Blast from the Past – Palm Springs 2013
A look back to the 2013 Palm Springs Shows
“Author Archive”
The 2020 Iditarod Winner’s Long, Strange Trip
After lengthy, unsuccessful negotiations to line up flight arrangements for his return to Norway, it finally happened in grand style last June. Actually, that trip probably rivaled the thrill of winning the Iditarod. By then, everybody in Alaska knew about this Norwegian guy stranded with 16 dogs.
Table Talk · January 6, 2021
The first half of the Brooksville cluster closed last week, and they have an entry that exceeds 3,000 dogs! I have not seen Brooksville entries like that in decades. This, in my opinion, is great news for our sport. Fewer shows is not always bad news my friends!
American Kennel Club Recognizes 197th Breed
American Kennel Club Welcomes Biewer Terrier To The Pack
How to deal with Anti- and Non-Hunters
As many sporting, hound, terrier and even a few Poodle owners decide they owe it to their dogs to give them the opportunity to do what the breeds were intended to do, hunt, the odds increase that someone in their circle of friends and acquaintances will regard the dog owners as rating somewhere below child molesters and axe murders. And, the odds are also good that the dog owners will find themselves in hostile conversations with anti-hunters and quite possibly awkward ones with non-hunters. So, you need to have some idea of how to deal with these folks.
Diabetes Risk in Dogs and Humans
It’s pretty well established that many health-related breakthroughs result from researching canine diseases. Our meticulously documented pedigree data makes them the ideal species for tracking suspected genetic disorders, many of which plague both our species.
Table Talk · December 30, 2020
The first week of shows in Brooksville, Florida close today, December 30th and the Tallahassee shows opened yesterday. Please note that the Ocala shows have an entry limit of 1800 dogs. I was unable to confirm if these shows have reached their limit as of the writing of this column.
The Evolution of the Poodle
Let us pay tribute to our foreign and American breeders of the past. The men whose painstaking work for generations helped to create our breeds of today.
The Art of the Critique – A Bold New Endeavor
Today we find ourselves in a catch 22 situation. AKC guidelines say we judges should not speak to exhibitors except for the usual pleasantries – good day, yes, it is a hot one, etc…This makes it kind of difficult to sneak messages under the table to inform the exhibitor of our honest opinion of their stock. I believe we need to inform the exhibitors better, or we will continue to see a decline in show entries and breeding stock.
Butch from Glen Cove
The station manager, hearing suspicious sounds emanating from the supposedly vacant restroom, summoned the police to report a burglary in progress. Well, they barged in, weapons drawn, to find Butch zonked out and snoring away as only a Saint can, completely oblivious to the mayhem.
