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The other day, a friend of mine sent me a t-shirt that gets to the nub of my relationship with my dogs. It says, “The dog is in charge. I just pay the bills.” It’s true that the dogs, over the years, have created a very well-trained human. I buy their food and serve it to them on their schedule. I provide their recreation, frequently at their insistence when I’m most busy trying to meet a deadline or, during the months when the area where I live is ruled by King Boreas, in the most godawful cold imaginable. There is NO clothing that both allows you to throw bumpers and stay warm when the wind chill is at minus-57. If you live south of I-70 you’ll have to trust me on that because I have had a considerable amount of experience trying to do both and failing. At the slightest hint that all might not be beer and skittles in their lives physically, they are rushed immediately to the best medical care available.
May 1st, 2019 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
Ordinarily, my monthly contribution to The Canine Chronicle contains some element of humor, is reflective or rueful, and occasionally it expresses outrage. In a major departure from the usual, this one’s going to contain some practical information–since this is the Sporting Dog issue–for those of you who are planning to take your champion sporting dogs into the field and will deal with what the well-equipped hunter and his/her dog need for field work.
April 30th, 2019 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
On a recent trip to a large beauty supply store, I noticed that in addition to the usual variety of well-known and advertised brand name products on the shelves, an array of their own store products had now appeared in force. Whether it was shampoo, hair spray, skin cleansers, or body creams, there was one of the store brand placed next to the more recognizable labeled product.
April 24th, 2019 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
It’s often said that when true love hits there’s no going back. Unfortunately, in Mrs. Cheever Porter’s case, the object of that desire didn’t happen to be Mr. Porter.
April 22nd, 2019 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
We asked experienced AKC judges two questions about current issues affecting our sport. Here’s what they had to say…
April 18th, 2019 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
MARCH 12th. was a sad day for the AKC and, more importantly, the sport of purebred dogs in general. This month ended the twenty-year tenure of probably the best friend the dog world ever had.
April 17th, 2019 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
We have to speak out if we want the sport of dogs to survive. And we have to stop our own mouths from denigrating this sport we love while we’re at it.
April 15th, 2019 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
It all started with a $300 puppy. In the 1980s, Douglas Johnson was growing up in the rural Virginia town of Waynesboro — “Walton’s Mountain” country. Since junior high school, he’d worked for a local veterinarian, cleaning kennels and walking dogs out front. The job paid $1 per hour, which Johnson’s parents matched. He’d saved his earnings, and knew just how to spend them.
April 12th, 2019 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
So what’s the all-time top fantasy of dog breeders? Winning the national specialty? Going BIS from the classes? An all champion litter? Few of us ever experience any of those glorious highs, but Salgray Boxers turned them into a routine.
April 10th, 2019 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
Canine Chronicle Sporting Hall of Fame
April 4th, 2019 | Posted in The Canine Chronicle Hall of Fame | Read More »
