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Exhibitors are talented at claiming conflicts of interests when it involves their competition, and denying any when it involves themselves. But what do the rules have to say about it? Technically, the Rules, Policies, and Guidelines for Conformation Dog Show Judges states, “A conflict of interest exists when a judge is influenced by any relationship or factor other than the merit of the dogs.” We all know that’s probably a bit broad and unenforceable, but some are well-defined and very enforceable. But not all are understood, especially by exhibitors. How well do you know your rules when it comes to conflicts of interest?
July 10th, 2023 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
The late Walter Mischel was a psychologist at Stanford who, in the 1970s, created a famous delayed-gratification experiment by watching children eat marshmallows.
July 9th, 2023 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
The four-plus day show cluster has become the staple of today’s dog show scene in the United States. A quick glance at our events calendar at www.caninechronicle.com shows how clusters of shows held in one location has become a normal, weekly occurrence in most regions. Heck, we even have a button titled “Cluster View” on our events calendar that groups the shows by cluster each weekend.
July 8th, 2023 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
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July 7th, 2023 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
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! Will Alexander has an in-depth conversation with Sam Houston McDonald. Click here to watch on Canine Chronicle TV!
July 6th, 2023 | Posted in Featured,Videos | Read More »
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! Will Alexander has an in-depth conversation with Peter Frost. Click here to watch on Canine Chronicle TV!
June 30th, 2023 | Posted in Featured,Videos | Read More »
The Working group currently includes 31 breeds. Two more future Working breeds–the Danish-Swedish Farmdog and the Kai Ken–are currently in the Miscellaneous Class, and will probably join the Working group within a few years, eventually bringing it to 33 breeds. The Foundation Stock Service breeds include 19 more that may or may not eventually join the Working group. If that were to ever happen, the Working group would (once again) be amongst AKC’s largest, with 52 (!) breeds (assuming all succeeded in becoming bonafide breeds, and no more FSS breeds joined). And once again the call to split the groups would become more vocal.
June 26th, 2023 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
While Balto’s claim to fame as the hero of the Iditarod may be a matter of dispute–given that kennelmate Togo was the actual workhorse–Balto has now become famous for something else: He’s the first subject of an analysis comparing his individual DNA with that of modern dogs.
June 25th, 2023 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
The Portuguese Water Dog is called Cão de Agua in Portugual, translated as dog of water. It was used by fisherman in Portugal to herd fish into nets, retrieve lost articles (including diving to get them), as a courier, and as a guard and companion.
June 24th, 2023 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
For almost 100 years, people in New York’s Central Park have slowed to admire the bronze statue of a husky named Balto. Some stop to the read the plaque: “Dedicated to the indomitable spirit of the sled dogs that relayed antitoxin six hundred miles over rough ice across treacherous waters through arctic blizzards from Nenana to the relief of stricken Nome in the winter of 1925. Endurance. Fidelity. Intelligence.”
June 23rd, 2023 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
