Again this year Westminster will offer streaming video highlights of the breed judging during the days of our show (Feb 13-14) on our website. Last year, more than 1.5 million streaming video feeds went out from our web site to 140 countries.

Those highlights (about 10-12 minutes per breed) will be available within two hours of the completion of the judging for each breed. They are being shot by a number of dog show people, the project overseen by Karolynne McAteer of Irish Setter fame, and Chris Terrell, who himself was the last breeder-owner-handler to win Best In Show at the Garden (in 1983 with the great Afghan Hound, Ch Kabik's The Challenger).

Our website is www.westminsterkennelclub.org and the breed judging schedule is available there.

You will need a high speed connection (dial up will not work) to view the streaming video. No, they are not downloadable and they are not for sale. The 2005 highlights will also remain available for viewing on the website as well.

Cross post and forwarding OK.

David Frei
The Westminster Kennel Club
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Thought y'all'd be interested in this post. Westminster is THE premier Dog Show in the U.S. If I recall correctly, you can only be invited to show there. You can't just enter it like a regular show. Always exciting to watch the judging and the classes are HUGE. Very prestigious to be invited, and more so to win there.

All the pages are finally up on Dog Potentials, although, some of the first ones need tweaked to be exactly right. Writing about the 4-H stuff sure brought back some memories of when the kids were involved in that. We all had lots of fun participating and I even got noticed as a leader of the group, although, I didn't do a lot, I had to be there for the kids. lol

Tons of products have been put up in Dog Potentials--the Store on Cafe Press. Did up some designs for the Chinese Year of the Dog, which actually starts today (Feb. 1) according to some of the information I dug up about it. You might want to check it out.
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For you who are interested in Dog Show information, I just got the Premium List for the Bi-State Winter Classic in Belleville, Illinois. Show dates are March 3-5, with Specialties for Vizsla, Dachshund, Great Dane, St. Bernard, Bichon Frise and Dalmation dogs on the 3rd. The Vizslas and Bichon Frise Clubs will have Obedience Trials available for their Specialties, too, that day.

The All-Breed Shows will be 4-5th. If you need majors on any of the above breeds, good time to give it a shot. Specialties on Saturday, the 4th will include Boxers, St. Bernards, and Fox Terriers.

Entries will close Noon, February 15, 2006. Onofrio is the Superintendent. Their website, where you can enter on-line, is here. Good Luck to all that show there.
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Some of my articles on Ezine Articles have been adopted by some folks. Don't know where exactly, but if you're interested in some of the Dog Training articles I have there, feel free to "borrow" them. Look for them under C. Rogers Upson, my "pen" name. lol If you use them, will you drop me a line at christi@dogpotentials.com and let me know, please? Would appreciate it.

Well, it's 6 a.m. here, time for me to go to bed. 'nite, y'all.



See ya at the shows,
Chris