2012 Country Music Cluster
is presented by the Nashville and Tullahoma Kennel Clubs photos by chuck currey · c.currey@yahoo.com Check out all the photos in the August issue
“Author Archive”
World Dog Show 2012 – Salzburg, Austria
In addition to being one of the four founding organizations of the FCI, the Austrian Kennel Club is probably one of its most active members. Three times Austria hosted the World Dog Show event …
Hounds – Toplines & Underlines
It is elementary that shape, others prefer the word silhouette, nearly always defines breed type in our hounds. My intent is not to cover each of the hound group’s 27 breeds. Rather, I have highlighted breeds to illustrate essential elements of shape. The hound group species are diversified into sight and scenthounds and within the sighthound classification, a more specific genre exists being the Greyhound and greyhound-like breeds. I will discuss this exclusive cast first as it is very important to me and, hereafter, I will usually refer to them as genre.
A New Emphasis on Junior Showmanship
July, 2012 by William Given In any serious conversation about the future of our sport, we have to acknowledge the importance of our youth and the need to bring more young people into our sport. Today’s junior handlers are the “future of our sport.” They will be the exhibitors, breeders, mentors, professional handlers, judges, stewards, […]
Dogs for War
July, 2012 text and illustrations by Ria Hörter During war time, dogs have been used as messenger dogs, patrol dogs, guard dogs, mine dogs, Red Cross dogs or as draught dogs for the transportation of weapons, ammunition, food and medical supplies. No role at all Numerous dog books state that Greek and Roman armies fought […]
Worthy or Worthless
July, 2012 by Dr. Bob Smith Recently, a highly successful breeder of Whippets asked of her “Friends” on a social media page about the value of Stud Dog and Brood Bitch classes at National Specialties. This question and some of the responses from the readers prompted a look at these non-regular classes. Why do National […]
Dogs In The City
July, 2012 by Amy Fernandez I just finished watching Justin Silver work miracles in the first episode of the new CBS show Dogs in the City. First of all, I must admit that I’m amazed to see another prime time series devoted to basic dog training. No one predicted this when the immortal Barbara Woodhouse […]
