The 2014 National Owner-Handled Series Finals Breed and Group competitions will be judged on the morning of Friday, December 12th with group judging beginning at 11:15 AM. This year, the National Owner-Handled Series Finals Best in Show competition will be judged on the evening of Saturday, December 13th in the arena. The NOHS Finals Judging […]
Tickets for Canines & Cocktails are still available for $75 per person and can be purchased online. A raffle will also be held, with proceeds to benefit continued canine health research. Raffle tickets are $20 each or six tickets for $100. Raffle prize winners need not be present to win. Raffle and door prize items include: $1,500 Jewelry Gift […]
There will be a holiday celebration in support of Take The Lead following Best in Show judging at the Eastern Dog Club. The party will be held at The Carriage House, which is on the grounds of the Eastern States Exposition. Guests will enjoy dinner, a silent auction, raffle, and a visit from Santa. Guests […]
The prestigious Morris and Essex Kennel Club Dog Show has opened entries for its second juried fine arts competition, to be judged by William Secord, of William Secord Gallery in New York. Artists whose work depicts purebred dogs are invited to enter. Award winners will be invited to the exclusive Judges’ Dinner on September 30, […]
National Purebred Dog Day was created a year ago upon the discovery that no day of recognition exists for purebred dogs even though National Dog Day, National Rescue Day, National Mutt Day, and even National Poop Scoop Day do. A resolution asking that May 1st be recognized as National Purebred Dog Day was submitted to […]
MBF and Westminster Kennel Club have released a list of dogs that will receive an invitation to pre-enter the 2015 Westminster Kennel Club. They note that all exhibitors wishing to submit entries for the event may begin doing so now. Exhibitors of invited dogs do not need to wait to receive their invitation before submitting […]
I’ll Paint The Sky is the winning artwork for the 2015 Westminster Kennel Club Poster. The title invokes the name of the 2014 Westminster Best in Show Winner, as well as the presence of the Manhattan skyline in the piece. It is a pen, ink, and watercolor image on paper by Chris Duke. Duke’s work […]
by Stephen Heyman Practically no one in the United States owned an Old English sheepdog until 1959, when a particularly adorable one named Chiffon appeared in the Walt Disney film “The Shaggy Dog” and sent breed registrations, as tracked by the American Kennel Club, through the roof. Over the next decade, the number of registered […]
Every five years, a very special dog show appears, and we are transported to a gentler time honoring the heritage of one of the dog show world’s most devoted benefactors and the Show’s founder, Mrs. Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge. Somerset, NJ – For the first time in its long and illustrious history, the Morris and Essex […]
To see him now, whippy tail wagging as he greets a group of children or takes a treat from his old pals at the waterfront, it’s hard to believe that he once cowered at the sight of a human hand. To see him now, as he zips from weaves to jump, to tunnel, to tire, […]
