Lauren Hull won Best Junior Handler at the 2014 AKC/Eukanuba National Championship on December 13, 2014. By winning this prestigious award, she will represent the United States at Crufts’ Junior Showmanship competition. For the past five years, Maggie Peat (former junior handler and second generation dog breeder) has successfully managed an online fundraiser to help [...]
-The Spanish Water Dog, Cirneco del’Etna, Bergamasco & Boerboel Gain Full AKC Recognition- The pack has expanded! The American Kennel Club® (AKC®) announced today that the Spanish Water Dog, Cirneco dell’Etna, Bergamasco, and Boerboel gained full AKC recognition. This brings AKC’s roster of recognized breeds to 184. “The AKC is thrilled to recognize these four [...]
The AKC Canine Health Foundation (CHF) is pleased to honor six organizations as Distinguished Research Partners in canine health. These six organizations, collectively, have donated more than $3.3 million to CHF to help prevent, treat, and cure canine disease over the course of the past 20 years. The six organizations recognized at this evening’s Canine [...]
The 2014 National Owner-Handled Series Finals Breed and Group competitions will be judged on the morning of Friday, December 12th with group judging beginning at 11:15 AM. This year, the National Owner-Handled Series Finals Best in Show competition will be judged on the evening of Saturday, December 13th in the arena. The NOHS Finals Judging [...]
Tickets for Canines & Cocktails are still available for $75 per person and can be purchased online. A raffle will also be held, with proceeds to benefit continued canine health research. Raffle tickets are $20 each or six tickets for $100. Raffle prize winners need not be present to win. Raffle and door prize items include: $1,500 Jewelry Gift [...]
There will be a holiday celebration in support of Take The Lead following Best in Show judging at the Eastern Dog Club. The party will be held at The Carriage House, which is on the grounds of the Eastern States Exposition. Guests will enjoy dinner, a silent auction, raffle, and a visit from Santa. Guests [...]
The prestigious Morris and Essex Kennel Club Dog Show has opened entries for its second juried fine arts competition, to be judged by William Secord, of William Secord Gallery in New York. Artists whose work depicts purebred dogs are invited to enter. Award winners will be invited to the exclusive Judges’ Dinner on September 30, [...]
National Purebred Dog Day was created a year ago upon the discovery that no day of recognition exists for purebred dogs even though National Dog Day, National Rescue Day, National Mutt Day, and even National Poop Scoop Day do. A resolution asking that May 1st be recognized as National Purebred Dog Day was submitted to [...]
MBF and Westminster Kennel Club have released a list of dogs that will receive an invitation to pre-enter the 2015 Westminster Kennel Club. They note that all exhibitors wishing to submit entries for the event may begin doing so now. Exhibitors of invited dogs do not need to wait to receive their invitation before submitting [...]
I’ll Paint The Sky is the winning artwork for the 2015 Westminster Kennel Club Poster. The title invokes the name of the 2014 Westminster Best in Show Winner, as well as the presence of the Manhattan skyline in the piece. It is a pen, ink, and watercolor image on paper by Chris Duke. Duke’s work [...]
