The American Kennel Club continues to encourage each of its 5,000 clubs to adhere to federal, state and local restrictions pertaining to minimizing the spread of COVID-19. As states gradually begin to reopen, we strongly urge clubs to follow every regulation for large gatherings.
Thank you to Haleigh Mansfield for sharing this photo of Wire Fox Terrier, “Vinny”. Vinny is prepared for anything with his cleaning supplies. Vinny is GCHB Irvonhill Voignier, one of the top 20 Dogs Among All Breeds in 2020 and the 2020 Westminster Kennel Club Terrier Group Winner. If you have a photo or video [...]
Editor’s Note: This article was written during the heated battle at AKC over the proposed move of their headquarters to Raleigh/Durham. We all know how it turned out, but the idea was not only brilliant but, in retrospect, something that would probably be beneficial to the operations of today’s American Kennel Club.
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 Dachshund bitches First, Second and Third AND to tell us why. The complete AKC Official Standard for the Dachshund is available online here. As quoted from the AKC [...]
Professional Dog Show Handler Jamie Clute shows us what’s for dinner at the his home.
If you would like to share your dinner recipes and what you are having for dinner for this series – please email Cheslie at cheslie@caninechronicle.com. We look forward to your participation!
Everyone who attends the cluster for any event or in any capacity is covered by these “cluster rules” as stated
WHAT’S IN A WORD? – Dog Show Vocabulary Pt 7
“Eye Rim” with Handler Daryl Martin
Check out the seventh installment of our series that explains common dog show terms.
You know how you’re personally being affected by the current situation, but you don’t know what struggles someone else might be facing. Your thoughts and feelings about the health crisis are valid, but so are theirs.
Following an agreement between IFEMA and the Real Sociedad Canina de España, RSCE, later approved by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale, FCI, and the support of the main sponsor ARION, it was decided to postpone the FCI World Dog Show 2020, initially scheduled to take place from 23rd until 26th April, 2020 (first postponed to 9-12th July, 2020) to 17th-20th December, 2020 (Thursday to Sunday). The FCI World Dog Show will take place in the Feria of Madrid.
Percy was one of those handlers, as in the case of the Forsyths and numerous other leading handlers of that period, who was approved to judge Specialty Shows due to being a licensed handler. He did all-breeds under this ruling at various Specialties between 1937 and 1950, so he knew that he would enjoy a judging career prior to retiring from his importing and handling business, which had been so enormously successful, even before the time came to make a definite decision involving this change of activity.
