This is the first of several posts I will do this week as we prepare for the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on February 14 and 15. I’m going out on a limb to tell you my picks for best of group in each of the breed groups. (Gulp!) I can’t say I know enough about dog shows for these to be anything other than wild guesses, based loosely on information readily available on the web.
Continue reading My Picks for Westminster 2011: The Herding Group
I have to admit this is the first time I’ve watched the Puppy Bowl. It is just too cute! (Although I really can’t believe it lasts 2 hours.) I think Cooper, my Vizsla would have watched even longer. I’ve never seen him so interested in a TV show. Continue reading Puppy Bowl VII
Meet Mack! Mack is currently being fostered by Homeward Bound Dog Rescue in Albany, NY. Here’s what he says on their website.
Continue reading Shelter Sunday: Homeward Bound Dog Rescue / Albany, NY
We just got home from my sons’ Special Olympics basketball game, where we met Sir Walter, the new Mini Schnauzer mascot of the Columbiana County Comets.
Fortunately for us, he was no match for the mighty Royal Knights!
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
It’s Super Bowl weekend. Which of the games is your dog most likely to watch with you tomorrow?
Feel free to add comments with your prediction of the final score from Dallas. I’m picking Green Bay (otherwise known as “anyone but the Steelers”), 28 – 21.
Continue reading Saturday Survey: Which Bowl Game Will Your Dog Watch With You?
Cat: “They say I shed too much to lay on the polar bear rug.”
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
Don’t ask me to pronounce any of these names, but the new dogs added to the AKC registry for 2011 are:
The Entlebucher Mountain Dog gets my vote as the cutest of the three.
What about you?
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
Yesterday, we published the list of the top ten breeds registered with the AKC in 2010. The breeds included in the top ten did not change, although a few changed places (Beagle/Golden Retriever, and (Boxer/Bulldog). Here are a few more trends noted by the AKC.
Continue reading Trends Noticed on the AKC List of Top Ten Dog Breeds Registered in 2010
From the American Kennel Club: the list of the dogs most registered with them in 2010. The number in parenthesis is the rank each breed held in 2009.