CHANGE AGAIN? by Jeffrey David Ball Let’s look at some interesting statistics —the American Pet Products Association (APPA) claimed that in 1994, pet industry expenditures were $17 billion and in 2018 they had increased to over $69.5 billion. While Statista, an online statistics portal that aggregates data, reported that in 2000 there were 68 million [...]
EVERYBODY, SOMEBODY, ANYBODY AND NOBODY ANTI-DOG LEGISLATION IS EVERYBODY’S PROBLEM by Amy Peterson Reprinted from Showsight Magazine Most people have seen the story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but [...]
AKC Meet The Breeds - Featuring Collies It was a pleasure to represent the Collie Club of America at the AKC’s 10th Annual Meet the Breeds® event in New York City. The American Kennel Club hosted over 130 dog breeds. President and Chief Executive Officer, Dennis B. Sprung reported that “the record number of attendees [...]
By Candy Wisnieski There are always types of pets, especially dogs, that become trendy for one reason or another—because they appear in films such as 101 Dalmatians’ or Lassie or because people think that a certain breed will be easy and not have domestic impact. The single most important thing about finding a match between [...]
By Candy Wisnieski The huge demand for dogs and the Internet impact shelters and rescues as well as the purebred puppy market. There is a ton of hype around about the huge number of excess animals in shelters. Actually, there are no solid census figures and the Animal Rights Activist Community is quite creative in [...]
NAVIGATING THE PUPPY MARKET by Candy Wisnieski As two households in our dog-loving family are now without dogs and one has recently acquired one over the Internet, it seems timely to give you all some background on the vastly changed pet market as it has evolved since the last generation of family dogs were puppies [...]
A dog is for life, think twice before buying a puppy. Here are some things to ask yourself before buying a puppy. Too many puppies and dogs end up in shelters because the buyer didn’t think before he bought or it wasn’t a good match breed vs owner. Don’t hurry. Think before you buy. [...]
Winter is here, and for those of us in more northern latitudes, that means rain, ice, snow, sleet, slush, mud and road salt. None of these conditions will stop your dog from wanting to frolic outdoors, which means you need to be prepared to clean off whatever they pick up on their paws before it [...]
