Looking Around with Lee
So…recently while musing through the requisite reading of doggie headlines… my eye caught a snippet on The Canine Chronicle website announcing
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AKC Humane Fund Announces Winners Of The 2016 Sir John D. Spurling, OBE, KCVO Scholarship
New York, NY – The AKC Humane Fund, Inc. is pleased to announce the 2016 recipients of the Sir John D. Spurling Scholarship, celebrating the human-canine bond. Each year, the AKC Humane Fund awards five full-time students enrolled in courses of study that contribute to the well-being of dogs and the advancement of responsible pet […]
New Survey Confirms Dog Owners are Emotionally Connected to Their Dogs But Knowledge Gap May Exist About Healthy Aging in Their Canine Companions
Does your dog stare at you for no apparent reason? Does he bark to get your attention? If so, you may be witnessing his cognitive skills in action, even if you didn’t know it. A new online survey1 of dog owners from Purina Pro Plan, a leader in canine nutrition, asked one-thousand dog owners about healthy […]
Preservation Breeders – Canine Functions in a Changing World
Improving the breed is an often-quoted motivation for breeding. In the world of purebred dogs this rationale is offered up primarily by show-oriented breeders.
Table Talk
Congrats to Larry Cornelius and Marcelo Veras on their nuptials over the weekend. Larry and Marcelo were married in Key West in a small ceremony with close friends. We wish nothing but the best for this wonderful couple.
Baton Rouge Flooding Affects Our Dog Show Friends
The flooding has hit many of the dog fanciers we know and see around the rings each weekend. According to Daryl Martin, longtime breeder and exhibitor Shannon Moberly lost her home, car, motorhome and personal belongings. Luckily, she was able to save herself and her dogs along with her late husband’s ashes, but the rest of her possessions are gone.
Dog Statues of Spain
In 2004, I traveled to the Spanish Canary Islands and visited four of them – Gran Canaria, La Gomera, Lanzarote and Tenerife – not to lie on the beaches for hours or to swim in the almost-forever blue sea, but to experience the old Spanish culture and unspoiled islands.
New AKC Position Statement: Freedom of Choice & Education is Pillar of Successful Dog Ownership
The American Kennel Club emphatically supports freedom of choice in selecting a pet. AKC actively promotes efforts to ensure that people are educated, understand the demands of responsible ownership and have access to a pet that is right for them. AKC strongly opposes any measure that restricts choice by compelling people and/or retailers to obtain pets solely from shelter or rescue distributors.
NY Times: A Warning for Dogs, and Their Best Friends, in Study of Fertility
NY Times Article By Jan Hoffman For decades, generations of dogs have been bred, raised and trained as service animals for disabled people at a center in England: Labrador retrievers, golden retrievers, curly coat retrievers, Border collies and German shepherds. Scientists at the University of Nottingham realized that they had an ideal opportunity to study […]
September of Their Years
In 1965, Sammy Cahn wrote the lyrics “One day you turn around, and it’s summer, next day you turn around, and it’s fall and the springs and the winters of a lifetime, whatever happened to them all” for the music Jimmy Van Heusen composed for Frank Sinatra.
