Table Talk 9 · June 14, 2023
Well wishes to Jackie Stacy as she recovers from brain surgery. Hang in there, my friend, you’ve got this! May your recovery be smooth and painless.
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Ringside Thoughts – Death, Dogs And Archives
In the middle of the night, my telephone rings and instantly my racing heart brings me from slumber to full-attention. Fumbling, I find the phone and learn that a dear, elderly, dog friend is dying and I must come at once to collect the dogs.
The Big E – Exceeded Expectations
Who knew? For months there were so many questions surrounding the move of the 147th Westminster Kennel Club annual dog show to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, New York. “Flushing, New York? Where in the world is that,” so many inquired. Well, sitting right near LaGuardia Airport, and Citi Field–home of the New York Mets baseball team in the boro of Queens–the center is in a highly trafficked area where commuters travel through to get to and from Manhattan to the West and Long Island to the East. How was this ever going to work? Let me say, unequivocally, it worked perfectly.
From The CC Vault: From Spectator to Judge
By Amy Fernandez Originally published February 2017 Shows like Westminster are a whole different ball game when you come without a dog to watch the show. The spectator experience truly does provide all of that fabled glamour, excitement, and adrenaline rush, which is almost impossible to tap into if you are spending the week lugging […]
Did You Know? Everyone Started Somewhere
Did you know…virtually everyone in the dog sport, even those famous ones in the history books for one reason or another, started exactly where you started. Somewhere, somehow, they wanted a purebred dog and sought to find one. Most didn’t have a show dog in mind at first, and most likely their first purebred dog didn’t cut it as a show dog. Those of us that dipped a toe in the pond were quick to find that out. There were big fish in ‘Dem Der Waters’…and some of them looked like sharks with really, really sharp teeth to those of us in the uncharted waters we waded into.
From The CC Vault: Looking Back With Lee – How It Used To Be Done
From the archives of The Canine Chronicle, August, 2013 By Lee Canalizo This month I’m looking back, not at persons who made up the interesting fiber of our dog show world, but at the way they arrived at the point in their dog lives that made them a household name in the sport. Back then, […]
The Chukchi Legacy
I’ve bred quite a few litters in my time (Boston Terriers, Miniature Smooth Dachshunds and Standard Smooth Dachshunds) and the one thing that’s always really struck me was the difference in behaviors of the various puppies produced.
Type vs. Style – Is Breed Type Fluid?
Click here to read the complete article 102 – March 2019 By Wayne Cavanaugh The quintessential “Type vs. Soundness” debate endures. In our sport centered on subjective evaluation, continuing the debate is healthy and necessary for properly assessing the dogs we see. There is, however, another debate that increasingly deserves an active, unbiased, and respectful […]
What Makes Sighthounds So Fast?
I’m not sure “sighthound” is the best term for the group of dogs we call sighthounds. Mostly because any dog will chase by sight as long as their quarry is within view. So to say that a sighthound is any dog that hunts by sight is akin to saying that a sighthound is any dog with eyes.
Morris Animal Foundation marks 75th anniversary, reflects on decades of advancing animal health research
Morris Animal Foundation, a global leader in advancing animal health, is celebrating its 75th anniversary this month with June 15 declared as Morris Animal Foundation Day by Colorado Governor Jared Polis. The Foundation traces its roots back to 1948, when a forward-thinking veterinarian – Dr. Mark L. Morris Sr. – founded the organization to improve the health and […]
