What breed of dog am I? I am a breed in the Hound Group. My bone structure and musculature are transparent beneath my fine and lean skin. My hipbones are distinctly protruding and always placed at an equal or superior height to the height at my withers. Correct Answer: AZAWAKH
AKC Canine Health Foundation (CHF) funded investigators at the University of Florida are looking for dogs to participate in a research study on chronic kidney disease (CKD). Investigators will explore if urinary ammonia excretion correlates with kidney function and whether it is associated with the development of long-term clinical outcomes in dogs with CKD. While owners do [...]
Warmer weather is upon us and pet owners tend to think about tick and flea control for their dogs and cats. But according to a veterinary parasitology expert at Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, this should not be just a seasonal concern. “A tick problem is not just a summer problem,” said Dr. Lindsay [...]
The Working group currently includes 31 breeds. Two more future Working breeds–the Danish-Swedish Farmdog and the Kai Ken–are currently in the Miscellaneous Class, and will probably join the Working group within a few years, eventually bringing it to 33 breeds. The Foundation Stock Service breeds include 19 more that may or may not eventually join the Working group. If that were to ever happen, the Working group would (once again) be amongst AKC’s largest, with 52 (!) breeds (assuming all succeeded in becoming bonafide breeds, and no more FSS breeds joined). And once again the call to split the groups would become more vocal.
While Balto’s claim to fame as the hero of the Iditarod may be a matter of dispute–given that kennelmate Togo was the actual workhorse–Balto has now become famous for something else: He’s the first subject of an analysis comparing his individual DNA with that of modern dogs.
by Peter Baynes Originally published: August 2012 I hope I haven’t let the cat out of the bag, but as I retired from handling 15 years ago, maybe things have changed, and that saying is no longer their mantra. If it is still relevant, I am sure the problems would be multiplied; with syndicates now [...]
The Portuguese Water Dog is called Cão de Agua in Portugual, translated as dog of water. It was used by fisherman in Portugal to herd fish into nets, retrieve lost articles (including diving to get them), as a courier, and as a guard and companion.
We received the very sad news that James Ham of Saint Clair Shores, Michigan passed away. Jim, as his friends called him, was a longtime fancier and AKC Judge. Jim purchased a pet Dalmatian in 1970 for $100. She went on to become both an American & Canadian Champion as well as an American & [...]
For almost 100 years, people in New York’s Central Park have slowed to admire the bronze statue of a husky named Balto. Some stop to the read the plaque: “Dedicated to the indomitable spirit of the sled dogs that relayed antitoxin six hundred miles over rough ice across treacherous waters through arctic blizzards from Nenana to the relief of stricken Nome in the winter of 1925. Endurance. Fidelity. Intelligence.”
The American Kennel Club (AKC®), a not-for-profit organization, the world’s largest purebred dog registry and leading advocate for dogs, is honored to recognize K9 Ivanka of NWI K9 Search & Recovery in Munster, Indiana, and K9 Barrett of the Montville Connecticut Police Department with the American Kennel Club’s 2023 DOG-NY Paw of Courage Award. The [...]
