Seattle Kennel Club and the Seattle Dog Show

However you define treasure or resource, the book falls in one arena for most of us.
If you’re like me, a good dog book is both a treasure and a resource. Add some age and the intrinsic value becomes immeasurably greater. While general-interest volumes appeal to many, vintage breed-specific counterparts (German shepherd for me) are especially [...]

As a child, Demery Paladichuk, of Woodinville, was scared of dogs. Today, this 17-year-old’s best friend is Gleason, a 5-year-old English Springer Spaniel.
But that bond extends far beyond their home and backyard. They are on the road together 40-plus weekends a year, competing in dog shows throughout the West and occasionally beyond.
Within a couple [...]

“He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog.
You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion”. —Unknown
Fort Lewis’ highly trained Stryker Brigades are the public face of the giant [...]

When it comes to saving dogs’ lives, animal rescue has no boundaries for Ginger Luke of Seattle and Melissa Lingk of Tacoma. Both receive their share of angry e-mails for bringing in animals from far outside the Puget Sound area, fostering them and then finding “forever homes” for them.

OK, I admit it. I am a fitness freak, particularly when it comes to dogs. And when you see estimates that 40 percent of our canine population is overweight, it’s frightening.
A dog is considered overweight, according to veterinarians, if it is 5 per cent to 19 percent above its ideal weight. An obese dog is [...]

While the swine-flu pandemic and the supply, demand and advisability of an associated vaccine have captured the media’s attention for weeks, an influenza and vaccine have quietly made their way into the forefront of veterinary medicine, too.
Canine Influenza Vaccine H3N8, produced by Intervet Schering-Plough Animal Health, was introduced this summer at the American Veterinary [...]

Imagine, for a minute: Your incredible partner of seven years is slowing up to the point, he no longer is capable of jumping, tunneling and racing over terrain he once traversed with ease. That’s the dilemma Seattle K9 officers are faced with at different points in their careers.