The Undocked Dilemma

It was a situation custom-made for a Facebook Rate-the-Judges free-for-all: Saturday’s judge excused all the natural-tailed Silky Terriers prior to awarding any placements.

It was a situation custom-made for a Facebook Rate-the-Judges free-for-all: Saturday’s judge excused all the natural-tailed Silky Terriers prior to awarding any placements.

“EXPERIENCE” – the Noun and the Verb. Stay with me on this. The word “experience” exists in two domains. The first is as a noun, an experience.

Sporting dogs are an odd lot. Other than the Lagotto Romagnolo, they all hunt birds but there the similarities pretty much end. The variety of physical appearances presented by the breeds is truly astonishing for dogs that all do roughly the same work.

New York, NY – Mr. Peter J. Green of Bowmansville, Pennsylvania has been selected for the ultimate judging assignment in the sport of dogs, Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.

People who find themselves in conflict rarely choose to address the problem. This is akin to taking a trip without checking out the best route to your destination.

We all have stories we have been told, but cannot reveal the source. Here is one of those stories that has to be told. Unfortunately, we can’t reveal the storyteller.

When you ask dog people what dogs have meant to them, the responses have a common theme—dogs aren’t an “interest”—they are a passion. And what have dogs given them? The most common response is “everything!”

By the early 1950s breeding and showing dogs had become a popular American pastime and owning an AKC registered purebred dog was the gold standard.