Crowning A Champion: AKC National Championship Presented By Royal Canin Makes Grand Return To Television Featuring Celebrity Guest Jerry O’Connell
Largest Dog Show in North America will be broadcast January 23, 2017 on Hallmark Channel
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The Indy Winter Classic – Entries Close This Wednesday, January 25th!
Don’t Forget! Entries close this Wednesday, January 25th for the Indy Winter Classic! The Indy Winter Classic features 4 All Breed Dog Shows, 2 Obedience Trials and 2 Junior Showmanship Competitions hosted by the Central Indiana Kennel Club and Hoosier Kennel Club to be held at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, Indiana. The dates […]
Event Cancellation: Manatee Kennel Club
The remainder of judging at the Manatee Kennel Club on Sunday, January 22, 2017 in Brooksville, Florida has been cancelled due to high winds and dangerous conditions.
The Shifting Demographics of Our Sport
Our sport is not one which has been blessed with a great many young competitors, at least after these young peo- ple age out of Junior Showmanship.
AKC Canine Health Foundation, Orthopedic Foundation for Animals and The International Partnership for Dogs Announce the “Harmonization of Genetic Testing for Dogs” Initiative
The ever-increasing emergence of new canine DNA tests and testing laboratories has made choosing quality DNA testing providers and the right DNA tests for health and breeding decisions increasingly challenging for many owners, breeders and veterinarians. Working with a wide-spectrum of stakeholders in dog health, the International Partnership for Dogs (IPFD) “Harmonization of Genetic Testing […]
#ThrowbackThursday – Guess Who? – Check Your Answer!
We have yet another fun photo to share this Thursday. Can you guess the talented and successful breeder and handler pictured in this week’s #ThrowbackThursday? Guess who? The correct answer to this week’s Throwback Thursday is Tara Martin Rowell! Thanks to all for your participation and Daryl Martin, Daniel Mehling, Robin Gates & Kim Langlands […]
Intro to Field Judging
Click here to read the complete article 346 – The Annual, 2016-2017 By Chris Robinson Back when I was a university student, sometime around the end of the second ice age, every major in the college of liberal arts began with a required introductory course– Journalism 1, Introduction to the Theater, Freshman English, French 1, […]
Evolving Our Attitude on Selecting Stud Dogs
For many decades, the prevailing advice to bitch owners about selecting a stud dog involved picking a mate that had the phenotypic attributes called for in the breed standard.
Table Talk
One of the body building coaches that I follow wrote us all an inspirational note at the beginning of the year. I thought it applies to our sport as well. Every January, we see what we call “Temporaries” at the gym. These are the people that have made a New Year’s resolution to get in […]
Bracketology Meets “Barketology” In The Purina Pro Plan $1 Million Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Bracket Challenge
When it comes to filling out a winning bracket, what’s your strategy? Do you study team history and statistics or are you a fan of the upset? Back by popular demand, the Purina Pro Plan $1 MillionWestminster Kennel Club Dog Show Bracket Challenge rallies fans to apply their best bracket strategies to correctly predict the seven […]
