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 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 continues to be the [...]
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The AKC Canine Health Foundation (CHF), a nonprofit organization whose mission is to prevent, treat and cure diseases in all dogs, is pleased to announce that Dr. Diane Brown, DVM, PhD, DACVP has been named as chief executive officer (CEO) for the Foundation. Dr. Brown joined CHF in August 2015 as chief scientific officer. As [...]
by Kerry Rushby In the world of showdogs, the anticipation of the Crufts figures are on everyone’s mind early February. The Kennel Club announced that the show has 21,866 dogs making 24,462 entries for this year. Total breed entries can be found here – http://www.fossedata.co.uk/downloads/pdf/CRUFT_MAR_16PDF.pdf It’s an exciting time of year for the sport of [...]
Amtrak announced today it has extended and expanded its pets program, allowing customers to continue traveling with their small pets on many eastern corridor trains. Amtrak has also added this service for trips up to 7 hours in length to most long distance trains beginning Tuesday, Feb. 16, and is starting a weekend-only pilot program onAcela [...]
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Almost 22,000 dogs will be heading to the NEC in Birmingham from 10th – 13th March, to compete at Crufts 2016, the 125th anniversary of the show. The Kennel Club figures show that 21,919 dogs will be taking part in breed judging, Gamekeepers’ classes and the Obedience and Agility Championships. The 2016 figure exceeds the [...]
AKC Legislative Alert Iowa already has some of the most restrictive breeder regulation in the nation. Nevertheless, legislation has once again been introduced to expand the state’s regulation of dog breeders, hobbyists, fanciers, groomers, and rescues and require them to pay significant license fees. Proposals are currently pending in both the Iowa House and Senate. [...]
The AKC Canine Health Foundation (CHF), a nonprofit organization committed to prevent, treat, and cure diseases in all dogs, is pleased to announce that for the second consecutive year, more than $500,000 has been raised through the American Kennel Club (AKC) Donor Challenge program. The AKC Donor Challenge program matched contributions dollar-for-dollar made to CHF [...]
