We are sad to report the passing of Joe Waterman today. Joe was a renowned and successful all breed professional handler on the West Coast in the 70s, 80s and 90s. Before embarking on his professional handling career in 1968, Mr. Waterman was an aerospace engineer. As a handler, he guided the careers of many [...]
WHAT’S IN A WORD? – Dog Show Vocabulary Pt 11, “A.I.”
Elizabeth Salewsky explains the common dog show term – “A.I.”
Check out the 11th installment of our series that explains common dog show terms.
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Foxhounds and foxhunting were popular in colonial America. The American Foxhound was originally developed in Virginia and Maryland. One famous Foxhound fan was George Wash-ington whose breeding contributed to the development of the Ameri-can Foxhound. Washington began with Foxhounds originally from England and crossed in some French hounds. Several strains of American Foxhounds developed over the years; all are American Foxhounds, but some competed in the show ring while other lines were used more for hunting.
Thanks to Peggy Dvorsky for sharing this fun photo from the AKC National Championship in Orlando last year. She titles this photo as “Everyone Is a Critic!” Her critics are her Field Spaniels, GCH Calico’s Heartwood Orange Is The New Black and CH Calico’s Lights Camera Action. If you have a photo or video you [...]
Goldie, 14-year-old female spayed rat terrier, was living the good life on a horse farm with plenty of open land to run free. Her owner, Renee Johnson, describes her as full of vigor, rambunctious, and enthusiastic, with too much energy for city life in a small yard. Her duties as a barn dog kept her [...]
Exciting News From The Coeur d’ Alene Dog Fanciers: As you know we were able to postpone our May show to October 31 – November 2. In looking at how best to manage the events, the AKC granted us approval of splitting the Saturday & Sunday events into the following: Saturday, October 31 and Sunday, [...]
Announcement From The Montgomery County Kennel Club: “We have just been notified that the Montgomery County Community College is cancelling all external events for the remainder of the year. We are now in the process of securing a new location for our event. Please be assured that it is our intention to hold our show [...]
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! Jennifer Nelms Kettleson shared one of her best outtakes. It looks like these ladies have their hands full! Do you have a photo where you are [...]
Erica Vogt welcomed an adorable new puppy into her home. Pictured are new friends Standard Poodle, CH Dawin Key to my Heart, “Tahoe”, and Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy, Tudorose Timeless Classic, “Story”. It looks like the two hit it off immediately! If you have a photo or video you would like to share for [...]
