We want to see our readers #NextGeneration photos to be shared on The #CanineChronicle! Thank you Ashley Kusmierkiewicz for sharing this adorable photo of your son, Hayden, and his Pug, Indy. Hayden was entered in his first PeeWee event at the Scottsbluff Kennel Club dog show on March 30! Do your children train the puppies? Do they [...]
What breed of dog am I? I am a breed in the Sporting group; the AKC’s smallest retriever. I am a medium sized, powerful, compact, balanced dog; my color is any shade of red, ranging from a golden red through dark coppery red, with lighter featherings on the underside of the tail, pantaloons, and body. My attitude and bearing [...]
“Positivity also ignites within oneself the desire for success and the setting of higher goals.”
Did you correctly answer this week’s #ThrowbackThursday Canine Chronicle Cover edition? Answer: GCH Lockenhaus’ Rumor Has It V Kenlyn, ‘Rumor”. Owned by Deborah Stern, Pamela Buckles, Patti Dukeman, Pamela McElheney & Kent Boyles, Bred by Pamela McElheney & Kent Boyles, shown by Kent Boyles & Liz Oster Don’t forget! Do you have a fun photo [...]
It is with great sadness we share the loss of James Mitchell. Jimmy started his career in dogs as a young kid in a grooming shop, eventually leading him to work for Bill Trainor and Anne Rogers Clark. As a very active member of the dog community, Jimmy worked for the Foley Dog Show Organization [...]
If a breed’s original function is illegal, as a preservation breeder, breed judge, or judge’s mentor, how can you understand and evaluate how form follows function? This dichotomy has to be addressed in many breeds, including the Scottish Deerhound. For some, it may mean function is now irrelevant; who cares? This would ignore, however, the American Kennel Club’s (“AKC”) mission of “promoting the sport of purebred dogs and breeding for type and function” and a breed standard’s purpose, as described by Frank Kane, member of the Kennel Club’s (“KC” (UK)) Breed Standards and Stud Book sub-committee, which is to serve as “the guideline which describes the ideal characteristics, temperament and appearance … and ensures that the breed is fit for function.”
Join Amy Rodrigues in this exciting series, “TIME WILL TELL.” Amy goes back in time with some of the greatest historians in the sport of dogs. They will tell us some of their favorite stories of how they first got started and explain some of the differences between dog shows then and now. Please sit back and enjoy as Jimmy [...]
If I had a million dollars, I’d be advertising my dogs, too. Right now, I have three in the whelping box that I think have launched my breeding program two generations ahead and I’m thrilled. At 64, who knows if I’ll get the chance to breed another ten generations so I have no time to think about the bigger picture of dog show glamor. If I am fortunate, I will finish all three of these pups myself and they will win the coveted Best of Breed ribbon on more than one occasion. That’s my goal. It is a simple one based on my desire to breed the best I can against the standard and be satisfied. But I’ll admit, sometimes I wished my name had been Rockefeller rather than Churchill.
When Geoff Pender and his family decided to get away for a holiday on the lake, they took their curious dog named Soho with them. While relaxing in their rental cabin, they noticed that Soho had pulled something out from inside a crack where the stone fireplace had pulled away from the wall. It turned out to [...]
The American Kennel Club (AKC®), a not-for-profit organization, the world’s largest purebred dog registry and leading advocate for dogs, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Professional Grooming Credential (PGC) from the World Pet Association (WPA). The PGC measures foundational knowledge, safety, and technical skills of groomers, and is the only nationwide grooming industry [...]
