. We want to see our readers’ dogs doing the work they were bred to do to be shared on The Canine Chronicle! Thank you Gaille Perry for sharing this Form Follows Function photo of your Saluki, Australian Grand Champion Dual Champion (Lure Coursing) Quanmarra Kheldar [...]
When you’ve been gone and come home, does your dog dance around wagging his or her tail? Or, has your dog growled when another dog approached him or her? We interpret these actions as the dog being happy to see us or that they love to see us in the first situation, and that Fido doesn’t like the approaching dog in the second.
We want to see our readers #NextGeneration photos to be shared on The #CanineChronicle! Thank you Wendy Nasseth for sharing these absolutely adorable photos of your four year old daughter, Charlotte! Charlotte is pictured showing her Labrador Retriever puppy, Eve, in the Pee Wee Class at the Rose City Labrador Retriever Club B Match. Please enjoy [...]
The AKC Canine Health Foundation (CHF), a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of all dogs through research and discovery, is excited to announce the discoveries, and the researchers behind them, that were selected as semifinalists for the 2025 Canine Health Discovery of the Year Award. The Canine Health Discovery of the Year Award sets [...]
BLAST FROM THE PAST Who is your favorite West Highland White Terrier? Tell us about your favorite WEST HIGHLAND WHITE TERRIER of all time. Your answer MUST be a DECEASED dog from the past. Please include registered name, call name, and the reasons why you believe this particular dog was the very best example of [...]
Dog management is second nature to Canine Chronicle readers. We live in the mindset of preventing trouble. When was the last time you witnessed a dog fight at a show? It rarely happens. When was the last time you saw something like that go down on the street, the dog park, the vet, the groomer, or anywhere multiple dogs congregate? Everyone doesn’t operate on our wavelength. They fail to recognize dodgy situations before they go crosswise. Unfortunately, plenty of us have been caught in that crossfire.
AKC Reunite, the largest non-profit pet identification and recovery service provider in the United States and affiliate of the American Kennel Club®, is excited to announce the launch of a new temperature-sensing microchip, which will be available nationwide in mid-October. This ISO standard 134.2 kHz microchip will identify your pet with a unique microchip ID [...]
