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Stories written by AnthonyA
The other day I settled down for lunch and clicked on the TV. Oh good, another episode of Adam Ruins Everything, the show where this guy tells you what you always thought was true isn’t. I briefly thought, “Wouldn’t it be good if Adam could set people straight about how animal rights zealots mislead animal lovers when it comes to dogs?” And it was just at that moment that I saw this episode was about “Adam Ruins Purebred Dogs.” If you want to see the episode you can Google that title on YouTube and find it. More than 8 million people already have, according to the YouTube stats.
November 29th, 2019 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
Some breeds are easier to survey to identify their experts’ priorities for evaluating their breeds. Easiest are those breeds with short coats, whose show photos have the dogs in full profile, and those with a great many breeder-judges to invite to participate in the project. The more challenging breeds are missing one to all of those conditions.
November 25th, 2019 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
During my undergraduate years at the Philadelphia University from which I graduated, my minor was in English literature. Among the many courses I took to fulfill my requirements, one was a particular favorite, “The Victorians,” famous writers who were published during the latter part of the 19th century. Perhaps one of the more renowned and prolific of those writers was Oscar Wilde, an Irish born eccentric who highlighted the social hypocrisy of his time in his poetry, novels, and plays.
November 23rd, 2019 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
From a dogless childhood to breaking records in her breed, veterinary neurologist and AKC Canine Health Foundation Board member Dr. Mary O. Smith’s life has been fueled by her passion for animals – and a thirst for knowledge.
November 19th, 2019 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
The American Kennel Club has added 27 fully recognized breeds since 2010, including the 2015 addition of both the Spanish Water Dog and Lagotto Romagnolo. The Sporting group expands again in January 2020 with the addition of their French cousin, the Barbet, an agile marsh retriever with an affable and sunny disposition.
November 19th, 2019 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
Dogwise, it’s been a relatively calm summer around here. But that never lasts. The big excitement of the moment is happening at Suffolk County District Court–which some would call a groundbreaking legal case. Of course, cynics like me see it as just one more case of dimwits with dogs.
November 15th, 2019 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
It’s been a long time comin’ but if last week is any indication, those long bleak years of anti-purebred propaganda are over. Mind you, none of it was fair–or true, nonetheless, it grabbed media attention and the dog-loving public bought into it for decades. But it’s a new day dawning judging by the incredible reaction to a recent New York Times interview with Wally Conron who, you may or may not know, invented the infamous Labradoodle back in 1988.
November 11th, 2019 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
I admit to feeling a source of great pride when I attend the AKC Canine Health Foundation National Parent Club Canine Health Conference. When the AKC first announced 24 years ago it was forming the Canine Health Foundation, I recall thinking it was just going to be window dressing. I didn’t even go to the first Parent Club Conference. I could not have been more wrong. And I’m proud to say I’ve attended every one since.
November 9th, 2019 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
Although dogs have been our companions for millennia, we have to guess at what prehistoric dogs looked like exactly. One thing we do know for sure, though, is the work they did. They followed the prey, drove the flocks and herds, guarded livestock and defended their owners’ property.
November 5th, 2019 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
Having been in the dog show world for a number of years now, the biggest lesson I have learned is to be grateful. This sport, like most others, is dependent on good people of goodwill participating. With success should come an awareness of how much we owe other people. Here is a little overview, to give you some perspective, on the debt all show dog owners owe to their fellow competitors.
November 3rd, 2019 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
