AKC/Royal Canin National Championship Day 1 Saturday, December 14, 2019 Orlando, FL **Keep checking in with the Canine Chronicle for all the National Championship results as they become available!** Affenpinscher – Mr. Desmond J Murphy Best of Breed: GCHS Tamarin Trebeck Owner: Jin Woo Lee Afghan Hound - Heather Lindberg Best of Breed: GCHG Sunlit’s [...]
Check out some of the definitely non- pomposness going on this week in Orlando. Who gets your vote for Ugliest Sweater?
Orlando, FL (Dec. 13, 2019) – Fleet St Forged At Hampton Court, a Wire Fox Terrier known as “Pierce” triumphed over more than 1,300 dogs ages six months to 18 months to become the AKC Royal Canin National All-Breed Junior of the Year, held today in Orlando, Fla in conjunction with the AKC National Championship [...]
The American Kennel Club wishes to acknowledge those individuals that have excelled at breeding dogs that have proven to be outstanding in AKC sports. The commitment to preserve, protect and improve a breed represents the very essence of the AKC. The 2019 AKC Breeder of the Year by Sport Award is given to those who [...]
It is hard to believe that I am in Orlando for the last cluster of 2019! It seems it was just yesterday that I was flying home from the 2018 National Championship week! Spirits here are high and everyone is working feverishly to set up and get their dogs looking their best for what is [...]
“So, just what is the big deal,” he says to a friend after getting fourth place in a class of four, “if my dog’s tail resides an inch further down the croup than that of the other dogs in the ring? It is a handsome tail, it looks to me to be the right sort of tail, and it seems to suit him quite nicely.” And, believe it or not, he may very well be more accurate than he realizes.
One of the astounding things about AKC has always been its militant dedication to the most contradictory concepts. The examples are admittedly endless, but if you had to pick one, the Miniature Schnauzer is a good place to start.
John Marvin was possibly the finest historian ever to chronicle AKC doings, but he definitely tended to understate things. “Today the Miniature Schnauzer is the most popular member of the Terrier group. It was not always so for in the ‘30s and early ‘40s the breed had a difficult time to become recognized as a contender.” His brief 1964 profile in The Book of All Terriers omitted most aspects of the breed’s long, strange trip to success.
Special Highlights The Largest Show in AKC History with Top Dogs In America Competing For Highest Honor Bring in the new year with one of the world’s largest and most prestigious dog shows, The AKC National Championship Presented by Royal Canin, returns to Animal Planet as a three-hour special on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020 at [...]
By Deb Cooper I was saddened to learn of the passing of a dear friend and icon within our fancy. Steve Hurt passed away yesterday, the day before his birthday. While unable to confirm his exact age, I believe he was in his early 80’s. Steve was a retired handler, AKC Field Representative and AKC [...]
December 1st was World AIDS Day and once again it brought to mind how significantly the AIDS epidemic has impacted our sport. In 1981, a group of researchers and scientists published a report in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) about cases of an uncommon type of [...]
