By Peri Norman and Sandi Weldon Fourth of July weekend is a celebration across the country of all the things that we love. Of course, for those of us in dogs, we pack up the truck and head for our favorite big dog show weekend. People gather at these shows from near and far. Specialties […]
The Kennel Club fully condemns the sale and consumption of dog meat and the Yulin Dog Meat Festival, held in China. The trade has long been associated with a large number of animal welfare violations, which include neglect towards the animals’ physical and mental needs, as they often live and are transported in crowded conditions […]
The Southern Handlers Charity League “Tim, Butcher The Beard!” fundraiser surpassed their goal of raising $20,000 this summer, with a final total of over $27,000 to be divided between the SHCL and JAC. As promised, Tim James was clean shaven by the end of the OKC Cluster. Congratulations to the Southern Handlers Charity League on […]
The Canine Chronicle would like to congratulate our friends, Luke and Tammy Seidlitz, on the birth of their beautiful baby boy on June 19th, 2015. Asher Hudson Seidlitz was born at 9 lb 6 oz and is a happy, healthy baby boy. Congratulations! We wish Luke, Tammy and Asher all the best in the future.
Despite the remarkable efforts of the U.S. Air Force, which has worked hard to bring back most war dogs, too many of our four-footed veterans are left behind on foreign soil and never again see their human Battle Buddies with whom they went through so much. The problem is that if dogs are retired overseas, they become civilians and are no longer qualified to travel home on military vehicles – creating an often insurmountable barrier to getting them home.
New York – Join the American Kennel Club® (AKC®) and host an AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Days event this year. Dogs give us so much: excitement when a favorite person arrives home, company on the couch at night, and full effort on the obedience or agility course. Give back to them by being a responsible dog owner and spreading the word […]
By Debra Lampert-Rudman “To reach a high standard of perfection requires painstaking effort. And once that standard has been established, it becomes increasingly difficult to raise it, periodically, to even higher planes. Yet such a thing has been happening, yearly, with the great Morris and Essex Kennel Club Show.” Somerset, NJ – The quote above […]
Matt Battaglia, son of AKC Judge Dr. Carmen Battaglia, will be appearing in four episodes of the new season of True Detective on HBO. While Dr. Battaglia is a highly respected judge, author and lecturer, his son, Matt, is a noted actor. True Detective airs on HBO every Sunday at 9 PM. The popular show […]
No one who is interested in the state of the dog fancy can have missed the fabulous prices that were offered for Tibetan Mastiffs in China only a couple of years ago. Nor can they have missed the recent article about the rescue of a wretched group of abused Tibetan Mastiffs who were destined for the slaughterhouse in the same country. What has brought a noble, intelligent, thoughtful, and valuable animal to such a pass in only a few years? How did it come to this?
Click here to read the complete article 360 – June, 2015 By Julie Borst Reed A breakthrough DNA test is now available at U C Davis’ Veterinary Genetic Laboratory (VGL) evaluating DNA for Genome-wide Genetic Diversity in Standard Poodles! This posted as a commercial test on the 8th of January 2015 for the first time. […]
