The AKC Canine Health Foundation (CHF), a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the health of all dogs, today announces the inaugural Canine Health Discovery Award is open for nominations. This prestigious award will celebrate the most groundbreaking research making a significant impact on the health and well-being of dogs. The Canine Health Discovery Award seeks to recognize research advancements that [...]
Despite its unshakable popularity, there is clearly a messaging disconnect about the German Shepherd.
When I was growing up, it was high praise to call someone a good woodsman. Those folks could build cabins or even houses, chop up logs for campfires or cut poles to hang a deer they’d shot, pitch a tent or make into a stretcher to haul people out of the woods who weren’t good woodsmen.
The AKC is deeply concerned about the devastating impact of the Palisades fire currently affecting your area. Our thoughts and prayers are with you, your families, and your communities during this terrible tragedy. The safety and well-being of our club members and their loved ones are of utmost importance to us. We sincerely hope that [...]
By Amy Fernandez Way before we had many, if any, technological advances, we had an all-purpose solution to lots of human problems: home protection, transportation, and food sourcing. The point is that NYC is taking the long way around for rat mitigation. Maybe you’ve heard about the ‘NYC War on Rats’. Yes, we’ve got the [...]
Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show President Don Sturz is a happy man. It might be that when I dropped in (via Zoom) he was at home, with his three dogs snoozing around him, but it might be because, against the odds, he (and, he would say, his very able team) brought Westminster back to Manhattan.
The American Kennel Club (AKC®), the world’s largest purebred dog registry and leading advocate for all dogs, is honored to recognize K9 Archer of Madison County Sheriff’s Department in Madison, FL., and K9 Jacky with the Port of Portland Police Department in Portland, OR., with the American Kennel Club’s DOGNY Paw of Courage Award. The [...]
It is the dog’s nose, its power to discriminate scent and the dog’s ability to follow a track that many believe lead to the single most culturally significant occurrence in all of human history. And, that event was the domestication of the dog. Exactly where domestication first began is widely debated, but genetic evidence suggests that it occurred between 15,000 and 30,000 years ago. So, it was a process that took place over thousands of years, but as it was happening, the fates of both species became intertwined.
