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Stories written by AnthonyA
Westminster is our Mecca. And it’s just as much for what happens inside the rings as alongside the rings. Sure, most of our attention is riveted on the competitors. But we also glance ringside to spot the glamorous guests from overseas, the inconspicuous backers and, of course, the famous judges, handlers and breeders. But let your gaze wander still farther from the rings, and you’ll see the booths you expect to see at any show. Only—they’re not the same booths you expect to see at any show.
August 24th, 2022 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
I have been involved in the Staffordshire Bull Terrier breed for many decades and judging them for 15 years. There are a few discrepancies that I have found, one being… SIDE GAIT.
August 23rd, 2022 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
The Sealyham Terrier was developed in the middle of the nineteenth century by Captain John Edwards to work with his Otterhound pack. The breed derived its name from the Captain’s Sealy Ham estate in southern Wales. While no records were kept, it is assumed that he used an extinct white terrier, the Dandie Dinmont Terrier, and the West Highland White Terrier, among others to build his breed. Noted for his white color, fall of hair over his face, and low slung strong body, the Sealyham is one of the more biddable terriers.
August 22nd, 2022 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
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August 21st, 2022 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
Imagine for a few moments – it’s June 1920 and you’re invited to Lyndhurst Mansion for the day to visit with Helen Gould, a beloved philanthropist, and her railroad executive husband, Finley J. Shepard. The Shepards open up the house each summer and it’s just filled with all the best people, and their children, dogs and so much fun.
August 20th, 2022 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
Join Amy Rodrigues in this exciting series, “TIME WILL TELL.” Amy goes back in time with some of the greatest historians in the sport of dogs. They will tell us some of their favorite stories of how they first got started and explain some of the differences between dog shows then and now. Please sit back and enjoy as Linda Hurlebaus tells […]
August 19th, 2022 | Posted in Featured,Videos | Read More »
This article (my last one on WKC, I promise) will likely only be interesting to those who show, judge, handle, and/or breed Goldens; or to those who are curious about what is happening in a dog judge’s mind (or at least this judge’s mind) as final decisions are made.
August 19th, 2022 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
Does your German Shepherd Dog feel pain differently than your neighbor’s Maltese?
A groundbreaking study funded by the AKC Canine Health Foundation may soon have the answer.
August 18th, 2022 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
The history of grooming tools dates back to 20,000 B.C. in Asia and Africa. Archeologists have discovered in caves, paintings of men with beards and beardless. At the grave sites were found sharpened flints and sea shells. As soon as man mastered the metals–copper and bronze–the blades for razoring were hammered out.
August 17th, 2022 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
Qualzucht. It translates literally as “torture breeding.”
And if you’re not already acquainted with it, you will be. . .
August 16th, 2022 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
