We want to see our readers #NextGeneration photos to be shared on The #CanineChronicle! Thank you Nikki Bruce for sharing this fun photo of your daughter, Octavia, at the Kentuckiana Cluster in March. Octavia is 19 months old and is a 4th generation dog person! Her mom, Nikki, says “She grooms her toys all the time!” [...]
Guess Who? Are you ready for this week’s #ThrowbackThursday? Who can you name in this photo? Check back on Monday for the correct answer! 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!
Just as you never forget your first love, it’s often said you never forget your first Crufts, and I can attest to the truth of this statement–well, the Crufts bit anyway.
All dog breeds were bred to perform a specific purpose. We want to see our readers’ dogs doing the work they were bred to do to be shared on The Canine Chronicle! Thank you Gabrielle Beaubrun for sharing this funny Form Follows Function photo! According to the American Kennel Club, “The monks kept Tibetan Spaniels mainly [...]
In this fast-paced, high-tech world, sometimes we’re zooming so fast we miss seeing everything right under our noses! Any long-time, successful breeder can tell you it takes years to build a foundation from which to breed. The “Powers That Be” understand that and ask for a minimum amount of time required as part of the Judging Application Process as a Breeder /Judge–“X” number of litters and “X” number of Champions bred. Those numbers are mandatory for the first-time applicant applying under the “Breeder/Judge” criteria. Those who apply as a “Breeder/Judge” seldom (if ever) disappoint in preparedness by virtue of “time served” in the whelping box and show ring.
We want to see our readers #NextGeneration photos to be shared on The #CanineChronicle! Thank you Ashley Kusmierkiewicz for sharing this adorable photo of your son, Hayden, and his Pug, Indy. Hayden was entered in his first PeeWee event at the Scottsbluff Kennel Club dog show on March 30! Do your children train the puppies? Do they [...]
“Positivity also ignites within oneself the desire for success and the setting of higher goals.”
Did you correctly answer this week’s #ThrowbackThursday Canine Chronicle Cover edition? Answer: GCH Lockenhaus’ Rumor Has It V Kenlyn, ‘Rumor”. Owned by Deborah Stern, Pamela Buckles, Patti Dukeman, Pamela McElheney & Kent Boyles, Bred by Pamela McElheney & Kent Boyles, shown by Kent Boyles & Liz Oster Don’t forget! Do you have a fun photo [...]
If a breed’s original function is illegal, as a preservation breeder, breed judge, or judge’s mentor, how can you understand and evaluate how form follows function? This dichotomy has to be addressed in many breeds, including the Scottish Deerhound. For some, it may mean function is now irrelevant; who cares? This would ignore, however, the American Kennel Club’s (“AKC”) mission of “promoting the sport of purebred dogs and breeding for type and function” and a breed standard’s purpose, as described by Frank Kane, member of the Kennel Club’s (“KC” (UK)) Breed Standards and Stud Book sub-committee, which is to serve as “the guideline which describes the ideal characteristics, temperament and appearance … and ensures that the breed is fit for function.”
If I had a million dollars, I’d be advertising my dogs, too. Right now, I have three in the whelping box that I think have launched my breeding program two generations ahead and I’m thrilled. At 64, who knows if I’ll get the chance to breed another ten generations so I have no time to think about the bigger picture of dog show glamor. If I am fortunate, I will finish all three of these pups myself and they will win the coveted Best of Breed ribbon on more than one occasion. That’s my goal. It is a simple one based on my desire to breed the best I can against the standard and be satisfied. But I’ll admit, sometimes I wished my name had been Rockefeller rather than Churchill.
