Progressive Dog Club – A Recap
Neither rain, nor snow, nor loss of half the judging panel could stop this historic show in its 84th year.
“Author Archive”
Breed Priorities – Pembroke Welsh Corgis
Survey results vary from breed to breed in how much the 6. Topline firm and level experts agree with each other on what is most and least important in their breed. The greater the consistency, the more confident I am in the results.
Ego or Passion? – Responding to Criticism
Last month the Westminster Kennel Club show was held in New York. People from all over the world and the country came to New York to exhibit their purebred dogs in conformation and performance.
The 1967 Westminster Dog Show
Since moving to the Piers Westminster has been rapidly reinventing itself. The multifaceted, all-encompassing event unfolding over there really isn’t a break with tradition as much as a return to it.
The Non-Sporting Group – A Marvelous Menagerie
Everyone’s been there. Ringside with a bewildered novice patiently explaining the basics of competition as they frantically scan from ring to catalog desperately trying to grasp the obviously significant events unfolding before their eyes.
The Wacky World of Dogs
There is a reason why the folks at the Disney Studios named the tall, anthropomorphic dog-like character “Goofy.”
Breed Priorities – The Italian Greyhound
Click here to read the complete article 210 – February 2017 by Nikki Riggsbee The Italian Greyhound is both a small hound and a toy dog. Both are important to breed type. Ideally, the IG should have both the diminutive size, fine bone, and elegance of the toy coupled with the S-curved, graceful outline of [...]
Sociology of Dogs
Dogs have been the center of attention for quite a while. Everyone who works in the marketing industry knows pretty well that any commercial advertisement will perform much better with a child and a dog in it. Somehow we react more emotionally.
The St. Bernard – A Storied History
Click here to read the complete article 274 – February 2017 BY LEE CONNOR Isn’t it incredible that despite the plethora of channels on TV we are often at a loss when looking for something to enter- tain us, and I’m certainly finding that when I do finally settle on something it is invariably a [...]
Restyling Man’s Best Friend
Street level knowledge of genetics expands by the minute thanks to the ongoing tsunami of discoveries that qualify as mainstream news.
