The Big E – End Of An Era

There come times in our lives when we have the responsibility to take a good look at where we are, where we have been, and where we should be going.

There come times in our lives when we have the responsibility to take a good look at where we are, where we have been, and where we should be going.

Did you correctly answer this week’s #ThrowbackThursday? Answer: Crufts 2009 BIS winner Charmin, shown by Margery Good to judge Peter Green. Don’t forget! Do you have a fun photo that you would like to share for #ThrowbackThursday? Email Liz Powell at showresults@caninechronicle.com with your photos!

Westminster is, by nature, a fairly shocking experience. But it turns out that even the seasoned professionals are not immune to some mental shakeups in this curious environment.

The main tenet of the dog show was founded on the premise of “evaluating breeding stock”… Sure, it started out with Sportsmen comparing their hunting dogs because they thought theirs were better than the others. That sort of thinking is still in play to this very day, with a few thousand variations. But there is one thing that has never changed, and that is every dog has/had a breeder!

Goldilocks may have thought the wolf had a big brain, but alas, not so much the dog.

By Pet Poison Helpline Tiffany Day and her travel buddy Luna, a labrador retriever mix, had just arrived from their long drive from Illinois to New Mexico. Day realized she needed a few items from the store, so she left Luna and her open travel bag in the downstairs bathroom and headed out the door. Little did she know an […]

The very first Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers, two of them, arrived here from Ireland in 1946. Interest in the breed was not forthcoming however, and, although they were shown the following year at Westminster, early efforts to earn breed recognition met with defeat.

Guess Who? Are you ready for this week’s #ThrowbackThursday? Who do you recognize in this photo, what about the dog? Check back on Monday for the correct answer! Don’t forget! Do you have a fun photo that you would like to share for #ThrowbackThursday? Email Liz Powell at showresults@caninechronicle.com with your photos!

I’d never seen a hotel with its face ripped off, a scatter of metal, brick, and branches strewn across the lawn. The nine-mile ride from Houston’s Hobby Airport to the NRG Center was a grim reminder of Hurricane Beryl’s path. Just ten days before the Houston shows and seminars, Beryl came to town and left its mark. But the show club members and the DJAA continued to work through it amid difficult circumstances.