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Each year, many watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC while prepping their holiday meal, and at noon the National Dog Show kicks off into millions of homes on big HDTVs. For two hours beautiful purebred dogs of nearly 200 breeds are showcas...

Each year the American Kennel Club (AKC), as the governing body of canine sports in the Unites States, surveys its more than 600 member clubs to select the winners of its Lifetime Achievement Awards in three sports areas - Conformation (evaluating br...

If you have not experienced a Barn Hunt event, I highly recommend you grab your dog and head on over to Cassio Pet Resort and Training Center this weekend to have the time of your dog's life. Want to see what your dog's ancestors where bred for? Verm...

This current election cycle lacks any mention of the possible next First Dog of the United States or FiDOTUS as I imagine her friends will call her. Our country has had a long history of presidential pets including dogs, horses, cats, birds, and a va...

More than 30 years ago, I first stepped foot into a dog show ring with my first Norwegian Elkhound, Ledgerock's Sydney Lief, aka Sydney. This historic event in my life with dogs happened at the most unlikely of venues, the Milford Jai Alai Fronton. I...

The genesis of this weekend's Western CT K-9 Challenge started three years ago when Newtown Police Officer Felicia Figol's new K-9 partner Saint Michael had just been donated to the department. Newtown Kennel Club (NKC) board member and town resident...

One bright sunny morning last month I had the pleasure of watching four troopers going through their paces during cavalry annual training at the Second Company Governor's Horse Guard (2GHG) here in Newtown. In the line were four dark-colored horses o...

I first fell in love with the story-telling talents of Elizabeth Letts with her fabulous best-selling book, The Eighty-Dollar Champion where she recounts the life and times of a famous show jumper named Snowman. His owner and rider Harry de Leyer, af...

Dozens of active duty police, military, and transit K-9 dogs and handlers from around the region will compete for top dog awards at the second annual Western Connecticut Police K-9 Challenge on Saturday, October 8, at the Second Company Governor's Ho...

Did you know that one in three pets will go missing in its lifetime? Since the 1990s all my dogs have been microchipped as a means of permanent identification to ensure they with be reunited with their owners. Every puppy I've ever placed in a home h...