Judging the Judges

As always, when my family and puppy people are competing in other parts of the country, I stay close to my phone an- ticipating a call to report the results and such.

As always, when my family and puppy people are competing in other parts of the country, I stay close to my phone an- ticipating a call to report the results and such.

Westminster Kennel Club – Terrier Best of Breed List Tuesday, February 14, 2017 New York, New York ***Check back throughout the day as we update the Best of Breed list!*** Airedale Terrier American Hairless Terrier American Staffordshire Terrier Australian Terrier Bedlington Terrier Border Terrier Colored Bull Terrier White Bull Terrier Cairn Terrier Cesky Terrier Dandie [...]

Westminster Kennel Club – Working Best of Breed List Tuesday, February 14, 2017 New York, New York ***Check back throughout the day as we update the Best of Breed list!*** Akita Alaskan Malamute Anatolian Shepherd Dog Bernese Mountain Dog Black Russian Terrier Boerboel Boxer Bullmastiff Cane Corso Chinook Doberman Pinscher Dogue de Bordeaux German Pinscher [...]

Westminster Kennel Club – Sporting Best of Breed List Tuesday, February 14, 2017 New York, New York ***Check back throughout the day as we update the Best of Breed list!*** Brittany Lagotto Romagnolo Pointer German Shorthaired Pointer German Wirehaired Pointer Chesapeake Bay Retriever Curly-Coated Retriever Flat-Coated Retriever Golden Retriever Labrador Retriever Nova Scotia Duck [...]

Co-ownership is a means of sharing and protecting a dog you have bred. It can be a desirable relationship or the polar opposite.

One of the wonderful benefits of being a columnist for The Canine Chronicle is it gives me a great reason to get out to shows and to talk to exhibitors. Last February, my wife and I at- tended the Rocky Mountain Cluster at the Denver National Western Complex. For the most, an excellent place for a show.

AKC had 105 breeds arranged into six groups back in 1948 when Clifford Hubbard reit- erated the unspoken truth, “The official classifications of the kennel clubs of the world cannot be accepted as conclusive.

Westminster Kennel Club – Herding Best of Breed List Monday, February 13, 2017 New York, New York ***Check back throughout the day as we update the Best of Breed list!*** Australian Cattle Dog Australian Shepherd Bearded Collie Beauceron Belgian Malinois Belgian Sheepdog Belgian Tervuren Bergamasco Berger Picard Border Collie Bouvier des Flandres Briard Canaan [...]

Westminster Kennel Club – Non-Sporting Best of Breed List Monday, February 15, 2016 New York, New York ***Check back throughout the day as we update the Best of Breed list!*** American Eskimo Dog Bichon Frise Boston Terrier Bulldog Chinese Shar-Pei Chow Chow Coton de Tulear Dalmatian Finnish Spitz French Bulldog Keeshonden Lhasa Apso Lowchen Norwegian [...]

Westminster Kennel Club – Toy Best of Breed List Monday, February 13, 2017 New York, New York ***Check back throughout the day as we update the Best of Breed list!*** Affenpinscher Brussels Griffon Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Long Coat Chihuahua Smooth Coat Chihuahua Chinese Crested Blenheim & Prince Charles English Toy Spaniel King Charles & [...]