For the 10th straight year, a Purina® Pro Plan®-fed dog has been named “Best in Show” at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show*. The streak continued as the 2016 winner, GCH Vjk-Myst Garbonita’s California Journey, or CJ for short, a German Shorthaired Pointer handled by Valerie Nunes-Atkinson, took home the prestigious title at the 140th Westminster […]
by Amy Fernandez Westminster welcomed seven new breeds this year. Ironically, more than half of them are setting up shop in the Herding Group which was created in 1983 to resolve the Working Group gridlock. These new additions to that original lineup of 15 breeds bring the group’s total up to 31. The hardy, rustic […]
3rd Annual Masters Agility Championship at Westminster Saturday, February 13, 2016 Preliminaries: 8am – 4pm Championship Finals: 8pm – 10pm Pier 94: 711 12th Avenue (at 55th Street), New York, NY 10019 Finals televised live on FOX Sports 1 7th Annual AKC Meet the Breeds Saturday, February 13, 2016 10am – 5pm Piers 92 / […]
Nominations now open for 2016 American Humane Association Hero Veterinarian and Hero Veterinary Technician Awards™ sponsored by Zoetis; Winners to be featured in national television broadcast For millions of Americans, animals are not just their best friends, but their heroes. Whether they are lending eyes to the unsighted, ears to the deaf, protection to the […]
Saturday, February 13, 2016 – “Meet & Compete” @ Piers 92/94 No Shuttle bus service today 7 a.m. WKC Agility Exhibitor Check in begins 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. 3rd Annual WKC Masters Agility Championship 10 am. – 5 p.m. AKC’s Meet the Breeds 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. WKC Masters Agility Championship final Sunday, […]
Last Friday, Kristina Guerrero, founder of TurboPUP, impressed the sharks on ABC’s Shark Tank with the news of her exclusive, national retail deal with PetSmart. The specialty pet store will carry her TurboPUP innovative portable meal bars for dogs in more than 900 PetSmart stores across the U.S. and Canada this year. Guerrero’s big idea […]
Recognized as the host hotel for the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, New York’s Hotel Pennsylvania is all ready for another successful year of hosting canine hopefuls taking part in the 140th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show taking place on February 15th and 16th, 2016. The World’s Most ‘Pup-ular’ Hotel continues to be the […]
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 […]
Fans at Home Could Win One Million Dollars by Predicting Winners Purina® Pro Plan® has fueled the last nine Westminster Kennel Club Best In Show winners* and knows what it takes to make a champion – do you? On Monday, February 15and Tuesday, February 16 more than 2,800 elite dogs from across the country will gather in New York […]
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 […]
