More than 640 total dogs will vie for the champion title in their respective sport during the action packed weekend of the AKC National Obedience Championship and the AKC Rally National Championship. There is live streaming of the event on AKC.tv. Live streaming will be available at 8:00 ET each day, Friday, July 9th through [...]
- Juniors Division Added To This Years’ Competition – New York, NY – The American Kennel Club (AKC®), the world’s largest dog registry and leading industry authority and advocate for dogs, is pleased to announce the 2021 AKC Trick Dog National Competition. The event will once again be virtual allowing trick dogs everywhere to enter. New to [...]
MEMORANDUM: The American Kennel Club welcomes the introduction today of the Healthy Dog Importation Act of 2021 in the U.S. House of Representatives. AKC is grateful for the bipartisan leadership of Congressmen Kurt Schrader, DVM (D-OR-5) and Congressman Dusty Johnson (R-SD- ALL) in sponsoring the bill, and believes this will go a long way to addressing concerns [...]
New York, NY – Calling all artists! In remembrance of the upcoming 20th anniversary of the terror attacks on 9/11, the AKC Museum of the is pleased to announce its “Salute to Search & Rescue Dogs” art contest. The AKC is asking participants to create a painting that depicts the heroism of search and rescue dogs on [...]
The Houston World Series of Dog Shows is open this year after missing 2020. The Premium was available on June 23 and entries close on July 7. This year we will concentrate on conformation only. We will have 1 day of specialty shows and 4 All Breed shows hosted by the Houston Kennel Club and [...]
AKC Legislative Alert Last week, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the temporary suspension of the importation of dogs from countries classified as high risk for canine rabies, or of those arriving from countries not considered a high risk if the dogs have been in a high risk country during [...]
New York, NY – The American Kennel Club (AKC®), the world’s largest dog registry and leading industry authority and advocate for dogs, is pleased to announce that 12 exceptional students from 11 states have been awarded American Kennel Club (AKC®) Junior Scholarships for 2021 in Companion and Performance events. The scholarships are offered to high school [...]
New York, NY – Calling all artists! In remembrance of the upcoming 20th anniversary of the terror attacks on 9/11, the AKC Museum of the is pleased to announce its “Salute to Search & Rescue Dogs” art contest. The AKC is asking participants to create a painting that depicts the heroism of search and rescue dogs on [...]
Tickets On-Sale Today for San Diego, CA and Dallas, TX via SeatGeek New York, NY, June 16, 2021 – The American Kennel Club (AKC), the leading purebred dog registry and governing body of canine sports in the United States, and GF Sports & Entertainment, a global sports and entertainment events and operations company, today announced the national tour for [...]
The AKC Canine Health Foundation (CHF), a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the health of all dogs, announces two new theriogenology residencies awarded in 2021. CHF has partnered with the American Kennel Club (AKC) and Theriogenology Foundation (TF) to increase the number of veterinary practitioners trained in reproductive medicine (known as theriogenology) and clinical genetics. [...]
