The Secret To Having A Beautiful Performance

When you watch a great show dog-handler team, what do you see?

When you watch a great show dog-handler team, what do you see?

WHAT: Mark your calendars to see tons of amazing dogs compete at the Wisconsin Kennel Club dog show, streaming live from Madison, WI only on AKC.tv. WHEN: Saturday, February 24, 2024 @ Alliant Energy Center, Coverage will begin at 4:45pm/ET 3:45pm/CT WHERE: Watch the live coverage on the AKC.tv website and on the AKC.tv app [...]

Have you ever noticed how happy most dogs seem to be when they are working? Well, that’s a really silly question, come to think of it. Of course you’ve seen how happy your dogs are when they’re doing a job they love or you wouldn’t be doing it with them. This holds true even if that job is just sitting on someone’s lap as was the case with a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel belonging to a lady I interviewed.

We want to see our readers #NextGeneration photos to be shared on The #CanineChronicle! Thank you Holly Tomaso for sharing this absolutely adorable collage of photos of Evelyn, from newborn to 6 months of age, with her Golden Retrievers! Do your children train the puppies? Do they love to groom the dogs and get them show [...]

It is with great sadness we share the news that Mr. Kenneth “Chip” Rayner Jr. of Hamilton, New Jersey passed away. Chip was an AKC judge and active participant in the sport of purebred dogs for 60 years. Chip was a second-generation dog show fancier; he was born into a dog family following in his [...]

Guess Who? Are you ready for this week’s #ThrowbackThursday? Do you recognize this now successful handler and breeder that is pictured showing in Junior Showmanship in 1981? Do you recognize the judge? Check back on Monday for the correct answer! Don’t forget! Do you have a fun photo that you would like to share for #ThrowbackThursday? [...]

The end of the dog show calendar for 2023, like it always does, features a treasure, The Star of Bethlehem Cluster. This gem is known to many of its loyal fans as the BEST cluster of the year. It features a great show facility that is easy to reach from good highways and small and large airports. Ask the exhibitors and judges who arrive at the Lehigh Valley Airport. It’s 15 minutes from the venue, The Agri Plex at the Allentown Fairgrounds. On the very same site is The Allentown Farmers Market that features a neverending array of culinary delights. Everyone flocks into the market each day to eat there or bring food to the show. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, coffee, desserts, and pretzels are avail-able–among so much more. Name it and you can probably find it and eat it.

The American Kennel Club® (AKC®) is pleased to announce the judging panel for the 2024 AKC National Championship Presented by Royal Canin to be held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida on Saturday, December 14 and Sunday, December 15, 2024. The 2024 event will showcase the top canine athletes and will also [...]

Driven by a passion to improve the health of the dogs they love, the Bearded Collie Club of America Charitable Trust recently made a generous donation to Morris Animal Foundation to support research against hemangiosarcoma, a deadly cancer that, on average, kills a dog every two minutes. “This cancer was not talked about for a long time,” [...]

The AKC Canine Health Foundation (CHF), in collaboration with the American Kennel Club (AKC), announces the launch of the AKC/AKC CHF Canine Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation Residency Program. This program is designed to increase the number of specialists trained to meet the unique needs of athletic and working dogs, as well as all dogs in [...]