Syracuse Obedience Training Club, Inc. will be hosting its second annual Doggone Good Day on Saturday (tomorrow, January 23) from 9a.m. to 4 p.m. at their training building, 6392 Deere Road, Syracuse NY. Activities at this event are specially planned to help the public meet owners and dogs of various dog breeds, representatives of local [...]
Big conformation classes can last for a half-hour or more. Even though smaller classes are shorter, a dog that wins his individual breed class has a long stretch to look forward to in the Winners ring. At specialities, Best of Breed classes, aka ‘intersex,’ can run 50-75 dogs, and often end up being split into [...]
Here at American Spaniel Club’s winter specialty in Philadelphia, I’ve been having a great time watching dogs and catching up with people I usually only get to see once a year. Good Rally Excellent and Advanced courses – not such a hot Novice Rally course, which didn’t use the ring space efficiently. Finally got the [...]
Image by shutterflood via Flickr My name is Pat, and I train dogs for competition performance events. No, I’m not on the Agility World Team. I don’t make the list for the annual AKC Obedience invitational. I haven’t made the Front & Finish top dog in breed rankings since Casey was in Novice obedience and [...]
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