The Canine Chronicle has another great photo to share this week for #ThrowbackThursday. Can you name the two gentleman pictured in this week’s throwback? Guess Who? Check back on Monday for the correct answer! The correct answer to this week’s throwback is Mr. Council Parker pictured with Mr. Bob Slay. Thank you all for your […]
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! This week Will gives us Top 10 Reasons to Love Showing in the Rain. Click here to watch on Canine Chronicle TV!
The Keystone Cluster • 5 Days of Shows • August 11 – 15, 2021
TIME IS RACING TOWARDS THE CLOSING DATE – JULY 28, 2021
Table Talk Live! Wishes all our friends in Houston farewell for 2021!
Table Talk Live chats with AKC Judge Debbie Melgreen.
Nancy Brown, CEO of the American Heart Association chats with Deb Cooper about the AHA’s Healthy Bond for Life initiative
Deb Cooper chats with Marci Sale-Crawford, Area Manager with Nestle Purina about their attendance at upcoming dog shows.
Will Alexander has an in-depth conversation with John Glover about dogs, how he got started in dogs, and his life in dogs.
When AKC closes a breed’s studbook upon recognition, the act is both literal and symbolic. It means that from that point forward only purebred, documented individuals can officially claim recognition. Yes, reciprocal registration agreements permit inclusion of stock from other registries as long as those dogs share the same cultural purebred definition. On a higher level, a closed studbook guarantees the genetic integrity of each registered individual. There is no gray area in this designation. Dogs are either in or out. And the system generally works like a charm, so much so that after more than a century we sometimes take that predictability and quality for granted.
However, once in a while there’s a problem. For instance, today it’s commonplace and best practice to identify and document genetic health disorders. That doesn’t imply that fixing the problem is always easy. Minimizing the expression of undesirable genes is predicated on the existence of unaffected stock. Sometimes that ain’t so easy to find.
Kristin Lyons chats with Deb Cooper about her Sporting Group win with her English Cocker Spaniel Salem at Saturday’s Show in Houston.
