AKC/Royal Canin National Championship Best of Breed Results – Day 2 Sunday December 16, 2018
AKC/Royal Canin National Championship Best of Breed Results – Day 2 Sunday December 16, 2018
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AKC/Royal Canin National Championship Best of Breed Results – Day 1 Saturday December 15, 2018
AKC/Royal Canine National Championship Best of Breed Results – Day 1 Saturday December 15, 2018
Dog Show Elf Takes Orlando
Dog Show Elf Takes Orlando at the 2018 AKC/Royal Canin National Championship. Follow us on Facebook @ The Canine Chronicle…
Norrbottenspets-Pohjanpystykorva – Versatile Spitz
Although dogs have been our companions for millennia, we have to guess at what prehistoric dogs looked like exactly. One thing we do know for sure, though, is the work they did. They followed the prey, drove the flocks and herds, guarded livestock and defended their owners’ property.
The Great Pyrenees – PART 2
World War II marked the biggest philosophical overhaul this sport is ever likely to see. It was the moment that Americans truly began perceiving dogs in human terms. They were beloved family members capable of unimaginable heroics. They started to get some respect. And more pertinent to this deal, AKC suddenly started getting some respect.
The Real World Dog Show
This year, the World Dog Show was held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It was four days, but the first was an all-breed show called the Beneflux Winner.
The Big E – Endless Possibilities
Moving through our lives in Dogdom is an organic process. We start at one place, acquiring a dog. Over time we morph. We may get another. Perhaps we decide to show our dogs in a single event, a few, or many.
The NOHS – An Owner/Handler’s Point of View
First, I want to thank AKC for the National Owner-Handled Series (NOHS), and encourage all Owner-Handlers to show their dogs in the NOHS. The NOHS is a wonderful opportunity to showcase your dog, improve your skills, exhibit, and increase your confidence in the sport.
Open Shows, Open Doors – A Judge’s Perspective
For most of us, it has been decades since our initial pure bred breed was recognized by the AKC and introduced to the Fancy. Imagine, for a moment, you were one of the pioneers in your initial breed working diligently to organize, creating your breed’s parent club, drafting its standard and, ultimately, having your breed recorded in AKC’s Stud Book. This Herculean task is occurring now for almost eighty breeds.
