Short Stories

It was a typical kennel morning. She had clicked off the alarm at 6, groomed herself for the day and put on her morning tea. It was tea she was drinking these days (green tea) since that was the rage now. Tea and a bowl of blueberries. She liked taking care of...

Not too long ago, I was talking with a group of exhibitors at a dog show. Nothing unusual about that, I’m always talking with somebody. But, in this case, a long-time Dalmatian breeder brought up a subject very dear to my heart. She wanted to know about the future of...

Picture it! Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1970. Things were great in The White House. Things were great at the shows. Things were great in the movies. Life was … well … life was great! Now, maybe some of that “greatness” was because I was thirty-seven years younger. Or,...

If life in the sport of dogs is like traveling on a path to somewhere great, then all the friends we make along the way are pretty great, too. That’s especially true when those connections start going back as long as twenty years. Or, as in my case, forty or fifty!...

The world of dogs has always been politically charged. There is competition in the ring and every step it takes to get there. As a result, dog lovers are not strangers to controversy and speculation. Although most dog lovers hope national events don’t impact their way...

I don’t know about you, but there are times when I just can’t take the tension of a show. All the work, all the planning, all the scheming, fighting, back-biting, clawing … no wonder I’m tired by the time the show comes around! I mean, it takes a lot out of a guy to...

(BUT NOT TOO LONG!!) Racing Greyhounds: Racing Greyhounds can be as much fun and sport as racing Horses. There’s one major difference! COST! You can buy, raise and train a racing Greyhound for about the same cost as just a very few months keeping a Race Horse at a...

There was something about him that stood out from the time he was born. Experienced breeders know what it is, but they can’t always explain it to those uninitiated in the ways of Nature. Suffice it to say, there was a quality about him that could, if the gods smiled...

As our documentary, “Fate of the Stallion,” nears its 150th TV broadcast, I have been asked to make a few comments about the horse in the film. Although I have written many stories about Nahgua, the stallion on which the story is based, it isn’t Nahgua that I’m being...