Why We Keep Coming Back
There was one weekend when I drove nearly across the country for a big dog show. I was excited. Optimistic. I thought we had a real shot. I had imagined how it might feel if everything came together after a dry spell.
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From The Publisher
The hot topic around the rings these days seems to be, as usual, the quality of judging. Big surprise, huh? Unfortunately, this subject has been beaten to death for longer than I have been alive and it seems to be a problem that just won’t go away. However, the lack of quality judging seems to have become a bigger problem as of late.
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From The CC Vault: The Positive-Negative List
by Peri Norman Our world is filled with advice on breeding dogs and much of it is very good. Examples include, “pick a stud dog who will improve your bitch’s weak points.” Or, “find a stud dog whose faults will not overpower your bitch’s attributes.” “Never double up on a fault,” is another common bit […]
Apartment Dogs Don’t Fit the Stereotype
By Amy Fernandez You’ve probably heard the phrase “reinventing the wheel”, which essentially means taking the long way around to what seems to be a fairly obvious conclusion. That concept applies to plenty of stupid stuff, but in our case it falls within the context of dogs. Life with dogs is standard procedure for us. […]
AKC Lauds Passage of House Farm Bill with Priorities for Animal Welfare, Dog Owners and Sportsmen
The U.S. House of Representatives passed HR 7567, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026, also known as the Farm Bill. This measure reauthorizes key U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs for five years and addresses federal priorities for numerous animal related issues, including animal welfare provisions in the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA). The […]
Dog Talk and Humans Who Don’t Understand It
By Amy Fernandez The cultural divide between humans and canines has been growing for well over a century. There are many reasons for that; starting with the economic shift away from an agricultural lifestyle, which severed that daily interaction with domestic animals that had defined humans since prehistory. That trend likewise phased out most of […]
A Failure to Understand Purpose-Bred Dogs
By Amy Fernandez I will preface this by saying I love the New Yorker. Its reputation for literary excellence is longstanding and well deserved, and the mainstay of that status has always been its gold standard fact-checking. On the other hand, fact-checking goes out the window when mainstream media encounters purebred dogs. Still, I honestly […]
AKC Agility League Crowns Winter Season Champions
The American Kennel Club (AKC®), a not-for-profit organization that is the world’s largest registry of purebred and mixed-breed dogs, and a leading voice for canine welfare and responsible ownership, is excited to announce the winners of the AKC Agility League’s winter season. The AKC Agility League recently concluded its 12th season of competition and honored […]
More Than A Ribbon: A Dog Show Story — Lessons Beyond the Ring
More Than A Ribbon: A Dog Show Story by dog show exhibitor Matthew G. Stroud offers a heartfelt look at what it really means to succeed in the dog show world. Through the story of Kermit, a small black Schipperke, readers see that winning isn’t always about taking home a ribbon—it’s about learning, growing, and […]
