Thank you to Tabatha Buckley Bettis for sharing these adorable keepsakes to share with our readers today – photos of “Soul” as a young puppy! Soul’s complete win record is far too numerous to list, but includes being a Top 20 Dog Among All Breeds in 2019 and 2018. Soul is GCHP Chesterhope Never Ask […]
AKC President Dennis Sprung set in motion a plan that would achieve the best possible outcome for AKC in both the short and long term
As many of you know, AKC announced that they were laying off a significant portion of their staff today. You may not know that their staff had very little time to prepare as the cuts came quickly without much notice. The letter from Dennis Sprung is copied below. Margaret Poindexter, former in-house counsel for AKC, responded to the layoffs with some very poignant observations and questions. This is something that everyone in our sport should read to understand what is happening at our beloved American Kennel Club.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Dr. Quentin LaHam was a noted teacher and lecturer in the field of canine structure, movement and function. He and his wife, Betsy, were very popular judges of multiple groups in the ‘80s and ‘90s. He wrote numerous articles for The Canine Chronicle regarding the state of the industry. We thought we would share this one with you. This article may be more poignant today than it was when he wrote it.
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 Saluki bitches First, Second and Third AND to tell us why. The complete AKC Official Standard for Salukis is available online here. As quoted from the AKC […]
Just before the group judging on Tuesday night, the Westminster Junior Showmanship finalists enter the ring. They had to qualify for the privilege of competing at Westminster. Now, the top eight from the daytime preliminaries compete at the Garden for scholarship awards and the title of Best Junior Handler.
We are making a call out for our readers to share their funniest or most embarrassing win or candid photo from a dog show to be shared on The Canine Chronicle in good fun! Having a bad hair day, making a funny face, wearing a “What Was I Thinking” outfit, or something went terribly wrong […]
Thank you to David Fitzpatrick for sharing this adorable keepsake to share with our readers today – photos of “Wasabi” as a young puppy! Wasabi is the #1 Dog Among All Breeds, #1 Toy and #1 Pekingese for 2020. He is the 2019 AKC National Championship Best in Show winner. Wasabi is GCH Pequest Wasabi […]
The Harrisburg Kennel Club and Lebanon Kennel Club Dog Shows that were originally scheduled for April of 2020 have been rescheduled for Thursday, August 6th – Sunday, August 9th 2020.
The programs and initiatives in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) that was just passed by Congress are intended to assist business owners with a variety of needs during this uncertain time. The U.S Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship released an informative guide on these programs and initiatives that can […]
