Don’t miss live coverage of the New Brunswick Kennel Club Dog Show! Details below: WHAT: See tons of amazing dogs compete for the highest honor at this year’s New Brunswick Kennel Club Dog Show. Groups and Best in Show will be streamed live from New Jersey only on AKC.tv. WHEN: Saturday, March 26th, 2022. Coverage will begin at 3:15pm […]
Unfortunately, there was another case of a judge who probably should not have been standing center ring this past weekend. The judge was rude to exhibitors to the point of yelling at them and being downright mean. Several seasoned exhibitors have voiced their concern and disappointment, with the biggest concern being how this individual’s behavior would affect new exhibitors. What I am hearing is that those that showed to this judge this past weekend are certain a new exhibitor would never return. This issue seems to be occurring more and more. While we want to be inclusive to those that have been in the sport for a long time, one must realize that there are cases where we are not doing a judge any favors by putting them in a situation where they can no longer perform the duties of judging. Rudeness and lack of respect and kindness to exhibitors should not be tolerated!
As the crisis in Ukraine continues, AKC ReuniteSM is committed to finding ways to help the Ukranian people and their pets.
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, 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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
