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So, what makes a great dog person? What does it take to become knowledgeable enough to be considered the best by your peers?

So, what makes a great dog person? What does it take to become knowledgeable enough to be considered the best by your peers?

Nothing has captured the attention of the dog show world quite as effectively as social media…
It is an invaluable tool for keeping in touch with fellow breeders and owners/handlers who have our dogs. The quick and easy exchange of information on ring timing, assistance, emergency coverage and engaging immediate help for a dog or person who goes down, is invaluable. Many a life has been saved due to the quick actions taken via a post or directions obtained off Google+!
Social media also supports, for better or worse, the dissemination of misinformation. Difficult and unkind discussions, intentional or unintentional, are often publicly broadcast via chat rooms, breed groups, judges lists, and a myriad of other social media dog sites. These sites can carry this misinformation globally in a matter of seconds. Several dog show exhibitors have been victims of general social media gossip or worse.

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Question of the week: What breed was Buck, the dog on “Married….With Children”? Answer: Briard Do you have a fun dog show trivia question that you would like to share for #TriviaTuesday? Email Liz at showresults@caninechronicle.com.

Guess Who? Are you ready for this week’s great #ThrowbackThursday photo? Can you name this handler, now judge in this week’s Throwback? What about 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 Liz at showresults@caninechronicle.com with your photos.

In show after show it is oftentimes rather obvious that there are judges, particularly some of the newer ones, out there who are operating well outside their comfort zone and, as a result, are not always performing in what one might choose to call a fully satisfactory and highly meritorious fashion. This despite the considerable bureaucratic rigor, which has been applied to the approval process during the course of these past two decades. When an individual is clearly thinking too much, and evidently allowing the mind process to reach a condition resembling a pretzel, clean and incisive decision-making becomes impossibility.

Some years ago I served on a committee working to update our constitution and by-laws. The committee chair was a successful trial attorney who I simultaneously loved, respected and found tiresomely verbose. It was one of those jobs one worries will never end…especially bothersome considering the inordinate amount of time being devoted to it. But I walked away grateful for a single great line. “This club,” our chairman tersely remarked, “eats its own.” I have recently come to know exactly what he meant.

Question of the week: What breed was Buck, the dog on “Married….With Children”? Check back on Friday when we reveal the correct answer! Do you have a fun dog show trivia question that you would like to share for #TriviaTuesday? Email Liz at showresults@caninechronicle.com.

Although over the years, I only had one dog that was owned by multiple families, and they were all easy to get along with. In addition, the majority of my clients were very supportive, but there were a few that were a pain in the you know where – most didn’t last long – but a few were trainable.

Did you guess the identity of this judge, handler or trophy presenter in our last #ThrowbackThursday photo? It’s time to check your answer. Were you right? The correct answers are, Judge, Mrs. Georginna Lane, with handler Bob Sharp and trophy presenter Joe Rowe. Don’t forget! Do you have a fun photo that you would like […]