Assist Has Arrived – Complete Canine Journal

Eagle-eyed subscribers might have seen the addition of latest names to the WDJ masthead. Right here’s what’s up with that:

I’m taking a step again—however not strolling away from—the day-to-day duties of WDJ. These of you who learn WDJ’s on-line model are probably conscious that we submit a lot extra content material on our web site than we are able to match within the print version. It’s a ton of labor—greater than I can sustain with—so our writer has summoned some recent horses, because it had been.

Please welcome Kate O’Connor, who beforehand edited different publications for Belvoir Media Group and is a dyed-in-the-wool canine lover. Kate was virtually raised in a canine kennel; her aunt has bred and raised champion Airedales from her Wildwood Kennel for greater than 40 years—nearly longer than Kate has been alive! Kate grew up working in her aunt’s kennel, in addition to in veterinary hospitals (together with the vet college at Tufts College) and dog-training services. She sometimes fosters Airedales and naturally has her personal younger Airedale, Carmen, with whom she “participates” in rally and agility (Kate says “competes” isn’t relevant to their event-ring efforts fairly but). Kate has jumped proper into the duties at hand, writing two of the articles within the June challenge and assigning many extra.

For the previous two years—because the preliminary growth of our online-only content material—I’ve additionally been assisted by Cindy Foley, one other proficient colleague from Belvoir Media Group. Cindy is the Govt Editor of DogWatch, which is printed in partnership with Cornell College’s School of Veterinary Medication. Cindy additionally competes in agility, with canines on the different finish of the dimensions scale: two very athletic Papillons!

I’m thrilled to say that Kate and Cindy are going to tackle the lion’s share of assigning and enhancing articles for WDJ. It will give me a chance to jot down extra in-depth items on matters which are close to and pricey to my coronary heart. I’m relishing the chance to spend extra time on our protection of the dog-food trade, for a begin. I’ve by no means had as a lot time as I’ve wished to dig into items on substances, formulation, manufacturing, and product growth and testing, to call just some food-related matters. I’m additionally going to be educating a number of lessons at a pal’s dog-training facility and can be fostering extra pups for my native shelter, which can absolutely encourage much more recent fodder for WDJ.