Seriously, have you ever wondered how judges learn about your breed? One of the main ways is by being mentored. According to the Oxford Online Dictionary, a mentor is an experienced and trusted adviser, and to mentor is to advise or train someone. Seems pretty straightforward, and yet it’s a process that is different in each mentoring session and can be anything from extremely helpful to a complete waste of time.
The breed judge for Pointers will be Dr. Michael Woods of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada at the 147th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on May 9, 2023. The Westminster Kennel Club Premium List is available on westminsterkennelclub.org.
If it’s any consolation, this nonsense is not limited to show dogs or domestic dogs. Recently, ecologists from Montana State University collaborated with researchers from the Zambian Carnivore Program to track the activities of three African wild dogs. This fascinating project was profiled in Science Times on June 21.
Tickets are on sale NOW for New York City’s AKC Meet the Breeds®, arriving at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center Saturday, January 28th, and Sunday, January 29th, 2023. The American Kennel Club® (AKC) brings this two-day educational event to NYC to give attendees the unique opportunity to meet and play with a variety of different dog […]
The Beatles told us 55 years ago that we could “get by with a little help” from our friends. But in any profession, that idea moves far beyond emotional support, and moves into the realm of mentoring.
Happy New Year! May all of you have a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year filled with beautiful puppies, many winning ribbons, and even more great times with friends and loved ones. I am not one to make New Year’s resolutions, but I committed to being better about reaching out to friends I don’t see often to check in, say hi, and make sure all is well. My commitment is motivated by the recent passing of retired AKC Judge and my good friend, Al Krause.
We received the very sad news that Patricia Lorenz of Sellersville, Pennsylvania passed away on December 29. Pat, as her friends called her, was a longtime fancier and breeder of Toy Poodles. Pat was proudest of her big family and loved spending time with them. She was happiest at home surrounded by her family, dogs, […]
“The Great American Dog Show” returns to Chicago, this weekend, Jan. 6-8 at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center. Watch as Dr Jerry Klein and Scott Pfeil visit with Chicago’s Fox 32 to promote purebred dogs and dog events! https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1161528
Will Alexander Drops Some Knowledge About What’s Happening in the Sport of Dogs. It’s Deep… It’s Humorous… It’s Provocative… It’s Will Unfiltered! Will Alexander has an in-depth conversation with Lenny Brown. Click here to watch on Canine Chronicle TV!
More than a millennium before Karen Pryor popularized clicker training, dog people understood the magnificent simplicity of this concept. It only takes one or two positive experiences for dogs to forge that neural pathway between a sound and a reward. You might say that the hunting horn was the big clunky prototype for this training methodology. Luckily, our sport had Freeman Lloyd to document the origin and evolution of this iconic symbol for the AKC Gazette in 1943. He wrote, “In actual hunting, only one man is entrusted with it, and he is the official huntsman. For carrying the horn signifies absolute power like the sceptre of a monarch or the baton of the conductor of an orchestra.”
