Those who judge know that faults and virtues vary in their degree of severity and in the frequency of their occurrence from dog to dog and from breed to breed. Because virtues and faults occur in all breeds the challenge is to recognize the average dog from the better and the best ones.
Losing a dog to cancer is always devastating, but losing one to acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an especially heart-wrenching experience because it happens so fast.
Traditionally, many retriever owners who weren’t interested in breeding their dogs opted to have them spayed or neutered.
If the past two years were a phenomenon, they’d be a natural disaster. Unpredicted, unpredictable, and unsettling, and it’s unknown what “normal” will look like or when it’ll finally show up.
With an entry of over 16,000 dogs heading to the NEC in Birmingham on 10 – 13 March, to compete at Crufts 2022, we have reviewed the entry over the four days of the show. To assist exhibitors on all days, a number of breeds will start judging after 9am although some will start before […]
Watch the Sun Maid Kennel Club of Fresno live on AKC.tv Tune in this weekend as AKC.tv travels west to the Sun Maid Kennel Club of Fresno Dog Show! Live coverage of all seven groups and Best In Show from Fresno, CA. Saturday, February 19th at 6:45PM ET/3:45PM PT
RALEIGH, NC — AKC ReuniteSM, the largest non-profit pet identification and recovery service provider in the United States, is pleased to announce that the Kennel Club of Philadelphia generously donated $100,000 to AKC Reunite’s Adopt a K-9 Cop matching grant program.
Tom Pincus, Cluster Chair of the Houston World Series of Dog Shows chats with Deb Cooper about what exhibitors can expect at the Houston shows this year.
We have another great #ThrowbackThursday photo to share with our readers on this Thursday. Can you name the handler pictured in this week’s Throwback?
Guess Who?
Canine parvovirus, also known as just “parvo” or simply CPV, is a potentially life-threatening contagious intestinal disease that affects puppies.
