AKC Performance Events: Scent Work – Kathleen Brodie
Kathleen Brodie, a Skye Terrier aficionado, shares her insights on various topics regarding dog sports and performance events.
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“The heavenly breed with the heart of a lion,” the long, low, and level Skye Terrier is among the AKC’s most distinctive-looking breeds. This elegant but sturdy aristocrat was bred as an exterminator on Scotland’s remote Isle of Skye.
Kathleen Brodie, a Skye Terrier aficionado, shares her insights on various topics regarding dog sports and performance events.
The Skye Terrier has a unique appearance among the terrier breeds and is generally free of the congenital problems that impact other breeds.
A few critical points to help you judge Skye Terrier entries when you have them, as you rarely see them outside of Specialty Show weekends.
The key words in judging the Skye Terrier are type, balance, style, soundness, and condition. Read on to learn more.
Read on to learn how the Skye Terrier breed is judged in the AKC conformation show ring based on the breed’s original purpose.
Dan Sayers is the Editor-in-Chief of SHOWSIGHT digital and print publications. He received a B.S. from Drexel University where he studied interior architectural design. His professional career has allowed him to develop his planning, problem-solving, and project management skills, which were employed in the office, educational, and financial sectors. While working as a project manager, he earned a Graphic Design Certificate from the University of the Arts and began creating ads for many of America’s top-winning show dogs. Through this work, Dan became Editor-in-Chief of the nation’s first online-only dog show publication. His current role expands on this experience and broadly extends to cover the sport of dogs in Companion and Performance events as well as all aspects of Conformation.
Dan is a long-time member of the Irish Water Spaniel Club of America and is the organization’s current AKC Delegate and Archivist/Historian, as well as a club-approved Breed Mentor. From 2000-2010, he was the club’s AKC Gazette Columnist. He breeds Irish Water Spaniels under the Quiet Storm prefix and has judged the IWSCA National Specialty Sweepstakes twice. Dan is a member of the Morris and Essex Kennel Club as well as the Dog Writers Association of America, which recognized his illustrations in the award-winning canine compendium, the Encyclopedia of K-9 Terminology.
The best way to ensure a long and happy relationship with a purebred dog is to purchase one from a responsible breeder. Not sure where to begin?
Contact the National Parent Club’s Breeder Referral Program, which is listed on the AKC Breeder Referral Contacts page.
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