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Closet Confidential with Elaine Lessig: Episode 6
“Clearing Closet Clutter”
Your clothing questions answered. It’s all about putting the power back in your hands by letting you ask questions. Should you wear this or that? What should you donate? How do you mix and match? How do you ensure your clothing isn’t wearing you? Elaine answers all these style questions and so much more…
Ask Elaine – Send your 1 minute video to Amy.Grabe@caninechronicle.com and Elaine will view and answer your questions in her next episode.
Click here to watch Episode 6 on Canine Chronicle TV!
May 27th, 2020 | Posted in Closet Confidential,Featured,Videos | Read More »
Fault judging comes pretty easy for humans in everyday life and in the sport. We seem to be wired, at least to some degree, to find fault in each other. Maybe it helps us feel better about ourselves. As dog fanciers, we can’t help but find fault in each other’s dogs. Maybe it helps us feel better about our own dogs.
May 26th, 2020 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
The following announcement appeared in the catalog of the 1926 Crufts Dog Show: ‘Blenheim Spaniels of the Old Type, as shown in pictures of Charles II’s time, long face, no stop, flat skull not inclined to be domed, with a spot in the center of the skull. The first prizes in classes 947 and 948 are given by Roswell Eldridge Esq. of New York and will be continued for five years. Prizes go to the nearest to type required.’
May 26th, 2020 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
“In reality these actually amount to quite significant changes.”
May 26th, 2020 | Posted in Current Articles,Editorial,Featured | Read More »
Anyone delving into the rather murky history of the Bullmastiff will frequently encounter lines like this: ‘The original Mastiff of Britain is one of the country’s oldest breeds, but its descendant, the Bullmastiff, is a comparatively recent development.’
May 25th, 2020 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
The many types of interaction and collective behavior within any fraternity of individuals is always an interesting subject to discuss and what goes on among participants in the sport of purebred dogs is surely no exception.
May 25th, 2020 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
Longhorn Popcorn
May 25th, 2020 | Posted in Editorial,Featured | Read More »
Aennchen Antonelli, Anne Pendelton, Michael Woff, Joanne Hesse, Richard Donovan, it was quite the cast of characters in this Maltese dramarama. The fallout eventually led to the formation of two national clubs–which AKC approved of at the time. And things just escalated from there. But getting back to our story. Less than a decade into it nothing revealed Rena’s single- minded determination more than her remarkable ability to forge unlikely alliances in pursuit of bigger goals. Storming this Maltese citadel could be called her test of fire be- cause that’s when she really hit her stride.
May 25th, 2020 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
Shortly after I had settled into my aisle seat on the flight from Atlanta to Portland, this fortyish man in a rather rumpled tweedy suit stopped and informed me that he had the window seat. I got up and let him in. Almost immediately he told me that he had spent several days in Atlanta and was now enroute to Oregon to attend another conference there. Then he asked if I was on my way home to Portland.
May 24th, 2020 | Posted in Current Articles,Dog Show History,Featured | Read More »
On occasion it seems useful and salutary to reflect upon the state of our sport as it relates to how we act in relation to one another, how we go about the business of practicing respect, how we view the central role of sportsmanship in all of the various activities which we undertake. What beneficial effect this might have is anyone’s guess but one never quite knows, especially among newer comers into our midst. And perhaps even some old-timers might welcome a cognitive refresher in this area.
May 24th, 2020 | Posted in Current Articles,Dog Show History,Featured | Read More »
