Judges Selection

“I am not one of the multi-group judges who judges numerous shows each year, but even so I have to be careful of conflicts when agreeing on the phone to judge a certain show.”

“I am not one of the multi-group judges who judges numerous shows each year, but even so I have to be careful of conflicts when agreeing on the phone to judge a certain show.”

Antiquity has nothing to do with Stone Age Neanderthals in early Europe. The history and culture of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome – ca. 3000 BC to the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 – is generally identified as antiquity, a remarkable period that left us abundant information about hunters and hunting.

When we asked our readers if puppies were keeping them busy at home during this downtime, many answered with a resounding ”Yes!” Molly McNamara notes that she lucky to have Bearded Collie puppies to dote on during these times “stuck” at home. Pictured is her hungry crew with their dam, GCH Orion Across The Universe From [...]

Ch. Tarahill’s Everybody Duck with Handler Chris Jones

by Herman L. Fellton From the archives of The Canine Chronicle, March, 1996 Editor’s Note: Although this article was written 24 years ago, parts of it still apply to the sport of purebred dogs today. We still seem to be discussing the same problems. This article refers to some solutions that, unfortunately, never came to [...]

What’s Cookin’? With Phil & Amy Booth
Professional Dog Show Handlers, Phil and Amy Booth show us what’s for dinner tonight in their home.
If you would like to share your dinner recipes and what you are having for dinner for this series – please email Amy at Amy.Grabe@caninechronicle.com. We look forward to your participation!

In the honor of National Purebred Dog Day, the Entlebucher Mountain Dog have been historically used by Swiss farmers to move cows from pasture to pasture in the Alps. Their keen intelligence, speedy and agility also made them useful for the management of other large animals such as horses and hogs.

Trust me, handlers should not be seen. It’s all about the dog at the end of the lead.

The Labrador Retriever continues its reign at the top! In the spirit of National Purebred Dog Day, the American Kennel Club wants to let dog owners know that the loveable Lab remains the number one most popular breed in the United States. The annual celebration of National Purebred Dog Day on May 1 highlights the pride, predictability [...]

It is time to put your thinking caps on! For today’s Virtual Dog Show, we are asking our readers to be the judge and place the following three Brittany dogs First, Second and Third AND to tell us why. The complete AKC Official Standard for Brittanys is available online here. As quoted from the AKC Standard, [...]