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Stephanie Hedgepath

All About Judging

Measuring Proportions and Finding Landmarks | Part 3

Part three of the series “Measuring Proportions and Finding Landmarks” covers the examination of the topline, underline, and rear assembly.

April 7, 20228 min read

Dan Sayers

Dog Show Community

Let’s Go to a Dog Show | A Poem by Dan Sayers

Let’s Go to a Dog Show, a Poem by Dan Sayers – “Morning breaks softly and all is quiet,Except for the dogs that pace to and fro,

April 5, 20223 min read

Benson Ray

Meet the Judges

Interview with a Toy Group Judge Benson Ray

Interview with a Toy Group Judge Benson Ray – I grew up on a farm in South Carolina and I had my first Pom at 11 years old. I have bred many

April 5, 20223 min read

Sandy Walker

Meet the Judges

Insights from a Toy Group Judge Sandy Walker

Interview with a Toy Group Judge Sandy Walker – I live in Stow, Massachusetts, where I was born into dogs. My parents had Bedlington

April 4, 20223 min read

Showsight Staff

Meet the Owner Handlers

It’s Our First Anniversary Show!

Ring-Ready Live! is celebrating our inaugural year as The Home of the Owner Handler with an extended anniversary show.

March 25, 20221 min read

Harry Schulman

Herding Group

Insights from Herding Group Judge Harry Schulman

Interview with Herding Group Judge Harry Schulman – I live in my hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, with my wife, Robin, and Golden Retriever,

March 24, 20228 min read

Sharon Ann Redmer

Herding Group

Meet Herding Group Judge Sharon Redmer

Interview with Herding Group Judge Sharon Redmer – I entered the sport of dogs in 1969, training an “All-American” shelter rescue. My first

March 24, 202210 min read

Kay Reamensnyder

Herding Group

Interview with Herding Group Judge Kay Reamensnyder

Interview with Herding Group Judge Kay Reamensnyder – I live in Ridgefield, Washington. I have bred and exhibited German Shepherd Dogs for 40

March 24, 20224 min read

Janina Laurin

Herding Group

Meet Herding Group Judge Janina Laurin

Interview with Herding Group Judge Janina Laurin – I live in Connecticut and was born into a dog show family, first with German Shepherd Dogs

March 23, 20225 min read

Bob & Sally Futh

Herding Group

Interview with Herding Group Judges Bob & Sally Futh

Interview with Herding Group Judges Bob & Sally Futh – We live on a farm in Washington, Connecticut. We both started in Collies as teenagers

March 23, 20222 min read

Morris & Essex Kennel Club donates $10,000 to animal-related charities in Ukraine

Morris & Essex Kennel Club Show

Dog Show Community

Morris & Essex Kennel Club donates $10,000 to animal-related charities in Ukraine

With the terrible tragedy unfolding in Ukraine, the Morris & Essex Kennel Club has made donations to two certified, well-established organizations that care for pets in that war-torn nation.

March 23, 20221 min read

Emily Fish

Herding Group

Insights from Herding Group Judge Emily Fish

Interview with Herding Group Judge Emily Fish – I grew up showing and breeding dogs under the Pawcific prefix. My breeds are Cardigan

March 22, 20224 min read

Insights from a Toy Group Judge Madeline Miller

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Insights from a Toy Group Judge Madeline Miller

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Measuring Proportions and Finding Landmarks | Part 3

Let’s Go to a Dog Show | A Poem by Dan Sayers

Interview with a Toy Group Judge Benson Ray

Insights from a Toy Group Judge Sandy Walker

It’s Our First Anniversary Show!

Insights from Herding Group Judge Harry Schulman

Meet Herding Group Judge Sharon Redmer

Interview with Herding Group Judge Kay Reamensnyder

Meet Herding Group Judge Janina Laurin

Interview with Herding Group Judges Bob & Sally Futh

Morris & Essex Kennel Club donates $10,000 to animal-related charities in Ukraine

Insights from Herding Group Judge Emily Fish