Breeding


The author congratulates Best in Show-winning breeder-owner-handler David Fitzpatrick. Photo by Christina Frausini, courtesy Westminster Kennel Club.
Best in Show judge and Dog News columnist Pat Craig-Trotter reflects on the appointment of a lifetime. Read More

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind ...
How will our decisions and actions as judges, breeders and exhibitors affect the future of our breeds?   Read More

True (GChb Laurelwood’s True Bearing BN RN SH), Laurea Griggs’ Chesapeake, is currently the number-one Chesapeake female and number-one NOHS Chesapeake. She is also working on her Master Hunter title. (McCall Photographic Designs photo)
The Chesapeake Bay Retriever is also awash in versatility. Read More
Geir Flyckt-Pedersen asks: Can there be more than one truth? Read More

Their original job of chasing away predators and rodents has made many German Pinschers enthusiastic coursing dogs.
Meet the ever-versatile German Pinscher. Read More
Sid Marx reminds that words matter, in the ring and out. Read More
A look back at Rick Beauchamp’s classic “Solving the Mysteries of Breed Type.” Read More

Foxhounds in a 19th-Century kennel.
Andrew Brace traces the transformation of purebred dog breeding. Read More

Ch. Bukany's Carbon Copy moving with his handler Robert Forsyth.
Breed experts guide us through a retrospective from the 1920s to 2000s. Read More

Her Grace The Duchess of Newcastle and friends.
Geir Flyckt-Pedersen looks back to some founding mothers and fathers in our many breeds. Read More

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