Researchers from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine report what some dog breeders already suspected: hookworms are becoming resistant to drugs that formerly killed them.
A few months back AKC announced that it was rounding up its roster of breeds to a neat 200 (in a strictly technical accounting).We just got the Mudi and the Russian Toy. Wow! So, the Bracco Italiano now competes from the sacrosanct AKC Sporting Group.
Question of the week: What dog feature is as unique as a human fingerprint? Answer: The nose: If you were to print your dog’s nose, it would leave a unique pattern. In fact, a dog’s nose print is as unique and as identifiable as the human fingerprint. Do you have a fun dog trivia question that [...]
A drive down the South Carolina coast on U.S. 17 will take you past Huntington Beach, and through Huntington Marsh and Huntington State Park—and past a larger-than-life statue of two fighting horses heralding the entrance to the largest sculpture garden in America: Brookgreen Gardens.
Guess Who? Are you ready for this week’s great #ThrowbackThursday photo? Can you name this breeder-owner-handler? 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 at showresults@caninechronicle.com with your photos.
As part of my undergraduate requirements, I took a class in the theory of philosophy. The professor, a very intense academic, had several key sayings which he used in class with great frequency. If his purpose was to drill them in our subconscious, he was quite successful–at least, with me. There was one in particular which stays with me still. I recall it with great frequency: “If you do what you always do, you will get what you always got.” Think about it. I expect that was his intention, too. Think!
Dear Friends, This is the first of a regular e-newsletter I will be sharing with our core constituency. My intention is to provide timely fact-based information to you on a multitude of initiatives staff is addressing. The Summer has been filled with events and work from various departments to push forward the mission of the [...]
This got me thinking about a couple of dogs I judged a while back. I had two bitches in a breed whose culture allows for some fairly extensive grooming. Not extensive like Bichons or Kerry Blues, but much more than I would be comfortable with on my personal dogs. I have worked very hard to “see the world” in the context of the exhibitors in these breeds. In cases of clear violations of the AKC rules or direct contradictions to the standard, I have and will continue to excuse dogs, but as with so much of life, situations are rarely black and white and the common shade of gray may vary from breed to breed.
I aged out of juniors recently, and while I was showing I saw many other juniors ‘stuck’ rather than growing in our sport.
