Judging is not an entitlement. Judging becomes a farce if the person pointing has less experience in the breed than most of the other people in the ring. Judging, and specifically lack of breed-specific knowledge, is the #1 source of complaints from exhibitors.
How to go over an Old English Sheepdog – Table Talk with Deb Cooper, Heather & Colton Johnson
We’ve all done something that causes our canine friends to question our intelligence. they don’t speak english, they just give us ‘The Look’.
For a number of years, I wrote a very successful column, Crossing the Headlines for the weekly UK paper, DogWorld.
Dog fanciers, travel back in time with me to the 1930s – that wacky decade of ups and downs – beginning with America’s Great Depression and ending with America’s entry into World War II.
Last year, while at a dog show, I overheard three judges chatting about their day. One of them said, “No one brings us puppies anymore.
If we look at the situation logically, weekday shows are here to stay. After checking with AKC, I am told there are approximately 6000 licensed clubs.
The subtleties of color and the visible landscape that dominate perception in the human world are genuinely substituted with scent in the ca- nine panorama. To understand what is going on in the world around them, dogs smell everything.
The judge points, the crowd cheers, the handle poses with the big ribbon…the owner or backer gets congratulated. Later that night, somebody may remember to call the breeder — you know, the person who created the dog that made it all possible? Without breeders, the handlers would be trotting around with those invisible dogs on the ends of their leads.
AKC/Royal Canine National Championship Day 2 Sunday, December 17, 2017 Orlando, FL **Keep checking in with the Canin Chronicle for all the National Championship results as they become available!** Airedale Terrier – Mr. Robert Stein Best of Breed: GCH CH Jet Aire’s Cosmic Discovery Owner: Diane & John Turba Akita – Mr. Houston Clark Best [...]
