The AKC Canine Health Foundation (CHF) marks Pet Cancer Awareness Month this May with more than $902,000 awarded for 12 new canine cancer research grants this year. Canine cancer research remains a priority for CHF and its donors, with oncology typically occupying more than one-quarter of the dollars in their active grants portfolio (available to [...]
The Labrador Retriever continues its reign at the top! In the spirit of National Purebred Dog Day, the American Kennel Club wants to let dog owners know that the loveable Lab remains the number one most popular breed in the United States. The annual celebration of National Purebred Dog Day on May 1 highlights the pride, predictability [...]
It is time to put your thinking caps on! For today’s Virtual Dog Show, we are asking our readers to be the judge and place the following three Brittany dogs First, Second and Third AND to tell us why. The complete AKC Official Standard for Brittanys is available online here. As quoted from the AKC Standard, [...]
Morris Animal Foundation, the preeminent nonprofit leader in advancing animal health, launches its seventh annual pet cancer campaign, Stop Cancer Furever, on May 1. The two-month campaign, which ends June 30, raises awareness of, and funds for, research leading to new understandings about how to prevent, diagnose and treat animal cancers. Gifts can be made, and more [...]
According to National Purebred Dog Day.Com, May 1st celebrates the heritage, diversity and predictability of the purebred dog. Each breed is a living legacy of the culture that created it for a reason, each breed indelibly etched in that culture’s history just as surely as its music, art, and language. This day celebrates that purebred dogs not [...]
When we asked our readers to share their funniest or must embarrassing win or candid photo from a dog show all in good fun, we received an enormous response! Thank you to Leslie Racine for sharing one of her best outtakes. Pictured is Montana launching for the bait after winning Best of Opposite Sex at [...]
Homeless pets in many parts of the US are experiencing an unexpected benefit during the coronavirus crisis, as housebound families with time on their hands, and a desire to do some good, are adopting and fostering shelter animals in record numbers . According to Pethealth, which tracks more than 1,400 animal welfare organizations nationally , [...]
By Amy Fernandez The second most depressing news item these days has got to be the endless delays and problems associated with comprehensive testing to detect antibody titers, latent infection–the whole gamut. With hopes of an effective vaccine at least a year away, this has become our light at the end of the tunnel. Never [...]
With up to 300 million smell receptors – compared to six million in humans – dogs are uniquely positioned to aid in disease detection. This pioneering study – that will explore the sensitivity and specificity of scent – sets the stage for dogs to be a force multiplier in the mission to detect COVID-19, particularly among asymptomatic patients, or hospital or business environments where testing is most challenging. Preliminary screening of live humans by trained dogs could begin as early as July.
In a move designed to combat inherited disease in the Otterhound, the Kennel Club has approved a new official DNA testing scheme for Glanzmann’s Thrombasthenia in the breed, following consultation with the Breed Health Coordinator. The Otterhound is a Kennel Club Vulnerable British Breed, a category for breeds which generate 300 or fewer registrations in a [...]
