Interpreting Breed Standards
Judging is complicated. It requires walking a fine line between two clear directives.
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AKC Event Fees: Everything Rises And Falls On Leadership
Dr. Stephen R. Covey, author of The Seven Habits of Highly-Effective People, taught leaders to “put first things first.” Or, as he put it more memorably: The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
Are Dog Shows Fun?
Not like a picnic. Not like a lazy Sunday. Here, fun is the charge in your chest when the judge points to you, the sharp focus of a perfect down-and-back, the knowledge that the dog beside you could win but today yours did.
“A Star Is Born” – Can You Name This Current Show Dog?
Pictured above as a baby, this Poodle is an All-Breed Best In Show winner and a Best In Specialty Show winner. He was Best Of Breed at the 2024 AKC National Championship and the Non-Sporting Group winner at the 2025 Morris & Essex Kennel Club! Hint: You can find him somewhere on The Canine Chronicle website! [...]
#ThrowbackThursday – Guess Who?
Are you ready for this week’s #ThrowbackThursday? Do you recognize this current professional 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!
From Parking Lot to Police Dog: Stray Dog Once Living Off Chicken Nuggets Helps Find Two Missing Children in Indiana Forest
A police K9 who once survived on chicken nuggets tossed from car windows is now being praised as a hero after helping locate two lost children in the dense woods of Hoosier National Forest. Knox, a former stray rescued by the nonprofit Redemption Ranch K9, tracked and helped recover two 11-year-olds who had become separated [...]
DST – Will Alexander Interview With Anders Rosell
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 Anders Rosell. Click here to watch on Canine Chronicle TV!
Civics Class And Civilized – Your Posts May Be Held Against You
If you’ve been around long enough, you’ll remember a time when you had no idea what your long-time friends in the sport did for a living, and you sure didn’t know or care what their religious or political preferences were. The reasons were simple. We were too busy talking about dogs. We were dog people, and that’s what mattered most in our lives. Unfortunately, that central part of our sport, that camaraderie, has begun to shatter as national politics has taken over the conversation.
Send Us Your #Blooper Photos!
We want to see our readers’ funniest or most embarrassing photos from a dog show to be shared on The Canine Chronicle in good fun! Thank you Maddison McBride for sharing this fun blooper photo of Figgy Pudding, a #Border Terrier, with us and giving us all a good laugh! Maddison said, “We had to [...]
Send Us Your #FormFollowsFunction Photos!
All dog breeds were bred to perform a specific purpose. We want to see our readers’ dogs doing the work they were bred to do to be shared on The Canine Chronicle! Thank you Laura Schreiner for sharing these Form Follows Function photo of your English Springer Spaniel, “Sparx,” (GCH CH MACH3 Vinewood’s The Fire [...]
