#ThrowbackThursday – Guess Who? – Check Your Answer!
Did you guess the identity of the young dog show Handler and Judge in our last #ThrowbackThursday photo? It’s time to check your answer. Were you right?
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The Art of Trimming – Part III
Yes, we’re back. George Alston has been guiding us through the murky history of trimming. In contrast to most aspects of our sport, expert trimming seemed detached from conventional routes of progression. Its eye-popping impact contrasted starkly with the mysteries of its methodology.
Young Handler of the Year Crowned at Crufts
Morgan Tate-Shoosmith, aged 14 from Kent, and Cuba, a four-year-old Standard Poodle, have won the Young Kennel Club (YKC) Handler of the Year award at Crufts on Sunday 13 March.
Breed Priorities – Saint Bernard
This St. Bernard survey and article are unique in this series; it was a collaborative effort between the St. Bernard Club of America and me. The SBCA Education Committee developed the survey using my designs and forms. They created the lists of virtues and faults, selecting more than the sixteen that I have used in past surveys, which were based on the pattern in the Irish Wolfhound standard. The Education Committee also created the outlines from selected dogs and bitches. They invited forty-six AKC St. Bernard breeder-judges to participate and collected the input data. I did the data analysis in the same way that was done with the other surveys and wrote the article.
Westminster Kennel Club 2022 Covid Guidelines
Based on CURRENT New York state and local COVID guidelines, neither masks nor proof of vaccination will be required of attendees at Westminster’s 146th Annual Dog Show and 9th Annual Masters Agility Championship.
Science Round-Up
It’s a great time to be a canine science geek, and this month’s sampling of recent articles shows a few reasons why…
The Muted Mass
It seems you humans just do not appreciate the vulnerabilities of being a dog. You abuse and malign our reputation each and every time you sarcastically suggest that the world has ‘gone to the dogs’ or that this is a ‘dog-eat-dog world’. Truth be told, if we eat it, we are pretty satisfied with our diet, and it would never include one of our own. This idiom is generally used to describe a situation in which people will do anything to be successful, even if what they do harms other people. We are all quite happy for the success another dog achieves.
Maybe It’s Not The Dog, It’s You
Virtually anyone who has ever trained a dog has, at some time, thrown up their hands in exasperation and said, “I can’t figure out what’s with this stupid/lazy/obstinate (take your pick) dog” except in a lot of cases, that statement is probably way more profane. If you don’t recall ever experiencing at least one of those frustrating moments with at least one of your dogs, you’ve been blessed with “superdogs,” incredible luck or a very short, selective memory.
#ThrowbackThursday – Guess Who?
Are you ready for this week’s great #ThrowbackThursday photo? Can you name this young dog show handler and the judge pictured in this week’s Throwback?
