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Those of you who have not sent in your free reserved grooming for Louisville to Nina Fetter should do so immediately! The reservation form can be found in the premium list located at www.infodog.com. Reservations should be sent to Louisvillegrooming@yahoo.com An alphabetical list of reservations that have been received and will be posted this week on the Louisville Kennel Club Facebook page and Nina Fetter’s Facebook page.
There will be fundraising efforts at Crufts. All donations made to the Kennel Club Charitable Trust between now and midnight on March 13th will be directed toward the Ukranian appeal and thereafter a donation option for the Ukraine will remain on the website. There will be collection points throughout the show. You can find a link to the Kennel Club Charitable Trust at http://caninechronicle.com/?p=225913.
March 9th, 2022 | Posted in Featured | Read More »
Kerrin Winter-Churchill is coming to Louisville! Don’t miss your chance to have your dog photographed by this world-class show dog photographer with over 40 years of experience. Her photos have graced the pages and covers of many magazines including The Canine Chronicle. Here is your chance to schedule a custom photo shoot […]
March 7th, 2022 | Posted in The Buzz | Read More »
Focusing on the attribution of the article rather than on the deeper questions it asks disharges our obligations as members/voters/participants/exhibitors/judges in the sport of dogs to live and play by common shared ethical standards and to work together to make rules that effectively close loopholes and promote true sportsmanship for the betterment of dogs.
March 4th, 2022 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
Several years ago, the judge voted in to judge the Best of Breed class at my national specialty had a known relationship with the dog/owners of an actively shown special. They travelled to shows together regularly and had a close relationship: They bred dogs together and had a close friendship. They were not members of the same household, and did not co-own the dog in question, so they were not breaking any rules. Sadly, I fully expected this dog would be exhibited to this individual–after all, there was no rule against it, right? As expected, the dog was shown, and won the Breed. In my opinion, the entry for the Breed class at this national would have been larger if this conflict of interest did not exist. Further, in my opinion, in this situation the win was tainted by the facts at hand.
March 2nd, 2022 | Posted in Featured | Read More »
After filing a formal complaint, as I was instructed, to the Officers and Directors of the AKC, the various show chairpeople of the shows at this cluster and the show chairman of the Westminster Kennel Club, where I could see this judge figured prominently on the panel, and then a lengthy back and forth email exchange with the Judges Operations Department (no one else responded to my letter), the AKC position was that no rules were broken and the exhibitor was eligible to show. In their argument, the AKC cited several examples of similar instances where the definition of household had been the basis for determining conflict or no conflict of interest: where children of judges were allowed to show at clusters where a parent was judging because they did not live at the same address, and where a certain exhibitor was excused from the group ring at Westminster because he resided at the same property as the judge.
February 27th, 2022 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
The Westminster Kennel Club announces the following revised judging panel for the 146th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Presented by Purina Pro Plan® at Lyndhurst, a National Trust for Historic Preservation property in Tarrytown, New York, on June 18, 20-22, 2022.
February 24th, 2022 | Posted in Breaking News,Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
In my opinion, Bridget hits the nail on the head and gives some terrific advice as to where fanciers can spend their energy instead of looking for, or assuming that there is always an agenda that has nothing to do with the dog being exhibited.
February 23rd, 2022 | Posted in Featured | Read More »
The economy is difficult in just about every city and state in this country. Monies are short, show entries are down for some clubs, and costs of putting together a show and paying for judges’ expenses are rising. I do not mean that judges’ fees are rising. I have NOT heard of a judge increasing the fee for judging under any circumstances! Most judges are very aware of how much it costs to put together a show and do not want to “bite the hand that (sometimes) feeds them” by pricing themselves out of judging assignments. If anything, many judges do not list all the expenses that are incurred in getting to and from a show including meals and incidentals. I hear judges discussing some of the expenses they “eat” in order to save the club money.
February 21st, 2022 | Posted in Dog Show History,Editorial,Featured | Read More »
Watch the Sun Maid Kennel Club of Fresno live on AKC.tv Tune in this weekend as AKC.tv travels west to the Sun Maid Kennel Club of Fresno Dog Show! Live coverage of all seven groups and Best In Show from Fresno, CA. Saturday, February 19th at 6:45PM ET/3:45PM PT
February 17th, 2022 | Posted in Breaking News,Featured | Read More »
