New York, NY – The American Kennel Club has launched the initial stage of AKC Marketplace, a new platform that will first allow AKC clubs to market and promote themselves directly to dog lovers visiting AKC.org. Through interactive profile pages, unlimited event listings and email outreach, AKC Marketplace will help clubs attract spectators to their […]
By Joan Harrigan When Helen Sokopp passed away on April 10, 2015, she had lived a remarkable life by any measure. She had two families—the Bostonian Putnams and her extended “dog family.” It was possible to know her in one world without an understanding of all she’d accomplished in another. Helen was born in Boston, […]
New York, NY – The New Jersey Federation of Dog Clubs (NJFDC) and the Hangtown Kennel Club of Placerville, CA (HKC) have each been honored with an American Kennel Club® (AKC®) Community Achievement Award. The awards support and recognize outstanding public education and legislation efforts from AKC-affiliated clubs, AKC-recognized federations and their members. The AKC […]
It is with great regret that we report the passing of Jack Bradshaw on Thursday, April 30th. He and his wife Marion were premiere dog shows superintendents in the West for over 50 years. Jack Bradshaw was known to be a kind and caring man that was popular with exhibitors and judges alike. Our thoughts […]
NEW YORK – Dr. Richard Meen of Toronto has been selected to judge Best In Show at the 140th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show February 15-16, 2016. He will become the sixth foreign judge and third Canadian to make the selection of the top award in the sport’s most prestigious event. Dr. Meen became […]
New York – The American Kennel Club (AKC®) recognizes the diligent efforts of Colorado fancier Susi Szeremy in bringing National Purebred Dog Day to the forefront of the social media conversation and celebrating the heritage, purpose, and predictability of purebred dogs. “We applaud Susi’s leadership on the Purebred Dog Day initiative. This special day reminds […]
Attention Alabama Dog Owners: Alabama House Bill 548 seeks to establish criminal penalties for failure to comply with overreaching, undefined, and arbitrary requirements for the care, feeding, and housing of dogs. Compliance with the problematic provisions of HB 548 would be required for every person or organization that has “custody or ownership” of ten or […]
The North Carolina House of Representatives has passed House Bill 159, which would define certain dog owners as “large commercial dog breeders” based solely on the number of intact female dogs they own. Read AKC’s previous Legislative alert below for details on this legislation. The bill now heads to the Senate, where it has been assigned to […]
TFH Publications, Inc./Nylabone Products, of Neptune, NJ is recalling one lot of its 1.69 oz. package of the Puppy Starter Kit dog chews, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.Salmonella can affect animals ingesting the product and there is risk to humans from handling contaminated products, especially if they have not thoroughly washed their […]
The two paragraphs below represent an April 20, 2015 update to the news release issued by the Cornell Media Relations Office on April 12, 2015. The genome sequence of an influenza virus, cultured from a canine nasal swab sample from a dog with respiratory disease in the Chicago area, confirms that an Asian H3N2 virus […]
