Showsight Magazine | May 2026
May 2026
In this issue
The May 2026 issue of Showsight Magazine, 249 pages, free to read in full below.
Page 24
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Today’s all-breed spectaculars and specialty marathons are not your grandmother’s dog shows. They’re not even your mother’s dog shows. Heck, your local show and your breed’s National Specialty can look a whole lot…
Pages 36-38
A WORD OR TWO
Each month, we are pleased to share the numerous developments and announcements here at the American Kennel Club. In this edition, we will highlight these developments, including the AKC Humane Fund’s Critical…
Pages 48-50
THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR OBLIGATION TO BREED
We’re all talking about breed preservation, and now conservation, but I want to talk about our obligation to breed. We’re seeing diminished registration numbers and we’re seeing more and more breeds fall onto that Low…
Pages 56-57
FROM THE BREED RING TO THE START LINE
For most of my life with show dogs, the Conformation ring was my home base. I knew its rhythm, its expectations, its silent choreography. I believed I understood what it meant to partner with a dog, until one day, my…