We want to see our readers #NextGeneration photos to be shared on The #CanineChronicle! Thank you Mara Flood for sharing this adorable photo of your grandson, Cillian, and Poe. Mara says, “Cillian is pictured having lunch with one of his best buds, Poe, who is one of our Smooth Collies. Cillian loves to help feed the [...]
Click here to read the complete article 162 – June, 2024 By William Given She gets the house and the SUV. He gets the boat and minivan. She gets custody of the children. He gets two weekends a month and a few hours on Wednesday evenings for visitation. However, far too often, little or no [...]
On June 10, 1924, a small group of dedicated physicians gathered at The Drake Hotel in Chicago to establish the American Heart Association. At the time, heart disease was considered a death sentence, there was no treatment, no hope. These founders believed that better understanding of heart disease would lead to treatments and lives saved. They were [...]
Brand-new, first-time breeds have become a regular feature of Westminster. Generally, multiple breeds receive the star treatment as they make their debut on the green carpet. That aspect of the show has become almost commonplace, as has AKC’s almost constant introduction of new breeds. More than a few exhibitors have suggested that this is too much, too fast.
The AKC Museum of the Dog is pleased to announce that its newest exhibit will feature the pet fashions of pet couturier and women’s wear designer, Anthony Rubio, titled “Canine Couture: An Exhibition of Anthony Rubio Designs.” This pop-up exhibit will open Wednesday, June 5th and close Sunday, July 7th. The exhibit, which was announced at [...]
This year’s 148th Westminster Kennel Club dog show saw many new changes. Most of them were fantastic, but one area left me wondering. Why did Westminster delete and replace its dedicated dog photography staff with subcontracted, generalist photographers? In my opinion, this was a huge mistake.
Did you correctly answer this week’s #ThrowbackThursday? Answer: Deanna Rotkowski showing in Junior Showmanship Don’t forget! Do you have a fun photo that you would like to share for #ThrowbackThursday? Email Liz Powell at showresults@caninechronicle.com with your photos!
There is an important technicality that everyone who decides to enter the sport of purebred dogs must embrace. I should capitalize the word “EMBRACE” because every little (or big) thing you’ll experience in the dog sport will have some relationship to this word. The word “Standard” is the elusive word. I will try to break down–at a basic level–the role the Standard plays through various levels of our participation. Understanding a Standard isn’t just reading the words. Many of the details of specific structural details have to be coupled with the many “non-tangible” elements of a Standard that typically highlight a breeds purpose and functionality. And as the well-known saying of Alva Rosenberg goes, “Any Mutt can be sound.” We have the Standards to keep breeds unique and predicable unto themselves.
I’ve been writing for many years now and, as a commentator, I quickly learned to grow a thick skin. You have to since not everyone showers you with platitudes; in fact, quite often the opposite happens and you and your ideas are ridiculed and attacked.
Dog shows are nothing like they used to be. How often do you hear that? I am being sarcastic. That question invariably leads in to a long list of exactly how things have changed for the worse. It’s fair to say that similar critiques are frequently applied to just about everything in life–mainly because we conveniently forget about the really crummy stuff. Still, the subject really comes up a lot in reference to dog shows.
