Around The Rings – The Roast Of Pat Trotter
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Friends Explaining Why They Lost – Elizabeth Salewsky
Sometimes it gets old listening to friends explaining why “they lost”. Elizabeth Salewsky gives a funny insight in to the excuses. Click here to watch on Canine Chronicle TV!
Re-Finding Kindness For The New Dog Show Exhibitor
My son and I were recently wandering through an antique shop, mostly for a distraction from the daily work routine, and perhaps to experience a transport back in time.
Semi Q Canines
In July of 2026 the United States will celebrate its 250th anniversary, or its “semiquincentennial.” Since this is a hard word to wrap your tongue—or mind—around, it’s generally referred to as the “Semi Q.” In a wide range of celebrations all over the country, homage will be paid to our first citizens—the various tribes representing Indigenous peoples—the founding fathers—Jefferson, Madison, Washington, etc.— and other social, cultural, political and artistic movers, shakers and shapers of the American experience.
The Peruvian Inca Orchid
Who could have imagined it…a hairless breed competing in half of the AKC groups. We’ve had some time to reckon with the Chinese Crested in the Toy Group, the Xoloitzcuintli in Non-Sporting, and the American Hairless Terrier, well, take a guess. And now, the Hound Group will have its own hairless representative when the Peruvian Inca Orchid joins the crowd this coming December. And unfortunately, there’s no reason to anticipate any less confusion and misinformation this time around.
A New Ranking System – Part One
For the first century of the sport, no one knew which dogs were number one, or two, or three, or eleventh. It’s not certain if the sport even cared who was number one. With far less than half the number of shows back then, dogs more likely became famous for winning the big shows, the shows with the most entries, the most prestige. Then along came Irene Castle Phillips Khatounian Schlintz (née Foote) who created the sport’s first ranking system in 1956. It became prominent in the late 1960s.
From The Publisher
The four-plus day show cluster has become the staple of today’s dog show scene in the United States. A quick glance at our events calendar at www.caninechronicle.com shows how clusters of shows held in one location has become a normal, weekly occurrence in most regions. Heck, we even have a button titled “Cluster View” on our events calendar that groups the shows by cluster each weekend.
Table Talk • July 8, 2026
My plans to spend the 4th of July Holiday weekend with my friends at the Maize and Blue cluster were cut short due to a horrific storm that blew in just after the show concluded on Friday. Friday’s temperatures registered as high as 100 degrees, and the volunteers of the cluster took the extreme temperatures very […]
On The Cover
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Rocky to the Rescue!
By Amy Fernandez We hear a lot about the heroic deeds of service dogs, detection dogs, alert dogs etc. Every one of them deserves all the accolades that come their way. But what about those everyman type of dogs? The canine equivalents of some anonymous guy jumping on the tracks during rush hour to rescue […]
