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It is important to teach younger people, if they are truly interested. I do my best to do this and so do many others. Young people cannot or should not be forced to learn about our sport. There are a few young people who truly want to learn. They will be the backbone of our sport in the coming decades. It is important for young people to have the talent to look at a dog and evaluate them in their mind with the picture of what this breed should look like, and not be afraid to discuss this with experts in this breed.
February 22nd, 2011 | Posted in Remembering Our Past? | Read More »
How do our viewpoints impact the way we go about the business of evaluating respective merit? How do our priorities differ or vary? What impact does experience have? How well, or otherwise, do we translate educational experiences into acceptably valid practice? These are some of the things which seemingly always fascinate the mind.
February 22nd, 2011 | Posted in Uncategorized | Read More »
96 – February, 2010 by Kimberly Silva What made you decide to become a judge? We handled dogs for twenty five years, and judging dogs was a natural progression. I always hoped to be able to contribute to the sport by judging. Who, if anyone, has influenced your style of judging? There were a number [...]
February 21st, 2011 | Posted in In The Spotlight | Read More »
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February 17th, 2011 | Posted in Dog Show History | Read More »
My tenure as a delegate, representing my breed’s parent club, could well go down in history as the shortest lived ever. I lasted but a year. In retrospect, I probably never should have accepted the position.
February 17th, 2011 | Posted in Breaking News,Current Articles,Editorial | Read More »
I knew of Denny long before I ever met her as she was a legend in the German Shepherd breed as a great handler and a successful breeder.” She and her husband Les reared their family (David and Peter) in the mid-west and no matter where she went she carried a strong and true Midwest demeanor. In dogs she didn’t shoot from the hip on anything. She told it like it was and never gave it a second thought if she believed in what needed to be said.
February 17th, 2011 | Posted in Dog Show History,Editorial,Remembering Our Past? | Read More »
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February 7th, 2011 | Posted in Uncategorized | Read More »
Much is demanded of show dogs – they must be adaptable, calm, and tolerant in addition to meeting the requirements of their breed standards. Two Beaucerons, both champions and exhibited at the 2011 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, have show careers that are secondary to their day-to-day work. For Beaucerons Gideon and Elias, ribbons and trophies take a back seat to the life-saving work they perform every day.
January 19th, 2011 | Posted in Editorial | Read More »
“The American Kennel Club is a “club of clubs”, and not a club of individuals. There are over 500 clubs that meet AKC membership requirements and have duly elected or appointed Delegates to represent them at quarterly meetings of the Delegate Body. Each delegate functions as a representative of his or her member club in voting on matters coming before the Delegate Body and electing from amongst their membership the thirteen individuals who serve on AKC’s Board of Directors. Under the Constitution and Bylaws of The American Kennel Club, the Delegate Body “… shall have sole power to make the Rules governing dog shows and field trials and the clubs or associations formed to conduct them.”
December 24th, 2010 | Posted in Uncategorized | Read More »
This is the Captain speaking. With the winter holidays nearly upon us, it has been brought to my attention by the Command Master Chief of the Household that certain liberties were taken by the canine crew of this command during the last holiday season that shall not happen again this year. Henceforth, the following actions and activities will be expressly forbidden.
December 15th, 2010 | Posted in Current Articles | Read More »
