Gossip

The Gossip Column: December 12, 2025

So here we are, the last dog show weekend of the year. It all comes down this weekend as the large entries for the week can change or cement the ranking for owners and their dogs...

Eugene Z ZaphirisDECEMBER 12, 2025

The Gossip Column: December 5, 2025

The AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB has announced the winners of the 2025 AKC HUMANE FUND AWARDS FOR CANINE EXCELLENCE better known as the ACE AWARDS. “Each year, the...

Eugene Z ZaphirisDECEMBER 5, 2025

The Gossip Column: November 28, 2025

The votes are coming for the nominees for Breeder KEITH BAILEY, SARAH MURPHY, DAVID MURRAY, Judge THOMAS COEN, ELIZABETH MUTHARD, LINDA ROBEY, Professional Handler REBECCA...

Eugene Z ZaphirisNOVEMBER 28, 2025

The Gossip Column: November 14, 2025

I don’t normally write about my personal life but two nights before PRINCE ANDREW was stripped of all his titles and told to move on, I had the honor of having dinner with his brother PRINCE EDW...

Eugene Z ZaphirisNOVEMBER 14, 2025

The Gossip Column: November 7, 2025

For those who have experienced having their temperature taken with a rectal thermometer, know the discomfort that goes along with it. It is the same reaction for your dog but now the AKC REUNITE...

Eugene Z ZaphirisNOVEMBER 7, 2025

The Gossip Column: October 17, 2025

Entries for the upcoming AKC NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP and the preceding AKC ROYAL CANIN NATIONAL ALL BREED PUPPY AND JUNIOR STAKES are now open. The NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP is celebrating its 25th annivers...

Eugene Z ZaphirisOCTOBER 17, 2025

The Gossip Column: October 10, 2025

MORRIS & ESSEX might have started slow but the pace picked up to a great ending. It was the start of a five show weekend that held its excitement to the very end of the Montgomery County All Te...

Eugene Z ZaphirisOCTOBER 10, 2025

The Gossip Column: October 3, 2025

This weekend is unquestionably one of the three most celebrated and highly held weekends of the dog show circuit. The MORRIS & ESSEX KENNEL CLUB at the start finishing with the a...

Eugene Z ZaphirisOCTOBER 3, 2025

The Gossip Column: September 26, 2025

This past weekend the members of the dog show cluster in Deland, Florida sent an official love felt goodbye to retiring American Kennel Club field representative MIKE SZABO. They proclaimed the day, t...

Eugene Z ZaphirisSEPTEMBER 26, 2025