“Author Archive”
In the dog show world, we can all recall many mistakes of our own, and of others. Luckily, only a few on live television (bloopers). We are fortunate that we are not running for high office and many of our personal “oops” moments are secreted in our memory. The other more visible ones still cause amusement, ridicule, or shock in our small doggy world. It does, however, give me the opportunity to recite just a few of the minor “oops” of which I have heard about, witnessed, or been involved.
August 22nd, 2020 | Posted in Current Articles,Dog Show History,Editorial,Featured | Read More »
I am thrilled to point out to everyone that the weekend prior to Labor Day there will be FOUR–yes, my friends–FOUR clusters!! All in different parts of the country! Iowa, Ohio, Wyoming and Oklahoma! (NOTE!! Those of you attending the Iowa Cluster should contact your hotel to confirm availability since a lot of damage occurred during that massive storm).
August 19th, 2020 | Posted in Featured | Read More »
By Amy Fernandez Getting a dog has been one of the most popular ways to cope with quarantine and all the related stress that it entails. We’re still far from getting back to normal. Of course, the latest debate on this front is whether or not it will be safe to open schools in the [...]
August 16th, 2020 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
Quite a few breeders have the resources to buy the best and do things on a grand scale. That approach typically ensures instant recognition and transitory success, but rarely translates into a lasting contribution. That requires an element that money can’t buy, an uncompromising focus on quality. Barbara Fallass and her daughter Susan Mason made historic contributions to the development of Smooth Fox Terriers, Greyhounds, and Welsh Pembroke Corgis.
August 16th, 2020 | Posted in Current Articles,Dog Show History,Featured,Remembering Our Past? | Read More »
What can I tell you? It was a dog club meeting. Blah, blah, blah… As the old saying goes, everyone has an opinion and most of them… well never mind. So we were discussing the Welcome Reception for the judges ad nauseam; the room, the food, the wine, the signage, the decorations, the size of the tables. Finally, I looked at a couple of the biggest complainers and said what I believe (I always tell the truth because that is the way my Mother raised me). “I don’t mean to be rude, but it is not about you. It’s not about the show chair, the photographer, the super or any of the committee members. It’s about the judges. It is a Welcome Event for them.” The reply left me speechless.
August 13th, 2020 | Posted in Current Articles,Editorial,Featured | Read More »
It continues to be extremely important to not repeat fake news. Show information should be disseminated by the show-giving club. Only if an authorized show committee member asks to post information about their show should others post or repeat information about a cluster. At this point, I strongly recommend going directly to the show chair as opposed to looking up information on the AKC website. Information on the website has been confusing and has caused people to conclude that shows are cancelled when they are not. The Canine Chronicle show calendar is a great resource to refer to in these “fluid” times. We do our best to get our site updated as soon as official information is made available.
August 12th, 2020 | Posted in Featured | Read More »
A few weeks ago, a guy I know called, more or less out of the blue, to ask if I might be free for lunch that week. I said, “It’s possible.” and added, since the guy is a CPA, “What do you have in mind?” He said he wanted to talk with me about getting a hunting dog because he knew I’d bred, trained and hunted with both retrievers and pointing breeds for more years than I care to admit. He then added the magic words, “I’m buying.” That sealed the deal for two reasons: First, it would be a violation of the journalists’ credo to turn down a free lunch. Secondly, I’ve known this particular CPA for a number of years and I can count the number of times I’ve seen him pick up a check for any meal on the fingers of one hand. To describe him as “frugal” would require a complete redefinition of the word. So, it was with both some amusement and a considerable amount of bemusement that I headed into the lunch meeting, knowing as I did that over the years, he had seemed perfectly content to hunt over other people’s dogs thus sparing himself the expense of actually keeping one.
August 9th, 2020 | Posted in Current Articles,Editorial,Featured | Read More »
Following a trail certainly applies to breeds in FCI Group 6 – Scenthounds, Leash (scent) Hounds and Related Breeds – that possess a great passion for game and rely on their keen noses and sense of detection.
In Europe, different names are used for scent hounds, such as chien courant (France), Bracke (Germany, Austria), Laufhund (Switzerland) and brak (Netherlands).
Various old European hound breeds share the same history as old French hounds or other breeds that have vanished: they became extinct or merged into one of today’s breeds.
August 9th, 2020 | Posted in Current Articles,Editorial,Featured | Read More »
Therefore, it’s amazing to realize the AKC’s first skirmish on this front was quick and clear. Of course that was way, way back in 1924, and AKC had a unique advantage that time around. Its president, John Emmons de Mund M.D., had already been around the block with AKC and lawsuits.
August 8th, 2020 | Posted in Dog Show History,Featured,Remembering Our Past? | Read More »
What did I do this past week/weekend?? I went to a dog show!!!! I have to admit I was a bit edgy about going to my first show in a long time; one that turned out to be the largest cluster of the year thus far, and by a large margin! Anyone who has been to the Steel Valley Cluster in Canfield, Ohio, knows that one of the things it is known for is the “iffy” weather.
August 5th, 2020 | Posted in Featured | Read More »
