Taconic Hills Kennel Club

05/19/2026

Come celebrate July 4th at our Agility Trial! Premium List here: http://www.thkc.org/THKC-July-2026-premium.pdf

05/18/2026

Entries close Wednesday. 6 Rally and 6 Obedience Trials over 3 Days June 5,6,7.

Taconic Hills Kennel Club premium list for our June obedience and rally trial. Trial is located at Paws N Effect in Hamden, CT

You can go to https://www.raudogshows.com/upcoming-shows/
Entries close this Wednesday, May 20th at noon.

PS - We need volunteers to steward. Please private message me if you can help. Thank you so much!

05/07/2026

Entries CLOSE TOMORROW at Rau for our June Obedience and Rally Trials! Get your entries in! https://www.raudogshows.com/wp-content/uploads/Taconic-Hills-2026-PL.pdf

05/06/2026

New Training Session! Come join us in May and June. Registration form here http://www.thkc.org/thkcmayjune2026.pdf

04/17/2026

The Judge’s 10 Commandments: Top judges of times past lay down the law

1. Thou Shalt Observe the Gait: “It is only in motion that the true anatomical structure of an animal can be observed. In motion the anatomical faults can’t be concealed by clever handling.” —Dr. E.S. Montgomery

2. Thou Shalt Know Thy Standard: “Many well-experienced judges go over their breed standards each time they judge no matter how many years’ experience they have in the breed. This is only fair to the exhibitor who is paying for the judge’s opinion.”—Robert J. Berndt

3. Thou Shalt Have an Eye for a Dog: “If you’ve got an eye for a dog, you’ve got an eye for a dog. Give me a Bible for three weeks and I can learn a chapter or a psalm, but that doesn’t make me a priest.” —Roy Holloway

4. Thou Shalt Not Freak Out: “A judge who flounders or becomes flustered, or obviously suffers from indecision, can hardly be called confidence-inspiring or a credit to the fancy.” —Anna Katherine Nicholas

5. Thou Shalt Not Fault Judge: “All dogs have faults. The great ones carry them well.” —Bea Godsol

6. Thou Shalt Not Be Timid: “If I find a class dog of sufficient merit, I never hesitate to put him over a special.” —Alva Rosenberg

7. Thou Shalt Not Be Hoodwinked by Flashy Handling: “The best handling is the least handling.” —William Kendrick

8. Carefully Shall Ye Mark Thy Judge’s Book: “Check it carefully, make sure of your absentees and your 1sts, 2nds, 3rds, and 4ths, and then ask your steward to check it for you.”—Anne Rogers Clark

9. Honor Thy Steward: “Good stewards are tremendously helpful. The least a judge can do is to be polite and pleasant about the job, with a word of thanks a perhaps a drink if the bar is open at the end of the day.” —Tom Horner (England)

10. Thou Shalt Have Fun: “I think you owe it to the exhibitor to be pleasant and have some fun. I may bark, but I don’t bite.” —Jane Forsyth

PHOTO: Wallkill KC, 1977—Jane Forsyth handles Shih Tzu Ch. Chumulari Chin Te Jih, ROM, to Best in Show. The judge is Anna Katherine Nicholas. (Ashbey photo/AKC Gazette collection)

Read the March AKC Gazette:https://images.akc.org/pdf/gazette/march-2026.pdf

Gazette Gallery slideshow—Once Around with Jane Forsyth: A Life in Pictures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_FG7ApH2OA

AKC podcast: Working Class Dog Heroes and Upper-Class Companions https://youtu.be/JFLpzH94CuA?si=EbTm7_RTufwkvWH_

If you don’t already subscribe to the Gazette, you can do so at https://www.akc.org/subscribe/ It’s quick, it’s easy, it’s free!

Happy Weekend! We’ll see you around the rings.

04/01/2026

Entries open April 21st for Taconic Hills Kennel Club Trial
June 5-7, 2026 at Paws 'n Effect, 36 Corporate Ridge, Hamden, CT.
2 Full day Obedience Trials, 2 half day Rally Trials every day! Premium will be available soon and will be posted here and on AKC site when ready.

02/26/2026

💕 Valentine’s Day Novice Trial!

What a fun day! Huge congratulations to everyone who stepped up and gave it their all, your hard work and teamwork truly showed. 👏🐾

A special thank you to our judge, Annette Flippen Pierce, for your time and expertise. We appreciate you making our Valentine’s Day trial such a wonderful experience!

So proud of this community — onward and upward! 💗✨

02/24/2026

We have Westminster 2026 Brags! Congratulations to Patti Murphy and Cory and to James Morrisey and his Logan!

01/28/2026

New Class Schedule is up! http://www.thkc.org/thkcfebmarch2026.pdf

01/20/2026

Taconic Hills Kennel Club was mentioned in the NY Post this week! Congratulations to THKC members, James Morrissey and Chanthee Keokhaw, and their Finnish Lapphunds, Logan (GCH, CH SolleNordicSol Into My Arms) and Wyatt (GCH, CH Wyntre Lumi Kani) on this delightful write up about preparing for the Westminster Dog Show!

It’s not easy looking this good.