Expansion of landmark study of dog coat colors finds new ASIP allele variant combinations, suggest chromosomal rearrangement may be responsible for atypical genotypes Wisdom Health Genetics, the world’s leader in pet genetics and makers of the WISDOM PANEL™ dog DNA tests, announced today the publication in Genes of a study conducted by Purdue University and Wisdom Health Genetics. In [...]
It is with a heavy heart that the Olympic Kennel Club has had to decide to cancel our August 2020 shows. We have all worked very hard to do all we could to make this year’s shows not only a success but to overcome the struggles that Covid-19 has thrown at us, yet the board [...]
- Entries Open August 3rd- New York, NY- The American Kennel Club (AKC®) is pleased to announce the judging panel for the second AKC Virtual Top Dog Challenge. This virtual conformation competition is open to all AKC recognized breeds including Miscellaneous breeds. Entries close on August 10th at 12pm ET. Heading the panel as Best in Show and Best [...]
Mr Tibor Lovrencic died in Zagreb, Croatia at the age of 103. By profession a civil engineer, and by vocation an athlete and cynologist. The doyen of Croatian cynology, Mr Tibor Lovrencic has been a judge for all dog breeds for more than 50 years. An active cynologist since 1947, he was one of the [...]
The Premium List for the 2020 Friendship Cluster is available online now. The Friendship Cluster consists of St Clairsville Ohio Kennel Club, Beaver County Kennel Club and Fort Steuben Kennel Association, with the St Clairsville Ohio Kennel Club holding two all-breed dog shows on Friday. These shows are to be held Friday, August 28th – [...]
By Amy Fernandez, The Canine Chronicle Archives 2013 At early dog shows, the exhibition of Toy breeds was considered an insignificant factor in the competition. That misperception was quickly revised as big winners began to emerge from this group. However, less glamorous members of the Toy Group continued to be overlooked. That usually didn’t change [...]
During the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Take the Lead initially stepped up. At that time, we offered to pay the health insurance premiums of many in our sport for a period of two months, May and June 2020. Since that time, we extended the payments, if needed, for an additional two month period (July [...]
Tune in Saturday, July 25th at 4:00 PM ET for live streaming coverage of the Groups and Best in Show Judging at the Mountain Laurel Cluster in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania on AKC.tv! Commentary will be done remotely from the AKC.tv studio in Brooklyn, New York.
Can you name the breeder-owner-handler and judge pictured in this photo circa 1990 at the National Beagle Club of America show?
