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“Find a mentor who is successful, not just with a impressive win record, but a person who has earned a reputation of honesty and integrity.”

Whether you desire to be an active breeder of or an avid competitor in obedience or in the field, the mentors who give you your start will have a lasting impact on your future success. In fact, when you realize that most mentors are often the source of your foundation stock, the choice of a mentor can be as important as understanding your breed standard or learning to apply basic genetic principles to your breeding program.

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Finding The Right Dog Show Mentor

By Allan Reznik

Most of us can remember a special school teacher who had a profound influence on our lives during those formative years. In our lives breeding and showing dogs, a great mentor can have an equally powerful influence: teaching us, guiding us, and inspiring us… Look for two mentors if you can, one who is successful in your breed and the other a longtime participant outside your breed. The mentor in your breed can help you study pedigrees and learn about the influential sires and dams behind today’s winners and producers. You’ll get advice on…

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Reset Your Conformation Education

By Allan Reznik

If you’re a novice to dogs, or simply in need of a reset after a few years of mixed results, here are a few essential ingredients that go into a valuable education… Find a great mentor or two: A mentor is vital to your progress in the sport. Part teacher, part sounding board, the right, compatible mentor will guide you… Reread your standard: With a million opinions shared daily on social media, it’s easy to get caught up in breed fads and confuse personal preferences with the actual stated requirements of the standard… Know your dog’s virtues and weaknesses: In the ring, this awareness will help you stack your dogs to create the best picture, and move them at the most flattering speed; when looking for complementary mates for breeding…

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“We want you to learn, have good dogs and develop into the next generation of knowledgeable dog breeders so that we can breathe easy when we hand the reins of our breed over to you.”

-AKC Judge Kathy Lorentzen

From the Article - 10 Things I Learned From 45 Years as a Breeder

What is a Club?

What makes a club successful? How can I make my club better? These are great questions we all need to ask ourselves.

Club leaders and members should challenge people to be their best, build trust, earn loyalty, be mentors, and be approachable.

To sum it up, clubs should never forget that visitors are drawn to clubs that generate positive excitement and enthusiasm. Together we can do it!

The Importance of the Local Club

by Kristi Tukua

Many breeders and exhibitors need to recognize the value of their help, wisdom, and experiences for those to whom the cocker world is shiny and new. Individual club members must see the importance of working together as a team, supporting, encouraging, and educating those new to the sport of pure-bred dogs.

The Value of a Mentor

By Joan B. Guertin

I have an assignment for those of you reading this article. Sit back in your chair, close your eyes and just for a moment, think back to that time when you obtained your first dog. Remember the joys, the frustrations, the highs and the lows. Now, take just a moment to reflect on where you are today: what you know and how you got your education. Did you have to learn through trial and error? Or, were you fortunate enough to have a mentor?

The Many Benefits of Joining

a Dog Club

If you are just getting your feet wet and need to learn the basics, your local all-breed kennel club is your go-to source for knowledge about the sport. You will derive different benefits from different organizations but all will contribute to your ongoing education in the sport. If you are just getting your feet wet and need to learn the basics, your local all-breed kennel club is your go-to source for knowledge about the sport. Experienced members are needed to help choose judging panels, put on annual specialties and organize performance events. Part of our responsibility is also to guide newcomers who will become the mentors for future generations. Facebook chatter is no substitute for membership in dog clubs. It’s the clubs that put on events, and if that tradition is to continue, breeders and exhibitors must support our hardworking clubs. Whether a newcomer or revered breeder-exhibitor, there is a place for you in your local and national clubs.

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By Anne Rogers Clark

I feel one of the problems that has occurred in our sport since the advent of more shows and bigger entries is that many of the dogs them selves have not been properly prepared for the rigors of the show ring. There's nothing more frustrating to me as a judge. Many, many entries are walking into our rings today ill prepared for the rigors of the show ring. Let me list some of the most clearing of problems…