It is often said that the dog’s sense of smell is a thousand times stronger than ours — a dog has more than 220 million olfactory receptors in its nose, while we have only 5 million. So while our nose can detect a scent we might recognize as “pizza,” a dog’s more sensitive no...
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9/6/2018 12:26:14 PM
The awarding of Best In Show at the Elora Gorge Kennel Club Championship Shows on Saturday, December 29 signals the end of 2018 Dog Show and Obedience season in Canada. These festive shows in Kitchener, Ontario are generally a make or break event for dogs trying to move highe...
/en/The-Dish/January-2019/It’s-A-Wrap
1/17/2019 12:25:53 PM
A collection from America’s dog show. You could say my memory is “selective”. I can’t always remember my postal code (it starts with an M..) but I can always recall who won Best in Show at Westminster in 1957 (it was Sunny Shay’s Afghan Hound CH Shirkhan of Grandeur). Becau...
/en/The-Dish/February-2019/Historic-Westminster-Facts
2/11/2019 1:52:29 PM
This week, the staff at CKC had the pleasure of celebrating a major service milestone at CKC. Diane Draper, Manager Regulatory marked her 40 th anniversary at CKC on February 7. For those that don’t know, Diane has worked much of her career in the area of Regulatory mea...
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2/26/2019 12:18:21 PM
Congratulations to our fantastic Canadian-bred dogs who wowed at Westminster! Westminster week 2020 has come and gone. Whenever I arrive in Manhattan for my favourite event of the year, I always believe I have so much time, but the show comes and goes in a snap. Especial...
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2/20/2020 8:46:47 AM
How to help our dog family out amid the COVID-19 pandemic 2020 has been like no year we have seen before. This pandemic has given us such enormous amounts of trouble and changed so much- COVID-19 has taken so much of what we took for granted included our beloved dog sp...
/en/The-Dish/August-2020/Supporting-our-Friends
8/20/2020 10:00:15 AM
This year, the Canadian Kennel Club proudly announced three brand new member awards at the Annual General Meeting. Nominated by fellow CKC members, the awards recognize a recipient’s outstanding commitment, dedication and accomplishments that have positively impacted pureb...
/en/The-Dish/July-2021/Meet-Janet-Lynn-Leach-2021-CKC-National-Heritage
7/27/2021 11:28:34 AM
Well, I never planned on writing a blog on dog farts, but as it's an issue I sometimes get asked about, here we are. Fun fact: not all mammals fart! For example, the sloth does not fart. 1 If you're curious about what other mammals don't fart, check out the book published ...
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9/20/2021 11:13:07 AM
What a blessing it would be if all of the breed clubs in Canada had a dedicated researcher like Borzoi Canada does. Judy A. Carleton, an award-winning historian and Borzoi breeder from Alberta dedicated nearly 2 years to collecting and researching the Borzoi’s early year...
/en/The-Dish/February-2022/Book-Review-Borzoi-in-Canada-The-Early-Years-189
2/10/2022 10:05:22 AM
Canadian dogs impressed at Westminster For the second consecutive year, the 146th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show was held at outside of Manhattan at Lyndhurst, a property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, in Tarrytown, New York, from June 18-2...
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7/5/2022 11:29:55 AM
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