Westminster Kennel Club – Terrier Best of Breed List Tuesday, June 21, 2022 Tarrytown, 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 Dinmont [...]
Westminster Kennel Club – Non-Sporting Best of Breed List Tuesday, June 21, 2022 Tarrytown, 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 Lundehund [...]
Westminster Kennel Club – Herding Best of Breed List Monday, June 20, 2022 Tarrytown, New York ***Check back throughout the day as we update the Best of Breed list!*** Australian Cattle Dog Australian Shepherd Bearded Collie Beauceron Belgian Laekenois Belgian Malinois Belgian Sheepdog Belgian Tervuren Bergamasco Berger Picard Border Collie Bouvier des Flandres Briard [...]
Westminster Kennel Club – Hound Best of Breed List Monday, June 20, 2022 Tarrytown, New York ***Check back throughout the day as we update the Best of Breed list!*** Afghan Hound American English Coonhound American Foxhound Azawakhs Basenji Basset Hound Beagle (13 in. and under) Beagle (over 13 in.) Black and Tan Coonhound Bloodhound [...]
Those who judge know that faults and virtues vary in their degree of severity and in the frequency of their occurrence from dog to dog and from breed to breed. Because virtues and faults occur in all breeds the challenge is to recognize the average dog from the better and the best ones.
Dennis McCoy gives his thoughts on the recent email sent to AKC from judging operations…
Tom Pincus, Cluster Chair of the Houston World Series of Dog Shows chats with Deb Cooper about what exhibitors can expect at the Houston shows this year.
Deb Cooper chats with Sergio Brown from The Crew about how The Crew began and ways to reach out to the community to get help with putting on dog shows.
David Johnson, Cluster Chair of the Kentuckiana Cluster chats with Deb Cooper about the upcoming Kentuckiana Cluster in Louisville, Kentucky.
Judging dogs is a complicated process with many factors in play. Politics, biases and preferences are common human traits. A judge may be extremely knowledgeable but may have some unwitting or unconscious biases running around in their head. Some may be knowledgeable but not confident enough to stay on track – for example, when one handler has the best dog, bitch, and special in two back-to-back breeds.
