by Kerry Rushby In the world of showdogs, the anticipation of the Crufts figures are on everyone’s mind early February. The Kennel Club announced that the show has 21,866 dogs making 24,462 entries for this year. Total breed entries can be found here – http://www.fossedata.co.uk/downloads/pdf/CRUFT_MAR_16PDF.pdf It’s an exciting time of year for the sport of […]
Amtrak announced today it has extended and expanded its pets program, allowing customers to continue traveling with their small pets on many eastern corridor trains. Amtrak has also added this service for trips up to 7 hours in length to most long distance trains beginning Tuesday, Feb. 16, and is starting a weekend-only pilot program onAcela […]
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Almost 22,000 dogs will be heading to the NEC in Birmingham from 10th – 13th March, to compete at Crufts 2016, the 125th anniversary of the show. The Kennel Club figures show that 21,919 dogs will be taking part in breed judging, Gamekeepers’ classes and the Obedience and Agility Championships. The 2016 figure exceeds the […]
The AKC Canine Health Foundation (CHF), a nonprofit organization committed to prevent, treat, and cure diseases in all dogs, is pleased to announce that for the second consecutive year, more than $500,000 has been raised through the American Kennel Club (AKC) Donor Challenge program. The AKC Donor Challenge program matched contributions dollar-for-dollar made to CHF […]
Raina Moss won Best Junior Handler at the 2015 AKC/Eukanuba National Championship in December. By winning this very prestigious award, she will represent the United States at the 2016 Crufts Junior Showmanship competition. However, she will receive no financial assistance for travel fees to Crufts. Raina has created a Go Fund Me account to raise […]
Westminster prides itself on providing an exceptional dog show experience for exhibitors and spectators alike as well as providing for the safety and welfare of the dogs. This year is no exception. There are many new safety measures in place and additional improvements at the Piers, including the use of working detection dogs during the […]
By Amy Fernandez It’s been a tricky week here in New York. Our predicted 12-18 inch snowstorm morphed into a monster blizzard topping out at 15-34 inches of fun -depending where you live. Officially, it was a tenth of an inch shy of the city’s all time record snowfall of 26.9. For dog people, that […]
Note: Please contact Odalys Hayes for more information on how to help this important cause. AKC Legislative Alert The Sarasota County Commission will consider a proposed ordinance which will define hobby breeders and possibly limit the amount of animals they may own and/or the number of litter they may have in a year. The measure […]
New York, NY – The American Kennel Club (AKC®), the world’s largest purebred dog registry, the Theriogenology Foundation and the AKC Canine Health Foundation announce that the recently established American Kennel Club/Theriogenology Foundation Companion Animal Residencies in Theriogenology are being renewed and expanded to four universities in 2016. All of the residencies are made possible […]
