Germany might be losing the right to own and breed its native Dachshund.
The Gossip Column: April 5, 2024
The GERMAN MINISTRY OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE drafted a bill in February that would be so strict on dog breeding that the VDH (GERMAN KENNEL CLUB) thinks it would lead to banning certain breeds. Among the breeds threatened is their own native one, the Dachshund. Listed among the “TORTURE BREEDS,” the Dachshund has long and low characteristics that vary too much from the “original wolf type.” When does all this stop? The origins of Dachshunds go back as far as the 15th Century and really began in the 17th Century. It seems to me that’s testament enough that the breed can survive without the input of 21st-Century politicians. ...
Professional handler ELLEN COTTINGHAM is making two major changes in her life. Firstly, she is retiring from professional handling, leaving the sport that she has been active in for 50 years, and on May 5 she takes her second big step, down the aisle when she marries LLOYD HELM. Then MR. & MRS. HELM will take their motorhome, no longer cluttered with crates, grooming table and ex-pens, and hit the open road. ...
Pianist and composer KAREN LEFRAK has released another musical piece titled VERDURE, a tribute to lush greenery as spring takes hold. ...
The SHOW SAFE movement started by newly retired field representative and new Hound Group judge MARY DUKES and others has been well received by those in the fancy. It leads you to SAFESPORT, which has courses designed for adults and minor athletes. Training is a one-time, 90-minute course that covers mandatory reporting of sexual misconduct; emotional and physical misconduct and abuse prevention, and awareness education. It was created by the UNITED STATES OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE and a federal grant under the auspices of the Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017. ...
Happy Birthday greetings to ever-youthful and wonderful BETH SWEIGART, who celebrated her birthday on Wednesday evening with her close friends C.R. BOYES, KEN MURRAY, CHRIS JONES, KEVIN CHESTNUT, SALLY GEORGE, CARLA SANCHEZ, DAVE FREI, MADELYN GOSS, SHEA SKINNER, PERRY PHILLIPS, SARAH PERCHICK, ANDREW PEEL, KATHERINE SUTTLE, AARON WILKERSON, KEN WALL, ALAN WATERMAN, PEGGY MCGILL, ENDA MARTIN, SHELBY ROBERTS, BARBARA OHMANN, JODI LONGMIRE, CAROLINA CLEGG, BRIAN CLEGG, SUSIE OLIVER and BJ WHITLOW.