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 Belgian Tervuren First, Second and Third AND To tell us why. The complete AKC Official Standard fo Belgian Tervuren is available online here. As quoted from the AKC [...]
Many times breeders follow a specific theme when thinking of registered names for a litter. These themes can follow trending TV shows, movies, holidays, or even the time of year the litter was born. It is safe to say that six months from now puppies will be entering the ring with names inspired by the [...]
The breed standard for the Flat-Coated Retriever includes one of my favorite phrases describing a breed – “power without lumber and raciness without weediness.” The standard also lists the “distinctive and most important features” of the breed in the General Appearance section – silhouette (moving and standing), smooth effortless movement, head type, coat, and character. They reflect the five items of breed type in Richard Beauchamp’s book, by the way. It is helpful when breed standards provide us with explicit priorities. I looked for the survey that this article is based on to corroborate and elaborate their priorities.
Last week we asked our readers to share their funniest or must embarrassing win or candid photo from a dog show…all in good fun! Thank you to Becky Barnes for sharing her best outtake. She titles this outtake as “Hand Me The Bait!” Do you have a photo where you are having a bad hair [...]
We have another great #ThrowbackThursday photo to share with our readers on this Thursday. Can you name the iconic dog folks and dog that are pictured in this week’s Throwback? Guess Who? Check back on Monday for the correct answer! Don’t forget! Do you have a fun photo that you would like to share for [...]
I am so proud of those in our sport on so many levels! They say one of the true tests of a friendship is distance and time. True friends can pick up where they left off after being apart for a length of time. True friends feel a connection even when apart. In my humble opinion, the sport of [...]
WHAT’S IN A WORD? – Dog Show Vocabulary Pt 5 “All Rounder” with Judge Charles Olvis Check out the fifth installment of our series that explains common dog show terms. Click here to watch!
We received the sad news that Mr. Raymond Bay of Littleton, CO passed away today, April 15th at 88 years old. Mr. Bay was a respected and popular past AKC judge of All Terrier and Toy Breeds as well as Best in Show. He was a breeder-exhibitor of Sealyham Terriers. The Canine Chronicle extends our [...]
Travel Back to 1994 – Astro World Series of Dog Shows
Facebook has become the best friend and the biggest enemy of our social media lives in Dogdom. What can be a positive interaction can just as easily become a destruction derby. Here are viewpoints from three judges on this very challenging area of our daily interactions. Maybe these responses will encourage the way you use Facebook to do good, or to temper your words before they do harm? ~ Elaine Lessig, Moderator
