Crufts 2013 – About The Judges
Today’s Judge will be Mr. Jeff Luscott – Judging the Pastoral Group…
“Author Archive”
Electrochemotherapy – A New Way to Treat Tumors in Horses
Common methods include surgical removal, chemotherapy to shrink the tumors, and autogenous vaccines. Dr. Kelly Farnsworth (Washington State University) is using a new method called electroporation (electrochemotherapy) that is proving to be very successful for these types of growths.
Our Dogs are Beloved Companions 98% Of The Time
We are in debt; we don’t spend our extra dollars on ourselves, and we are often exhausted. We give every ounce of ourselves to these dogs, and to the sport that furthers the existence of dogs for all to enjoy. Most of us have, at one time or another, rescued dogs. We have re-homed dogs from bad situations. We took in dogs that nobody else would want. And yes, we still have our “perfect show dogs” in addition to our rescues and re-homes.
Crufts 2013 – About The Judges
Today’s Judge will be Ferelith Somerfield – Judging The Working Group
“It is always an honour to be invited to judge a group, and especially so at Crufts. This time there is another reason for it to be special, as I am retiring from judging at the end of the year; this will be my last Crufts…
We Are Not Judging Statues!
However, many handlers persist, sometimes in vain, to replace dog’s feet in positions that the dog has already decided were uncomfortable. Immediately after a correction, many dogs will then go on to move their other feet.
We Do Need Professional Handlers!
Professional Handlers are essential to the survival of our sport! They are needed just as much as Amateur Owner Handlers, breeders, and exhibitors with limited breeds in their string.
Crufts 2013 – About The Judges
Today’s Judge will be Mr. Ben Reynolds-Frost – Judging The Hound Group
Westminster – Something Old, Something New
One significant change from this past year affected many more entrants. The highly regarded Westminster Award of Merit was discarded this year in favor of the Select award for Grand Championship points. Several exhibitors commented that some breeds had strong representations of one sex over the other, but without Awards of Merit, judges could not recognize the strong and very deserving entries.
Bill Meyer’s Home Burns
“Please tell everyone that we are still operational and we will be at all of the upcoming shows on our schedule,” he said. “We will still be sending photos to our customers and we will do our best to help anyone in need of files to be emailed as well.”
