• Movie “Best In Show” Wins Academy Awar
• California Bans Spaying and Neutering
  
• AKC Office Moving Back to New York
  
• AKC Takes Over Canadian Kennel Club
  
• AKC Bans FCI Judges
  
• Fee Increase Creates Registration Boost
  
• AKC Admits It Was Wrong
  
• AKC Reduces Number of Recognized Breeds
  
• AKC Reps Vote For Evening Groups
  
• AKC Admits Latest PETA Campaign is Reasonable
  
• PETA Condemns Nudity in Ads
  
• PETA Registers Dogs With AKC
  
• Bob Barker Claims "Chuck a Duck" Competition Inhumane
  
• Rise in Entry Fees Welcomed by Exhibitors
  
• Double Points if You Enter With AKC Credit Card
  
• Handler Thanks Judge for Not Placing Dog
  
• Westminster Does Not Reach Limit
  
• Westminster Goes Back to Back
  
• The AKC/Eukanuba National Championship Draws 25,000 Entries
  
• New York Times Best Seller, The Art of Judging Dogs
• Crufts Bans Foreign Entries
  
• Crufts Moves to Smaller Venue
  
• A Cure for Kennel Blindness Discovered
  
• Free Parking for Motorhomes
• Unentered Dogs Welcomed
  
• Ringside Mentor Agrees With Judge’s Placings
  
• Dog From Puppy Mill Goes BIS at Westminster
  
• Lower Registrations Caused By Global Warming
  
• Al Gore Declares AKC Points System Unconstitutional
  
• Match Draws More Entries Than Regular Show
  
• George Clooney Applies to Become a Judge
  
• George Clooney Draws NO Entries at First Show
  
• Paris Hilton Approved for Toy Group
  
• Dog Museum Extends Opening Hours
  
• Expert Declares, “Form Does Not Follow Function”
  
• We Are Not Judging Breeding Stock
  
• DNA Only 50% Accurate
  
• Frozen Semen a Hoax
  
• Vet Association Admits Tail Docking is Advantageous
  
• BIS Winner Exhumed to Check for Traces of Performance Enhancing Drugs
  
• Poll Shows Exhibitors Want More Shows
  
• Poll Shows Exhibitors Want Shows to Start Earlier
  
• Chinese Crested Has Close Shave
  
• Italian Greyhound Wins Weight Pulling Contest
  
• Mastiff Triumphs in Agility
  
• Chihuahua Kills German Shepherd
  
• Hackney Gait Now a Disqualification in Miniature Pinschers
  
• Provisional Judge Requests to Stay as Provisional
• Regular Judge Requests Cheap Hotel to Help Club
  
• Suggested Judging Speed Reduced to Ten Dogs per Hour
  
• All-breed Judge Admits He Learned It All at Seminars
  
• Lady Seminar Attendee Shares Room with Rapist
  
• Seminars To Be Abandoned
  
• Seminar Junky Into Rehab
  
• Michael Vick Becomes Spokesperson for Humane Society
  
• Oprah Winfrey Buys Dog From Pet Shop
  
• Barbara Streisand Records “How Much is that Doggy in the Window”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Peter Baynes immigrated to this country from England in 1967 to become a professional handler, and proudly served in that capacity for 30 years. He now judges several breeds in three groups.