Road Trip Westminster Edition from Blue Rose Kennels Amy & Phil Booth

Part 3 – Exercising & Bathing Dogs for Trip Click here to watch on Canine Chronicle TV!

Part 3 – Exercising & Bathing Dogs for Trip Click here to watch on Canine Chronicle TV!

Cassie Clark’s first litter produced her very first home-bred Champion, BISS Ch. Artik-Sno’s Apricot Flambé aka Apricot.

The Black and Tan Coonhound was the first coonhound breed recognized by AKC in 1945; it had been recognized by the United Kennel Club earlier. The Black and Tan Coonhound, like the other coonhound breeds recognized by AKC, was developed in the United States from foxhounds and other European hounds, including the Bloodhound and Talbot Hound assumed to be in the Black and Tan’s history. Four of the other coonhounds – the Bluetick, the Redbone, the American English, and the Treeing Walker – were developed using primarily colonial foxhounds. The Plott evolved from the German Hanover hounds brought here by the Plott family who used them with other local breeds to produce their breed.

It looks like a simple question this month. Read and see if you agree. The responses it evokes are powerful, heartfelt, personal, and very telling. For judges, an assignment at Westminster comes with the respect we all have for the second most continuous sporting event in the United States. The words of this month’s contributors speak to the seriousness and joy of adjudication at Westminster, a show like no other.

This year is not what we are accustomed to, but life is returning to normal and that is plenty of reason to celebrate. And the good news is most COVID restrictions in NYC have been lifted in case you are feeling adventurous while you’re here.

Part 1 – Pack light, but be prepared Click here to watch on Canine Chronicle TV!

I have always been amazed by the number of Motor Heads in the dog world. Cars and motorcycles ranging from the classics to just plain funky are hidden in some of dogdom’s secret garages.

So, you probably heard the news by now, the Hotel Pennsylvania is on the chopping block. Before you launch into a chorus of “good riddance and not a minute too soon” just remember the immortal words of Joni Mitchell: You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone.

By Amy Fernandez More than a year into this nightmare with trillions of dollars poured into every imaginable possibility for testing, treatment, and prevention, and guess what? Dogs rise to the challenge once again! At this point, in terms of global solutions, they remain the most reliable indicators of COVID infection. Their 96.2 percent accuracy […]

In recognition of the Owner Handler, we bring you this weeks breed defining vignette…