Blue Buffalo’s announcement of a $32 million consumer class action settlement – the largest pet food class action settlement ever – comes a full seven months after Blue admitted mislabeling products and 19 months after Purina sued Blue Buffalo for false advertising and misleading pet parents. Purina is pleased Blue Buffalo is beginning to accept [...]
Recognized as the host hotel for the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, New York’s Hotel Pennsylvania is all ready for another successful year of hosting all canine hopefuls taking part in the 140th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show taking place on February 15th and 16th, 2016. The World’s Most ‘Pup-ular’ Hotel will once again be offering exclusive services and [...]
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The Canine Chronicle regrets to report the passing of Wynd, the 2015 AKC Award for Canine Excellence recipient in the Therapy category. Wynd passed away shortly after receiving her award on December 12th at the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship. She passed away following a battle with bone cancer. More information about Wynd is as follows: For [...]
Gail Miller Bisher, a long-time communications professional as well as dog show judge and exhibitor, has been named Director of Communications for The Westminster Kennel Club. She replaces David Frei, who has moved on to other opportunities but will be hosting his last telecast of the Dog Show in 2016 on CNBC (Monday, Feb. 15) [...]
Thanksgiving Day Special Hits Major Audience Benchmark Again As Man’s Best Friends Takes Rightful Place Alongside Parade, Football “The National Dog Show Presented By Purina®” delivered a total audience of over 20 million viewers for the third year in a row Thanksgiving Day, further cementing its dominant stature as America’s most popular canine showcase. Based [...]
The Kennel Club has approved a new health testing programme for Brainstem Auditory Evoked Response (BAER) testing for deafness in all pedigree dog breeds which have a known problem with congenital deafness. In January 2015, the Kennel Club introduced an official BAER testing programme to record results for Dalmatians. After running successfully for almost a [...]
New York, NY – The 2015 AKC Obedience Classic and the AKC Agility Invitational took place December 12-13, 2015 in conjunction with the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship, demonstrating the highest level of training and teamwork between dog and handler. Obedience and agility competitions for junior handlers were held for the fifth year, and an AKC Rally® [...]
Bravo Pet Foods of Manchester, CT is recalling a select lot of Bravo Chicken Blend diet for dogs & cats with a best used by date of 11/13/16 due to concerns of the possible presence of Salmonella . Out of an abundance of caution, Bravo is also recalling three additional items that did not test positive for Salmonella , [...]
America’s brave military working dogs live, fight and sleep with their human handlers and forge a bond that cannot easily be broken,” said Dr. Robin Ganzert, American Humane Association’s President and CEO. “They save lives both on and off the battlefield and it is our duty to support these K-9 Battle Buddy teams that keep America safe.
