Home » Dog Show History
You are browsing entries filed in “Dog Show History”
Once upon a time in the Northeast, there was a group of dog show ladies, the best of friends, who happened to call themselves the “ANJELS”. No, they were not like Charlie’s Angels, not so young or tall and certainly not crime fighters! They were all very involved in the dog world, mostly as judges or wives of judges.
The group (in ANJELS order) was comprised of Angela Popura, the “A”, Natalie Stebbins, the “N”, Jean Fournier, the “J”, Estelle Cohen, the “E”, I was the “L” and Sheila Balch was the “S”!
July 2nd, 2020 | Posted in Dog Show History,Featured,Remembering Our Past? | Read More »
Remembering One Of The Great Dog Men of Our Time: Ric Chashoudian
July 2nd, 2020 | Posted in Current Articles,Dog Show History,Featured | Read More »
The moment the first loser stalked out of the first dog show judging qualifications became the central controversy of this sport. Not only has it defied resolution for well over a century, the surrounding furor has never dropped one decibel.
June 30th, 2020 | Posted in Current Articles,Dog Show History,Featured,Remembering Our Past? | Read More »
Many of the keenest minds whose opinions you prize will freely admit much of what they learned (and more importantly…carry into their judgments on a regular basis) were gifts from this great sportswoman. Bea started in dogs in the early 1930s with her “Coastwise” Newfoundlands. She also had success in other breeds which included German Shepherds, Golden Retrievers, Shetland Sheepdogs, and both Sealyham and Dandie Dinmont Terriers. When I say “success” in these chosen breeds, I say it as humbly as Bea would have; she won National Specialties in each of those breeds over her years of her involvement.
June 29th, 2020 | Posted in Editorial,Featured,Remembering Our Past? | Read More »
It will come as no surprise that I choose to write about Sunny Shay. It might be more of a surprise that she wasn’t the first one I wrote about…she undoubtedly has to be the most influential person to my life in the sport, as this was the start of a lifelong obsession.
June 28th, 2020 | Posted in Featured,Remembering Our Past? | Read More »
We’ve all done it, myself included. Back in the mid-to-late seventies I placed a handsome young dog with a family willing to have him shown. In fact, the husband was open to the idea of handling the dog himself. The pup had a rather strong personality and I soon found myself regretting the placement. I became acutely aware that the pup was getting away with murder, the owners giggling over his stubborn and rather headstrong demeanor.
June 28th, 2020 | Posted in Dog Show History,Editorial,Featured | Read More »
From the archives of The Canine Chronicle, April 2010 By Lee Canalizo The sport of purebred dogs is constantly moving forward and sometimes we forget to look back. Our past has a marvelous and colorful history forged by pioneers of the sport who span many sectors as breeders, handlers and judges. These are the people [...]
June 28th, 2020 | Posted in Dog Show History,Featured,Remembering Our Past?,Uncategorized | Read More »
From the archives of The Canine Chronicle, April 2011 By Lee Canalizo Chic showing in 1960 Look at the rings made of string and the big brown heavy tents. Once again it’s another “Look Back” to a family in our sport that left an indelible mark. In Boxers if you were a handler with a [...]
June 27th, 2020 | Posted in Current Articles,Dog Show History,Editorial,Featured | Read More »
Looking back…many, many years ago, in a land far away, (namely the German Shepherd Specialty world), I met and became friends with a one-of-a-kind GSD handler by the fanciful name of Lamar Kuhns.
June 27th, 2020 | Posted in Dog Show History,Featured,Remembering Our Past? | Read More »
Could Manhattan and Mystique be as successful if they were competing today? The breed has evolved, Moses says
June 23rd, 2020 | Posted in Current Articles,Dog Show History,Featured | Read More »
