#ThrowbackThursday – Guess Who? – Check Your Answer! Did you guess the identity of this current professional dog handler showing in Jr Showmanship or the judge in our last #ThrowbackThursday photo? It’s time to check your answer. Were you right? The correct answer is 10 year old, AKC Registered Handler Adam Peterson. The judge is Lhasa breeder, [...]
Quite possibly, the biggest purebred challenge is maintaining quality control. Think about it. Extreme popularity inevitably spawns mass production, etc.–no need to revisit that trauma chain. Then again, the horrors of extreme popularity tend to overshadow the other side of the deal, i.e. all those underrepresented breeds.
did not attend the Great Western Terrier Show this year. It is one of the few years I have missed since its inception.
Great Western was Margaret Young Renihan’s brainchild. Quite a few claimed it would not fly, but it has become one of the great Terrier shows in the country, second only to the Montgomery County Kennel Club in Pennsylvania. Fred Young, Margaret’s husband, and I became good friends in the late ‘40s. I lived in Sun Valley, California and Fred and Margaret lived about a twenty minute drive away in Burbank. I got a call one day from Fred and he asked if I was going to the Phoenix, Arizona show. I told Fred I was going and he asked if I would take one of his Bedlingtons with me and show it there because it needed only one major to finish its championship. I told Fred I would be glad to and I did. The dog won a major. From then on we became very good friends.
It has been nearly twenty years since the American Kennel Club adopted the sport of Rally, and participation is still growing annually. Originally billed as a bridge from the Canine Good Citizen program to Obedience, Rally has certainly become the canine sport of preference for many owners. The reason may be that it provides the right challenge as the team advances from Novice to Advanced Excellent.
We were forty-five minutes into the turbulence when the first officer pronounced, “We are moving into calmer airspace. Soon the flight attendants will be assuming their excellent service. Feel free to get up and use the restrooms.” With great relief, the flight continued with no more bumps. By then I was wide awake, the fatigue gone, and nearly two hours left in the air.
At some shows, a special class is held for puppies- and sometimes for veteran dogs (over the age of 7) in which the winner of the class earns a monetary prize. What are these events called?
Juniors, the future of our sport, once made up a large percentage of our exhibitors and breeders, now what? Junior numbers are dwindling rapidly. Shows that once brought entries of over 50 juniors are now seeing as few as 10. This drastic change isn’t affecting just the total number of juniors, it is also being shown throughout the different age groups.
#ThrowbackThursday – Guess Who? Guess Who? Are you ready for this week’s great #ThrowbackThursday photo? Who is this current professional dog handler showing in Jr Showmanship? Who is the judge? 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 [...]
Greater Collin Kennel Club
Texas Kennel Club
Trinity Valley Kennel Club
July 8, 9, 10, 2022 ·?Dallas, Texas
I can’t count the number of times I’ve seen dogs eat sandwiches, slices, and even whole loaves of bread, and in one notable instance, an entire pack of English muffins.
