Welcome to the Hot Summer Issue of The Working/Herding Dog Digest.
BOTH the 2026 A.K.C. National Championship and 2027 Westminster Kennel Club Judging Panels have been released. We have the list for both shows as press releases in this issue. Of interesting note after many years Westminster is no longer aired on Fox Sports, but a great new deal has developed and wonderfully Westminster has moved over to Netflix which I for one thinks this is a huge win for our dog community. Applause to Westminster for continuing to go in the right direction and that is UP!!!
No one and I do mean No one does a better National report than the American Boxer Club’s beloved president and Purser famous grandmother: Bridget Johnson-Brown. Every year she goes above and beyond to make sure her heart Breed gets the recognition it deserves. We greatly appreciate all you do.
As a kid I always made it my job to open a new cereal box when mother came home from shopping so I could get the “Secret Toy” before any of my siblings. I guess I am reminiscing about my childhood but for the FIRST time in 23 years of Publishing this wonderful magazine we have a special TOY in this issue.... let’s see how long it take you to find this very SPECIAL surprise.
I had the immense pleasure of getting to do an Interview with two amazing ladies in our great sport of showing dogs: Joan Scott & Holley Eldred. I hope you take the time to read more about these two professional women and gain a little more insight to their worlds. Holley’s Interview begins on pageWD 73, and Joan’s begins on page HD 33.
Always amazes me how even after all these years, we still get a chance to make history ,again, and again. This issue holding true to form we have a Belgian Sheepdog gracing our front cover “Justifiably” for the first time and what a beautiful Front Cover it is.
We are doing Special Breed Features On The Following Breeds in the next issue: For working: German Pinschers, Portuguese Water Dogs, Samoyeds For Herding: Australian Cattledogs, Border Collies, German Shepherd Dogs. The Deadline is September 21st. We provide ALL of our clients the option of having us design an original one-of-a-kind ad at no extra charge. ALWAYS remember, The Working/Herding Dog Digest WORK for YOU. That’s all for now, I’ll see you at the shows.
Always remember at The Working/Herding Dog Digest...We WORK for YOU.
BOTH the 2026 A.K.C. National Championship and 2027 Westminster Kennel Club Judging Panels have been released. We have the list for both shows as press releases in this issue. Of interesting note after many years Westminster is no longer aired on Fox Sports, but a great new deal has developed and wonderfully Westminster has moved over to Netflix which I for one thinks this is a huge win for our dog community. Applause to Westminster for continuing to go in the right direction and that is UP!!! 
No one and I do mean No one does a better National report than the American Boxer Club’s beloved president and Purser famous grandmother: Bridget Johnson-Brown. Every year she goes above and beyond to make sure her heart Breed gets the recognition it deserves. We greatly appreciate all you do. 
I guess I am reminiscing about my childhood but for the FIRST time in 23 years of Publishing this wonderful magazine we have a special TOY in this issue.... let’s see how long it take you to find this very SPECIAL surprise. 
We are doing Special Breed Features On The Following Breeds in the next issue: For working: German Pinschers, Portuguese Water Dogs, Samoyeds For Herding: Australian Cattledogs, Border Collies, German Shepherd Dogs. The Deadline is September 21st. We provide ALL of our clients the option of having us design an original one-of-a-kind ad at no extra charge. ALWAYS remember, The Working/Herding Dog Digest WORK for YOU. That’s all for now, I’ll see you at the shows.