NEW YORK – At its annual board and club meetings on Sunday, February 14, the Morris & Essex Kennel Club unanimously voted in its new officers and directors, and made sizeable donations to a variety of canine charities and organizations. At the Morris & Essex board meeting, Wayne Ferguson was re-elected as the president of […]
- Loveable Lab Claims Top Spot for the 25th Consecutive Year – Labrador Retriever lovers have spoken! The American Kennel Club (AKC®), the nation’s largest purebred dog registry, announced today that the intelligent, family friendly breed holds tight to the number one spot on the most popular list for the 25th consecutive year, continuing the longest reign […]
They are frozen in time and sometimes deceptively real. Perpetuated in stone or bronze, looking over water, streets, parks or squares, dog statues can be found all over the world.
The crowd funding campaign to support “A Little Magic”, the first motion picture to celebrate dog shows is live. Click here to donate today. Helfgott-Turner Productions, Inc. announces the start of an historic crowd-funding campaign to make the first motion picture celebrating the world of dog shows, and showing the incredible love and magical bond […]
By Amy Fernandez News of Westminster’s inaugural Masters Obedience Championship received mixed reactions within this classic sport according to veteran competitor Marcia Dawson. “For years we have tried to get AKC to promote our sport. They do so much to promote conformation, agility, and rally but they treat obedience like the unwanted stepchild. Initially, when […]
Natural Mix-In Chosen through a survey of 40,000 Consumers Purina® Beyond® announced today that their line of Purées has been awarded the 2016 Product of the Year in the Pet Food category, an award celebrating innovation and consumer confidence. Purées are a natural meal mix-in made with human-grade ingredients plus vitamins or minerals that makes it easy […]
Although the modern media does its best to distort the fact, purebred dogs stem from a long tradition of the form follows function concept.
According to the AKC website,”Obedience trials demonstrate the dog’s ability to follow specified routines in the obedience ring and emphasize the usefulness of the dog as a companion to humankind.
Webster defines a sea change as “a marked change or transformation.” While William Shakespeare, who coined the phrase in The Tempest, used it in a song sung by Ariel, a supernatural spirit, to Ferdinand, Prince of Naples following Ferdinand’s father’s apparent death by drowning to literally mean a change brought about by the sea. Subsequent usage has referred to situations where a truly momentous change has taken place.
By Amy Fernandez It has taken a few years but finally, in 2016, Westminster seemed to be settled into its second home over at Piers 92/94. Needless to say, managing a major show at two separate venues poses substantial logistical challenges. That was pretty much the overriding theme for Westminster 2012, its first year at […]
