Update about Exhibitors from Russia at Crufts 2022
The Kennel Club as organizer of Crufts condemns the invasion of Ukraine by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
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An Update on the AKC Efforts for Ukraine
The AKC Staff has been able to contact Nestle´ Purina. Contrary to a number of social media posts, they do not have a factory in Ukraine, but we learned today they do have factories in Poland and Hungary.
Embark Discovers Mutation Associated with Breed-Specific Hearing Loss
BOSTON, MA — March 2, 2022 — Embark Veterinary, Inc., a global leader in dog genetics, today announced that it has made the first-ever canine health discovery using commercial testing genetic data. Embark scientists determined that a genetic mutation in the EPS8L2 gene is associated with early-onset adult deafness (EOAD) in Rhodesian Ridgebacks.
The Eyes Have It
Eye color. Much is made of it but a majority of fanciers have no idea why their breed’s eye color is defined in the breed standard. Other than the cosmetics being the dark eye is considered by most as attractive, many breeders just “do as they are told.”
Official American Kennel Club Statement on Ukraine Crisis
The American Kennel Club formally and strongly condemns the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation. We are devastated at the ongoing horrors, and our hearts go out to the Ukrainian people.
The Iconic Old English Sheepdog Comes Off The Kennel Club’s List of Vulnerable Breeds
The Old English Sheepdog, one of Britain’s most recognizable breeds, saw a boost in popularity last year according to Crufts organizers, The Kennel Club, having been listed as ‘vulnerable’ for the first time in 2020.
SARS-CoV-2 is Moving Between Humans and Wildlife
In 2020, Denmark culled millions of mink to quell a source of zoonotic COVID-19 transmission, the passage of the SARS-CoV-2 virus between humans and animals.
Conflicts of Interest and Impropriety
After filing a formal complaint, as I was instructed, to the Officers and Directors of the AKC, the various show chairpeople of the shows at this cluster and the show chairman of the Westminster Kennel Club, where I could see this judge figured prominently on the panel, and then a lengthy back and forth email exchange with the Judges Operations Department (no one else responded to my letter), the AKC position was that no rules were broken and the exhibitor was eligible to show. In their argument, the AKC cited several examples of similar instances where the definition of household had been the basis for determining conflict or no conflict of interest: where children of judges were allowed to show at clusters where a parent was judging because they did not live at the same address, and where a certain exhibitor was excused from the group ring at Westminster because he resided at the same property as the judge.
Crufts in Numbers
20,000 – dogs expected at Crufts across the four days of the show, from 10-13 March
Helpful Hints For Juniors
I SPEND TIME WATCHING PROFESSIONAL HANDLERS.
Professional handlers are not necessarily better handlers than breeder- or owner-handlers but because they show more dogs at many more shows they have become much more consistent in their presentation of client dogs in the ring.
