Find the latest statistics on The Canine Chronicle website at www.CanineChronicle.com/statistics Statistics covering January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 are online now! • Top 100 Dogs Amongst All Breeds • All Breed Standings • Breed Standings • NOHS Standings • Grand Champion Standings • Junior Showmanship Standings Click here to watch on Canine Chronicle [...]
From a breeder’s perspective, the pandemic simply amplified many issues that have been forcing changes in our entrenched standards and practices.
Methodical Consistency is a term I have coined for the express purpose of explaining what happens when one applies all the practical rules of breeding while focusing on purposeful function. It defines a chosen path using proven methods to produce a consistent product. This is simplicity at its finest, but is this so simple? I pose this question because if one reads the material and processes it properly, it will seem much easier in theory than in actual practice. Why is this so? When you take science and mix it with luck and prayer, all you can hope for is magic. With methodical consistency we can isolate the variances and guide the results.
Will Alexander Drops Some Knowledge About What’s Happening in the Sport of Dogs. It’s Deep… It’s Humorous… It’s Provocative… It’s Will Unfiltered! This week Will gives us 10 Questions in 60 Seconds. Ep. #39. Click here to watch on Canine Chronicle TV!
Good day, my fellow American dogs. This is the second in my series of seminars about how to train your humans. This session will cover such topics as discipline, leash training, getting your fair share of your human’s meals, dealing with cats and for the gun dogs, hounds, terriers and poodles among today’s attendees–hunting.
Now a researcher at the University of Missouri (MU) College of Veterinary Medicine used the technique to treat osteosarcoma in dogs—the first time the procedure has been successful in any animal larger than a mouse.
1. Never quit learning. So you finished your first champion. Won your first NOHS BIS. Won your first group. Your first regular BIS. Your second. Your third. You’re at the top in your breed. Don’t think you can’t be better, do better. Don’t think you know too much to profit from a handling class, or from watching the groups, or asking a pro for advice. You will never know all there is to know. The only difference is how fast you learn as much as you can—and where you stop because you think you know everything.
The Greyhound ranked 132nd in 2021 AKC registration statistics and is on the AKC’s current low-entry breeds list. It is one of the oldest breeds, among the first recognized by AKC in 1885, and is the prototype sighthound. Many other breeds define themselves in terms of the Greyhound–how they are the same and how they are different.
Seriously, have you ever wondered how judges learn about your breed? One of the main ways is by being mentored. According to the Oxford Online Dictionary, a mentor is an experienced and trusted adviser, and to mentor is to advise or train someone. Seems pretty straightforward, and yet it’s a process that is different in each mentoring session and can be anything from extremely helpful to a complete waste of time.
The Beatles told us 55 years ago that we could “get by with a little help” from our friends. But in any profession, that idea moves far beyond emotional support, and moves into the realm of mentoring.
