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. #16. Click here to watch on Canine Chronicle TV!
“All the world loves a winner and has no time for a loser.” This quote is attributed to Knute Rockne, the indomitable head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and member of the College Football Hall of Fame. This may very be true, but over the last few years I have developed a theory that, in actuality, “everybody loves a loser.” Someday, I have promised myself to take a poll, but it is my firm belief that a lot of us–including many long time, highly successful breeders–have had a pretty sad specimen of the breed wandering aimlessly somewhere in our early beginning. I freely admit it.
It’s impossible to be at every dog show. Wouldn’t it be great if we could? Here is the opportunity to “Read All About It!” Well…maybe it’s not everything. When you go to your next show, here are lots of subjects worth discussing. Look around, there is a lot to see, hear, remember, or forget. Isn’t that the truth!
Many people think that just creating a nonprofit corporation and conducting business as a nonprofit makes the organization tax-exempt. That is far from the truth. Incorporating a nonprofit in the state of formation merely establishes it as a legal business entity. Having tax-exempt status means that the net profits of the organization are exempt from federal income taxes. Certain states allow state-level tax-exempt status, and in such cases, the net profit is also exempt from payment of state income taxes.
Participants in this sport have become conditioned to gauge everything by the numbers. Obviously, statistics provide a clear determination of the facts. Problem is that they never tell the whole story. To make my point, I would like to recap the life of a dog that hopefully rings a bell for every CC reader–even though his glorious show career spanned the 1950s AND he didn’t grab the record in question.
Every couple of years there is a hearing of a Congressional Oversight Committee where they address the concerns of average American taxpayers with representatives of the Internal Revenue Service. One of the concerns has always been the amount of time it takes the average person to complete their individual 1040 tax return. And, almost always, the Commissioner or one of their deputies responds, “On average, the ordinary individual can complete their tax return in about twenty minutes.”
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 interviews David Gignac. Click here to watch on Canine Chronicle TV!
Three years before the great terrier man George Ward passed away in 2004, I was interviewing him for Animal Planet’s broadcast of the Cleveland shows. I asked him what the biggest change was from when he first started in dogs. He didn’t miss a beat, a classic one-word George reply: “Electricity!”
In nearly every issue of The Canine Chronicle, we feature an article or two about great dogs, great handlers, or great breeders from the past.
Join Michael Hill in his exciting new series “INFLUENCERS.” Michael will be hosting dog show enthusiasts, handlers, breeders, and judges as they reveal who has impacted them the most. This series will touch upon how influential mentors are and how they shape not only individuals but the future of the dog show world. Next, in […]
