An Update on AKC Reunite’s Efforts for Ukraine
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Been There, Done That – Whimsy and Wisdom from the Dog Shows
It’s impossible to attend every dog show. Wouldn’t it be great if we could? Here is the opportunity to “Read All About It!” Well…Maybe not everything. When you go to your next show, here are lots of subjects worth discussing. Look around, there is a lot to see, hear, remember, or forget. Isn’t that the truth!
AKC Reunite & Louisville Kennel Club Donate $20K to Shepherdsville Police Department
AKC Reunite, the largest non-profit pet identification and recovery service provider in the United States, is pleased to announce $15,000 in donations to K-9 units at the Shepherdsville Police Department through its AKC ReuniteSM Adopt a K-9 Cop matching grant program.
The Mighty Mite
Here in the UK, as I write this, we are (COVID allowing) gearing up for Crufts and, with perfect timing, Norway has recently announced that it is banning two British breeds–the Bulldog and the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.
#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?
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…
