A drive down the South Carolina coast on U.S. 17 will take you past Huntington Beach, and through Huntington Marsh and Huntington State Park—and past a larger-than-life statue of two fighting horses heralding the entrance to the largest sculpture garden in America: Brookgreen Gardens.
As part of my undergraduate requirements, I took a class in the theory of philosophy. The professor, a very intense academic, had several key sayings which he used in class with great frequency. If his purpose was to drill them in our subconscious, he was quite successful–at least, with me. There was one in particular which stays with me still. I recall it with great frequency: “If you do what you always do, you will get what you always got.” Think about it. I expect that was his intention, too. Think!
I aged out of juniors recently, and while I was showing I saw many other juniors ‘stuck’ rather than growing in our sport.
On Tuesday June 21, Evalyn Gregory glided into the Group ring at the Westminster Kennel Club’s elegant pop-up—the Lyndhurst Estate in Tarrytown–to judge the Non-Sporting Group.
The problems which stem from a failure to fully understand the exact significance of the often-used terms, dominant and recessive, as applied to hereditary traits and characteristics seem to be greater than those falling into any aspect of breeding show dogs.
The idea of a beloved and cherished canine companion falling ill is certainly not a pleasant one. Every cancer has warning signs, and every dog will not exhibit the same set of symptoms for a specific cancer. There are ten signs and symptoms that your dog may have cancer. Knowing and being able to recognize them for what they are could potentially help you get the proper veterinary care he will need early enough to save his life.
It’s been a crazy summer. Extreme heat, volatile storms, yet the dog shows go on.
Wow, finally after all these years Westminster gave us a Bloodhound.
Just as the music of Duke Ellington was the link between the Jazz Age and the new era of swing, a little terrier of that same era, Ch. Nornay Saddler, bridged the transition between the old way of dog showing and the modern campaigning we see today.
From the time my plane landed in Leon on August 4th at the Guanajuato, Mexico Airport until I took off on August 8th, along with fellow judge John Ramirez, we enjoyed the sights, sounds, taste, people, and the dogs we encountered in this warm and inviting part of Mexico.
