The Excel Academy Dog Program
What began as an impromptu request for an off-campus visit has turned into something that, to be honest, at first I really was not prepared for. In June 2006, I presented a request to Excel’s administration that would allow interested students to attend a dog show being hosted by the Greater Southern Kennel Club. The show was actually a transplant to our area due to the recent hurricanes in the Gulf Coast areas. I typed up a small request, and once presented, was hit with an offer that has since changed my life.
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Conformation 101
with Kathy LorentzenMy Favorite PREMIER Moments, by Kathy Lorentzen (06/26/2008): It’s Tuesday morning following 2008 PREMIER and I’m barely functional following five days in Kalamazoo and a full load of judging duties every day of the show, but wanted to get my thoughts in print before the experience fades.
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| Mark Threlfall Down to the Sea by Mark Threlfall (07/09/2008): Oh, I must go down to the sea again
To sail o’er the wind and the surf...
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| NADOI (06/26/2008): You CAN Teach an Old Dog New Tricks
The story of Mindy Minya
Helen Marie Capps, NADOI Member # 1033
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Ringside Conversation
with Richard BeauchampBreeder, Exhibitor, or Fancier?, by Richard G. (Rick) Beauchamp (06/26/2008): Exhibitors
I think the term exhibitor is pretty much straightforward. The exhibitor is simply a person who shows dogs. It doesn’t imply much more or less. There are levels of exhibitors of course - beginning, amateur, professional - but what we know is that they show dogs.
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 Recent News At UKC
06/26/2008: Winners from Premier Weekend! 2008 Top 10 Winner: CH Coralwood Oncore Wrigley Field, an English Pointer owned by Katherine B Shorter and Sally Barton from Gloucester, VA. Total Junior Invitational Best Junior Handler: Maria Neff showing CH Manuscripts Be Amazing Grace, an Australian Shepherd from Greenville, Ohio. Friday Conformation Best in Show: CH... Read more here. 
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Bloodlines Magazine...
BLOODLINES Dog Event News includes announcements from the Dog Events Department, upcoming events and event results, as well as advertising.
Find out “who’s winning what” in all UKC Conformation Shows, Agility Trials, Dog Sport Events, Obedience Trials, Terrier Races and Weight Pulls; and where the UKC events are held.
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This Weekend At UKC
The Michigan Toy Fox Terrier Association is hosting 4 shows on April 12 and 13 at the Ann Arbor Dog Training Club. Pre-entry price is just $15.00! Plus, a special prize drawing will be done from the pre-entries. The Ann Arbor Dog Training Club is a beautiful facility with good lighting and offers a perfect place to get young dogs comfortable with the show ring. For more information, read here.
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A person could almost say that the history of the English Coonhound is the history of all coonhounds — and he wouldn’t be too far wrong. With the exception of the Plott Hound, all the UKC breeds of coonhounds have a common ancestry that is deeply rooted in the English Foxhound.
The English was first registered by UKC in 1905, under the name of English Fox & Coonhound. English hounds have excelled in both performance and conformation. The first major coonhound Field Trial of all time, the first Leafy Oak, was won by an English dog called “Bones”, owned by Colonel Leon Robinson. |
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