The AKC® Humane Fund is proud to announce the winners of the 23rd annual AKC Humane Fund Awards for Canine Excellence (ACE). These awards celebrate five loyal, hard-working dogs that have significantly improved the lives of their owners and communities. The five winners were carefully chosen from a pool of over 600 impressive nominations. The winners in each category were [...]
By Lisa Dube Forman Have you recently heard this question ringside at a dog show? Perhaps even you have asked this a hundred times over. More often than not, it is posed rhetorically as a reflection or criticism of your observation. I am referencing the deliberations and decisions made by the AKC dog show judge. [...]
By Lisa Dubé Forman with Wendell Sammet Originally published: June 2013 This is the first introduction in a new series that I will be offering on The Canine Chronicle website. As educational series go, they will be valuable tutorials offered in a monthly succession placing individual breeds center stage. Rather than a Proust questionnaire, I [...]
By Amy Fernandez Originally published: October 2015 Last week Youtube was ablaze with the sensational footage of a French Bulldog successfully chasing a trio of curious black bears out of her backyard territory. Fearless, scrappy 20 pound Jules stood her ground and didn’t hesitate for a second as she confronted one and then another, baiting [...]
The AKC Canine Health Foundation (CHF), a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the health of all dogs, awards four Clinician-Scientist Fellowships for 2023. CHF’s Clinician-Scientist Fellowship Program was launched in 2013 to encourage and support the next generation of canine health researchers. Since then, more than 35 promising new scientists have received financial support to [...]
AKC Master Groomer testing is available during the week of Orlando! Seize the opportunity to become certified in your breed’s coat-type. Testing is available in curly, wire, drop or jacketed. This is an excellent opportunity start your AKC Master Groomer journey or establish your breed expertise for your kennel. Being a dog groomer is not [...]
Guess Who? Are you ready for this week’s great #ThrowbackThursday photo? Who can you name in this photo? 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? Email Liz at showresults@caninechronicle.com with your photos.
January 6-8, 2023 at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center! Together with the Great American Dog Show, the International Kennel Club of Chicago will host AKC’s Breeder Symposium with over 20 classes available to further breeder education. Seminars include a world-class line-up of vets, breeders, and dog experts covering topics most important to breeders. Take a [...]
The American Kennel Club (AKC) is excited to announce that its popular special, AKC HEROES: 2022 AWARDS FOR CANINE EXCELLENCE, is coming back to ESPN2. This broadcast is scheduled to air on December 11th at 10pm ET. The show will cover the stories of this year’s AKC Humane Fund Awards for Canine Excellence (ACE) winners. These annual [...]
Like it or not, football season is upon us. Here in New England (humbly known as “Titletown”) it’s a very serious endeavor, and it’s common to see handlers sporting Patriot’s jerseys under their suit jackets on Super Bowl Sunday. At least during the years the Patriots are in it. Which is most of them. (Sorry, not sorry).
Though the team is not without scandal, there is at least one Belicheck-ism that I’ve taken to heart: Do Your Job.
