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Situated in the farthest southwest corner of Europe, Portugal borders Spain, the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The country has eight national breeds; all of them were, or still are, used for work such as herding, guarding and driving cattle, and hauling in nets for the fishermen. Some of them are companion dogs as well. The names of these native breeds all derived from their geographical origin. It can be a chain of mountains (Estrela Mountain Dog), an island (Cão de Fila de São Miguel) or a village (Cão de Castro Laboreiro).
February 24th, 2011 | Posted in Editorial,Remembering Our Past?,Uncategorized | Read More »
The Amateur Owner Handler class, put in place in January of 2009 by AKC, was implemented to increase interest in showing by those owner-handlers who have never been a professional handler, thus, the “amateur” nomenclature; nor can the entered dog be a finished champion. Who is entering in these classes? Was the effort and staff time to create and implement this concept worth it? It may be too soon to have answers to these questions. A cursory examination of show catalogs produces limited, if non-existent entries in the AOH class.
February 23rd, 2011 | Posted in Editorial,Uncategorized | Read More »
I have just attended three wonderful benched shows in a row, all with different characteristics –?Golden Gate, Westminster, and Chicago. However, they all had one feature in common, they all attracted the general public with what we call “great gates.” Detroit is coming up after I write this, and I anticipate that they will also have a fantastic gate.
February 23rd, 2011 | Posted in Editorial,Uncategorized | Read More »
After much observation over the course of my quarter century I can only describe what is happening as a transformation of our sport.
February 23rd, 2011 | Posted in Current Articles | Read More »
My tenure as a delegate, representing my breed’s parent club, could well go down in history as the shortest lived ever. I lasted but a year. In retrospect, I probably never should have accepted the position.
February 17th, 2011 | Posted in Breaking News,Current Articles,Editorial | Read More »
I knew of Denny long before I ever met her as she was a legend in the German Shepherd breed as a great handler and a successful breeder.” She and her husband Les reared their family (David and Peter) in the mid-west and no matter where she went she carried a strong and true Midwest demeanor. In dogs she didn’t shoot from the hip on anything. She told it like it was and never gave it a second thought if she believed in what needed to be said.
February 17th, 2011 | Posted in Dog Show History,Editorial,Remembering Our Past? | Read More »
Much is demanded of show dogs – they must be adaptable, calm, and tolerant in addition to meeting the requirements of their breed standards. Two Beaucerons, both champions and exhibited at the 2011 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, have show careers that are secondary to their day-to-day work. For Beaucerons Gideon and Elias, ribbons and trophies take a back seat to the life-saving work they perform every day.
January 19th, 2011 | Posted in Editorial | Read More »
This is the Captain speaking. With the winter holidays nearly upon us, it has been brought to my attention by the Command Master Chief of the Household that certain liberties were taken by the canine crew of this command during the last holiday season that shall not happen again this year. Henceforth, the following actions and activities will be expressly forbidden.
December 15th, 2010 | Posted in Current Articles | Read More »
Horses and dogs just naturally seem to go together. When I was riding jumpers and galloping racehorses, there were always dogs around the stables and at the boarding facilities. The horse owners almost always brought their dogs along when they came to ride. Horse people just seem to love dogs and many dog owners feel the same way about horses. However, other than Foxhounds and Harriers, nowhere in the dog world is this mutual love affair more apparent than with Dalmatian owners who give their dogs the opportunity to do what the breed was intended to do.
November 19th, 2010 | Posted in Editorial | Read More »
I read with interest the article by Ms. Gretchen Bernardi entitled “It’s All About The Spots”, published in your September, 2010 issue. Her stated reluctance to “discuss controversial matters that pertain to breeds other than my own and about which I have only limited information” is duly noted and I wonder what moved her to jump into the business of a Parent Club membership and a complex issue about which a great deal of inaccurate information has been spread through the pages of almost every major dog magazine in America.
November 18th, 2010 | Posted in Editorial | Read More »
