The Leonberger
These days, the Leonberger enjoys a healthy, global fan base, recognized by major registries worldwide. In that sense, it truly qualifies as the ultimate long shot of purebred survival.
“Author Archive”
Today’s Leonberger – The Breeder’s Perspective
Leonbergers entered the AKC Working Group ten years ago after decades in the rare breed scene. That is always a drastic transition in many respects. Three leading breeders offered their take on the breed’s progress.
Handler Error
There are at least hundreds if not thousands of different ways that dogs can turn a seemingly successful run in any dog sport into a total train wreck. Over the years, both as a competitor and a judge, I have often been awed by their creativity when it came to ways to mess things up to the point where it would result in not qualifying.
Breeding Winners to Winners and the Unhappy Results – Part I
When DNA tests are available, they can be used to identify which dogs are affected, carriers or clear.
Take Your Training on the Road
This article could be about road-working your dog. It isn’t. It could be about sending your dog off to be trained. It isn’t.
Are you Ready for A Snake Bite?
Every once in a while, I’ve done something smart. In this case, it was joining a Facebook group called National Snakebite Support group last year. Staffed by more than 30 experts in snake bite treatment, they are there to walk you through both human and veterinary snake bite cases. As a member, you can follow along on cases–making sure to never, ever comment, as that would be a distraction—and learn the rights and wrongs of snake bite treatment.
Fun Facts – Westminster Winners
Best In Show goes to the Peke! 1996 Westminster BIS winner Jane discusses another exciting Westminster KC dog show. Click here to watch on Canine Chronicle TV!
The Same, But Different: Westminster At Lyndhurst
By the time the Westminster Kennel Club announced (on October 21, 2020) that its 145th Annual Show would be held at the historic Lyndhurst Estate in Tarrytown on June 12th and 13th, 2021, the fancy had learned to weather change. The mass show cancellations of the early phases of the pandemic had given way to a reimagined circuit, with organizers and clubs all over the country creating new protocols, in new spaces, with new roles for everyone except the dogs. (See our series Good (Dog) People, which profiles some of the movers and shakers.)
One Health – A Shortcourse
One Health. Those two simple words combine to describe a global initiative that aims to improve your health and that of your dog’s (and other animals)—plus your environment.
The movement is based on the concept that humans, animals, and the world we live in are connected: What impacts one, impacts all. One Health is a collaboration of individuals working locally, nationally, and globally to address current and potential health and welfare issues. It links the medical and veterinary worlds, from doctors and veterinarians, to researchers and public health workers, to form a holistic approach to world health.
