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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.
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Goodbye, Hotel Pennsylania
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.
Purebreds Excel at COVID Diagnosis
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 […]
Breed Essence With Jane
In recognition of the Owner Handler, we bring you this weeks breed defining vignette…
The Great Ones – Percy Roberts
Until 1998 when Peter Green won his fourth Best In Show at Westminster, Percy Roberts held the record for most Best In Show wins there. Roberts’ first big win at the Garden came in 1926 with the Wire Fox Terrier Ch. Signal Circuit of Halleston, followed by the Sealyham Terrier bitch Ch. Pinegrade Perfection, owned by Frederic Brown of New York, in 1927. His next two Bests at the Garden were with Wires, in 1934 with Ch. Flornell Spicy Bit of Halleston and in 1937 with Ch. Flornell Spicypiece of Halleston.
The Big E – Excitement + Expectations
The timing may be a bit off, but the frenzy that surrounds Westminster is right on schedule. What are the COVID rules and regulations? Which hotels will allow dogs? Will there be a place close by to change clothes if they get sweaty or dirty or, more importantly, for the group (please, please, please)? Is there a set-up to wash and groom the dogs at the show grounds? How do we get onto the site itself? On and on it goes, questions which require an answer–an accurate one.
Momentum, Human Nature, and the Bandwagon Effect
A newly released book, Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment, by Nobel winning author Daniel Kahneman, is a terrific read that speaks to human judgement inconsistencies that are impacted by what the author calls “noise.” He isn’t talking about audio noise. Instead, he means the silent “noise” in our brain, which is a product of external factors and human nature that greatly impact “unwanted variability in judgments.” I can’t but wonder how much this kind of noise affects the decisions of dog show judges, subconscioulsy or not.
On The Cover
Click here to read the complete article 10 – June, 2021 GCHG. Judo’s Shantideva at Kan Sing #One Tibetan Spaniel in America Shanti Continuing his family’s tradition of excellence Click here to read the complete article 10 – June, 2021
From The Publisher
The anticipation is over. After 16 long months since a Best In?Show winner was chosen on the floor of Madison Square Garden, Westminster 2021 is here!
The Big E – Effervescense
It was a typical weekday morning for me. I met my friend Wendy at the local commuter parking lot to do some miles. The lot is located at a brick and clapboard office building in our charming town. There is a plethora of parking spaces available now. The commuter bus to Wall Street is on hiatus at the moment. Other than a consistent ebb and flow of customers for the finger printing service at the front of the building, there are fewer people and cars at the building.
