This article first appeared in the AKC Gazette. Written by Marianne Sullivan There are many mysteries in this world: how do black holes originate, how many universes are [...]

This article first appeared in the AKC Gazette. Written by Marianne Sullivan Judging is a straight forward task: you travel to the show, you judge the dogs, you [...]

This article first appeared in the AKC Gazette. Written by Marianne Sullivan “I wish more people loved dog shows.” This one line caught my eye on social media. [...]

This article first appeared in the AKC Gazette. Written by Marianne Sullivan It might be time to take a serious look at the AKC registration ranking of our [...]

This article first appeared in the AKC Gazette. Written by Marianne Sullivan An oft heard adage starting out in Collies is “find the best bitch money can buy.” [...]

This article first appeared in the AKC Gazette. Written by Marianne Sullivan If we are indeed going to call ourselves preservation breeders, that is, preserving pure bred dogs [...]

This article first appeared in the AKC Gazette. Written by Marianne Sullivan Family of dogs. We say it all the time, but does anyone ever give much consideration [...]

This article first appeared in the AKC Gazette. Written by Marianne Sullivan Sometime in the late 1800s, the story goes, James A. Watson, a prominent judge and Collie [...]

This article first appeared in the AKC Gazette. Written by Marianne Sullivan One of the more satisfying aspects of dog showing is handling my own dogs. When I [...]

This article first appeared in the AKC Gazette. Written by Marianne Sullivan What kind of traveler are you? The adventurous type who takes off without a map and [...]

This article first appeared in the AKC Gazette. Written by Marianne Sullivan Every pillar of the breed, every great show dog, every successful performance competitor came from that [...]

This article first appeared in the AKC Gazette. Written by Marianne Sullivan Three additional characteristics of temperament are: Adaptability-can your dog adjust to changes in routine without becoming [...]

This article first appeared in the AKC Gazette. Written by Marianne Sullivan Ask most Collie people what their dog’s temperament is like; you’ll commonly hear “Oh, he has [...]

This article first appeared in the AKC Gazette. Written by Marianne Sullivan On the eve of summer’s unofficial start I sit on our screened porch with near 13-year-old [...]

This article first appeared in the AKC Gazette. Written by Marianne Sullivan The human eye is very forgiving. We tend to take in the entire picture of a [...]

This article first appeared in the AKC Gazette. Written by Marianne Sullivan This past August I had the privilege of judging, along with two others, the virtues match [...]