August 2012 by Chris Robinson When you decide to take your sporting dog into the field, there is only one rule that it is absolutely essential to engrave upon your brain: Always expect the unexpected. If you do, you’ll never be disappointed and every now and then, if you can keep your perspective, while it […]
August 2012 by Lisa Dubé Forman In Part One of this article we discussed the greyhound and its genre breeds. I emphasized the importance of their having flexible, curvaceous toplines. Further, the amalgamation of length, shape and curvature of vertebrae in the spinal column, with the hard, smooth muscling encapsulating and supporting the loin area, […]
August 2012 by Kimberly Silva Garrett 1. What made you decide to become a judge? I love it! I believe it’s a continuation of the learning experience. You can put all you’ve learned to the test and continue learning. The world looks very different in the middle of the ring than being an exhibitor or […]
August 2012 By William Given 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. They make fewer handling errors. Watch with a […]
In addition to being one of the four founding organizations of the FCI, the Austrian Kennel Club is probably one of its most active members. Three times Austria hosted the World Dog Show event …
It is elementary that shape, others prefer the word silhouette, nearly always defines breed type in our hounds. My intent is not to cover each of the hound group’s 27 breeds. Rather, I have highlighted breeds to illustrate essential elements of shape. The hound group species are diversified into sight and scenthounds and within the sighthound classification, a more specific genre exists being the Greyhound and greyhound-like breeds. I will discuss this exclusive cast first as it is very important to me and, hereafter, I will usually refer to them as genre.
July, 2012 by William Given In any serious conversation about the future of our sport, we have to acknowledge the importance of our youth and the need to bring more young people into our sport. Today’s junior handlers are the “future of our sport.” They will be the exhibitors, breeders, mentors, professional handlers, judges, stewards, […]
July, 2012 text and illustrations by Ria Hörter During war time, dogs have been used as messenger dogs, patrol dogs, guard dogs, mine dogs, Red Cross dogs or as draught dogs for the transportation of weapons, ammunition, food and medical supplies. No role at all Numerous dog books state that Greek and Roman armies fought […]
July, 2012 by Dr. Bob Smith Recently, a highly successful breeder of Whippets asked of her “Friends” on a social media page about the value of Stud Dog and Brood Bitch classes at National Specialties. This question and some of the responses from the readers prompted a look at these non-regular classes. Why do National […]
July, 2012 by Amy Fernandez I just finished watching Justin Silver work miracles in the first episode of the new CBS show Dogs in the City. First of all, I must admit that I’m amazed to see another prime time series devoted to basic dog training. No one predicted this when the immortal Barbara Woodhouse […]
