Life With Pat

There seems to be a great amount of misinformation and confusion about where newcomers should go to purchase or acquire their first dog. Many of those who are interested will go to dog shows and ask assistance from fanciers and judges.

There seems to be a great amount of misinformation and confusion about where newcomers should go to purchase or acquire their first dog. Many of those who are interested will go to dog shows and ask assistance from fanciers and judges.

Thank you to Deb Shindle for sharing this sweet photo of Cardigan Welsh Corgi, Sassy, enjoying her pool float. She is floating her way through the Spring into the summer! If you have a photo or video you would like to share for Canine Chronicle’s photo of the day, email Cheslie at cheslie@caninechronicle.com.

The AKC Canine Health Foundation (CHF), a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the health of all dogs, announces two theriogenology residencies awarded in 2020. CHF has partnered with the American Kennel Club (AKC) and Theriogenology Foundation (TF) to increase the number of veterinary practitioners trained in reproductive medicine (known as theriogenology) and clinical genetics. Since […]

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 Toy Fox Terriers Dogs First, Second and Third AND to tell us why. The complete AKC Official Standard for the Toy Fox Terrier is available online here. As […]

Cooked to Perfection with Diego & Evelyn Garcia
Professional Dog Show Handlers, Diego and Evelyn Garcia 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 Cheslie at cheslie@caninechronicle.com. We look forward to your participation!

Working breeds come into this deal facing very long odds. Really, the bar is set impossibly high before they lift a paw. Here’s a perfect example, “The Saint Bernard shares with the Newfoundland the honor of being the only two breeds of dogs whose special mission and characteristics are the saving of life, in contradiction to all other breeds which more or less, lie in the direction of destruction.” What!! In other words, if you enter life in this category don’t even think about loafing around the house doing dog stuff. That belief was so totally ingrained in purebred lore that even a hard bitten veteran of the sport like Theo Marples couldn’t resist the ideological claptrap pervading the histories of these breeds.

Enjoy watching Best in Show Judging from the Inverness Florida Kennel Club on Saturday, January 12, 2008. This video was filmed and uploaded by Lana Valoueva. A direct link to the video is here. If you have a video you would like to share for our Video of the Day, please DM us or email […]

274 – August, 2013 (click here for full digital article) By Nikki Riggsbee The Border Terrier experts emphasized time and again that this breed is a working terrier, and that the important characteristics were those that support that activity. Some experts expressed doubts that this survey could identify the important features of Border Terriers, that […]