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Yes. I am playing with words. The word “acoustics” is simply the science of sound, including its production, control, transmission, and effects. It is the “effects” of acoustics which offer me the license to bend the initial vowel, not the ability to spell. Raising a son born with severe sensory neural hearing impairment proved to be quite an education. From that life experience, I learned the unending value of acoustics, and I used the science daily, not just for our son, but for me, too. Each of those parts of the whole create a basis of how we communicate effectively, which is a critical life skill for each of us.
July 20th, 2025 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
When I was 6 years old, my mother saw an ad in the local newspaper announcing a dog show in the next town. We went. I’m sure she never imagined this simple afternoon’s entertainment would change my life forever. I still remember a kind exhibitor who took his saluki out of the crate for us to see, and the perplexing way he trotted it back and forth to us as though that was somehow important. More important to me was that I got to pet royalty. I left there obsessed with the idea of not just one day owning a saluki, but of owning a SHOW saluki.
July 19th, 2025 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
A short time ago, a local NYC news site, Gothamist, broke the news that almost half of the NYPD bomb squad was set to retire over the next few months. Unfortunately, the need for a bomb squad is self-explanatory. Municipalities large and small now confront this sort of threat on a routine basis. Here in NYC, this specialized unit is fairly substantial, currently consisting of 45 detectives. Considering the expertise and mental fortitude required to perform this job, 22 retirees will not be easy to replace. But that’s only half of the problem. These are teams–human/K-9 teams. In other words, we are also set to lose half of those highly trained explosives detection dogs. And filling those job openings presents an even bigger challenge.
July 18th, 2025 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
Pictured above as a baby, this Pug is a Multiple All-Breed Best In Show winner and Multiple Reserve Best In Show winner. Hint: You can find him somewhere on The Canine Chronicle website! Can you name this current show dog? Please share your guesses in the comments on the Canine Chronicle A Star Is Born post on our [...]
July 17th, 2025 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured,The Buzz | Read More »
Click here to read the complete article 212 – July, 2025 Curated By Elaine Lessig Ventura, California is right on the edge of the Pacific Ocean, north of Los Angeles; and on a sunny day it is a grand place to have a dog show. With two distinct buildings and a courtyard in between, the [...]
July 17th, 2025 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
Several months ago, on a blisteringly hot day, we headed to a place I’d always wanted to visit – Hanging Rock. It’s the setting for Joan Lindsay’s novel, Picnic at Hanging Rock, and is a breathtakingly beautiful and fittingly mystical place.
July 16th, 2025 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
What if the ring was–one day–full of clones of a previous top dog? It’s not totally a crazy question. Argentina’s top polo player, Adolfo Cambiaso, has been known to play entire matches on as many as six clones of Cuartetera, a mare previously honored as the best polo horse in history. Is this legal? Yes. Is it fair? I guess. Is it widespread? Yes and no. Should it happen in dogs?
July 15th, 2025 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
There will be a celebration of life for Brian Meyer on Tuesday, July 15th from 4pm – 7pm at the Bricks Event Center, 125 Walnut Street, Cherry Valley, Illinois. A pasta buffet will be available. A pet food drive will also be held so if you are able to attend, please bring an unopened bag [...]
July 14th, 2025 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
Canine form and function has been a hot button issue since the start of competitive conformation. That’s mainly because the straightforward facts are inevitably overshadowed by loud, misguided, subjective opinions. First off, it’s undeniable that so many of the breeds we cherish would not exist today without kennel club intervention. Dog shows and formal registries, (which evolved in that order), provided both the motivation and the means to revive and preserve breeds that had essentially become obsolete in their original roles. The classic example of this is the Bulldog, which was actually banned in nineteenth-century Britain. After that, this breed truly existed on the wrong side of the law. That little obstacle didn’t prevent dog people from finding a way around that development. Bulldogs did not die out, and they remain one of our most beloved breeds. But crucial facts like that are dismissed within this political messaging.
July 14th, 2025 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
Sometimes there’s value in starting a conversation that finishes on another day. There’s worth in open discourse, and ideas that are supposed to sit with you for a while. And often, the toughest questions are the ones most worth finding answers to. So, under the heading of “for what it’s worth”, I offer a topic which hits rare breeds particularly hard: The need to communicate well within our own breed and with our fellow breeders. In breeds that may see between two and ten litters born each year, there’s no space to find your small band and work within it. Maybe there are five active breeders in your breed. Maybe there are less. When you’re preserving a rare breed, you set favoritism and pride aside; it’s the only way.
July 13th, 2025 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
