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Watch your breed until the end of judging. I know it’s hard sometimes; after all, who cares about that moron’s opinion now? But try to objectively find things the judge’s winners and losers have in common. If the judge truly only puts up faces, then that’s valuable information. Maybe one day you’ll need to hire a handler under them! But maybe they are actually judging dogs. It’s easy to be so mad about the day’s judging you can’t find anything good about the judge, but maybe, just maybe, their choices had something to so with the (gasp!) dogs! This means you have to be objective about your own dog as well as the competition. I showed a great moving dog with a poor head once. One day he lost to a poor mover with a good head. Once I got over my “They don’t run on their heads!” indignation, I brought that judge my dogs with great heads and never lost under him again! The same with a dog I showed that was more workmanlike. We lost a to a pretty little bitch under a judge who I immediately thought must be senile. But again, I stopped to think about it, and the next time he was on a panel I brought him a pretty little bitch and won the group! You may not have a dog to fit their preferences immediately, but stow that information away for future use. I could have stayed mad at both of these judges and crossed them off my list, but the loss would have been mine, not theirs!
January 2nd, 2023 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
Wishing you a happy New Year from The Canine Chronicle!
January 1st, 2023 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured,The Buzz | Read More »
The canine sport of Barn Hunt is still relatively new to the conformation dog show community, but has grown substantially in popularity the last decade. Barn Hunt is a timed event designed to test a dog’s ability to locate the quarry (a rat) and to signal the find to his handler. Just as with most AKC performance events there are multiple skill levels: Novice, Open, Senior and Master, with titles awarded in each. Each test level is made increasingly more difficult with the addition of tubes containing used bedding material and more rats. There is also a basic level, the Instinct test, that must first be passed.
January 1st, 2023 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
147th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Monday and Tuesday, May 8-9, 2023 8th Annual Masters Obedience Championship Saturday, May 6, 2023 Premium List: https://www.westminsterkennelclub.org/2023-dog-show-info/westminster-kennel-club-dog-show-premium-list-2023
December 31st, 2022 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
This is a love story, not a romantic one, but a love story nonetheless It speaks to a level of love which is pure, deep, and in so many ways incredibly beautiful. It is poignant and also painful. Yet, it is one I feel compelled to recount. I share it with you in the spirit of the love which I witnessed, and as a lesson in loving. I observed it firsthand while flying at 24,000 feet above earth during my return home from a recent judging assignment. I hope I never forget what I felt and what I learned.
December 31st, 2022 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
WHAT: The AKC National Championship Presented by Royal Canin® will air as a three-hour special on the ABC television network on Sunday, January 1, 2023, at 2 p.m. ET. The show features thousands of dogs from around the country and the world competing for the coveted title of America’s National Champion. Hosting the broadcast are AKC Executive [...]
December 30th, 2022 | Posted in Featured,The Buzz | Read More »
By Amy Fernandez After decades of hit-and-miss efforts to extrapolate meaningful research data from fruit flies and lab rats, modern science finally realized that the best window into human health and longevity is sitting under everyone’s kitchen table. Our dogs participate in every facet of our daily lives. They breathe our air, drink our water, [...]
December 30th, 2022 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
Every child at some point begs their parents for a puppy. If you were one of those parents or if you know one, here is what most likely happened. The parent immediately begins to think about all of the added chores and financial obligations that come with owning a puppy.
December 30th, 2022 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
We received the sad news of the passing of Dr. Alvin Krause at the age of 90. Dr. Krause was a retired AKC judge of the Sporting, Hound, Working, Terrier and Non-Sporting groups. He and his wife, Bettie, were well-respected judges in the ‘80s, ‘90s and 2000s. Al continued judging after Bettie passed away and [...]
December 29th, 2022 | Posted in Featured,World News | Read More »
Love at first sight. We’ve heard that phrase a million times and generally we’re right by consigning it to the realm of greeting card marketing. Yeah, maybe, mostly…unless you happen to reside in our world. The dedication demanded for success in this sport only comes from one place–absolute love at first sight. And that’s certainly the way it went down for Caroline Coile. She’s a familiar name as an award-winning writer and successful Saluki breeder as well as a name that constantly pops up in the monthly NOHS rankings. We got a lot to unpack here.
December 29th, 2022 | Posted in Current Articles,Featured | Read More »
