Working Group at the 132nd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Feb 12, 2008
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“Author Archive”
To Be or Not to Be?
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.
Remembering Denise (Denny) Kodner
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.
A Tale of Two Beaucerons
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.
Blame It On The Delegates
“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.”
Now Hear This, Dogs!
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.
Judging In Bogota’… Excelente’
It was a first-time experience judging at a FCI show and traveling to South America. I was anxious about judging at an Asociación Club Canino Colombiano/FCI-sponsored show and judging a Sporting Group Specialty where I would be asked to critique each dog.
Center Stage with Ken Sinclair – Araki Tibetan Terriers
In 1954 a true Scotsman was born and little did his friends and family know then, but he was a star in the making and a true breeder, enthusiast and judge of our time today in which we are grateful. Born in East Kilbride Scotland in 1954 was Ken Sinclair, later known for the world famous Araki Tibetan Terriers. He became fond of the Tibetan Terrier after leaving school and becoming a full-time kennel boy for a kennel in Sussex for Anne Matthews (Hardacre), then aged 18 years old. Growing up as a child and with his family they did own a few dogs as pets including a black miniature Poodle called Pepe. It was the day he went along with his family to collect Pepe that he was mesmerized by the beautiful set up of kennels and grooming area of this place that Ken stood there and knew that this is what he wanted to have for himself. Before Ken owned Tibetan Terriers, he enjoyed great success at Championship shows with Afghan Hounds back in the day when the entry in the UK was in the 300 to 400’s, and it was from the experience, knowledge and understanding of having this breed that he had an idea of what to look for in a Tibetan Terrier.
The Westminster Caper – A Novel
318 – October, 2010 By Dr. Al Grossman January 15th, 2011 Brighton Beach, NY The motley crew shuffled one by one into Sergey’s apartment. Only Sergey seemed excited. “Anybody have anything?” he asked. “No! Well I hit the jackpot!!” He shouted. With that out came the cigarettes and everybody started shouting questions. “Calm down, Calm […]
