By Chris Robinson Originally published: August 2013 According to most psychiatric journals, a problem exists when there is a discrepancy between what you are doing and what you would like to be doing. So, when there is a discrepancy between what my dogs are doing and what I would like them to be doing, it [...]
WHY BOTHER? If you have not had the opportunity, I encourage everyone to read Will Alexander’s article “Why Bother? Let Us Count The Ways” on caninechronicle.com – https://caninechronicle.com/?s=Why+Bother&x=14&y=8. Will’s article speaks the very words that I preach day-in and day-out! As exhibitors, we owe it to ourselves, our exhibits and the judges to do [...]
By: Will Alexander It’s been a crazy summer. Extreme heat, volatile storms, yet the dog shows go on. Picture this–me standing under an ez-up, rain and wind so bad that the water is going sideways; I have my Irish Setter on the table and my generator purring as I’m doing my best to dry him [...]
By Amy Fernandez These days show photographers are taken for granted. That final point, first major, there’s always someone on hand to commemorate the big occasion. Likewise, we can rest assured that the forthcoming pictures will be topnotch, professional quality. Dog show photography has actually been around so long that, in more than one case, [...]
by Buris R. Boshell, M.D. Originally published: August 1993 Wake up man, you’re dead! This is the kind of shock I had when my physician said, “You have cancer of the colon” in May of 1993 and after two bouts of quick surgery, one in Birmingham and a final one (I hope) at MD Anderson, I [...]
By Amy Fernandez You’ve probably heard the phrase “reinventing the wheel”, which essentially means taking the long way around to what seems to be a fairly obvious conclusion. That concept applies to plenty of stupid stuff, but in our case it falls within the context of dogs. Life with dogs is standard procedure for us. [...]
By Ric Chashoudian Originally Published: April 2010 This article contains thirteen questions asked of three men who took the same dog to the Westminster Kennel Club Show three times and finally won Best In Show the third time with that dog. They are Mr. F. J. Bob Bartos, Jr. (BB) with the Scottie dog, Ch. [...]
By Chris Robinson According to most psychiatric journals, a problem exists when there is a discrepancy between what you are doing and what you would like to be doing. So, when there is a discrepancy between what my dogs are doing and what I would like them to be doing, it only makes sense to [...]
By William Given At least once a year, all exhibitors should go to a dog show unencumbered with a dog, grooming table and equipment. They should go for the sole purpose of observing the handling of their breed in particular, and a variety of breeds in general. We would all be very surprised, I think, [...]
By Lisa Dubé Forman This may be old news to most of you but I believe the sport of purebred dogs, using media hype terminology, is in “critical condition.” I am neither the standard bearer of this message nor a professional writer. I am an exhibitor and breeder of 25 years and, as such, I [...]
