– Celebrating Grassroots Efforts by AKC Clubs — New York, NY – Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland made four very successful movies together from 1939 to 1942. Interestingly, each movie – starting with Babes in Arms – followed pretty much the same overarching storyline. In order to put a spotlight on some worthy [...]
The AKC Canine Health Foundation (CHF) invites all dog-lovers to Canines & Cocktails on Friday, December 14 at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Florida. This event, held on the eve of the AKC National Championship dog show, celebrates our canine companions and the scientific breakthroughs made by CHF-funded researchers in both canine and human [...]
At the request of the Golden Retriever Breed Council, the Kennel Club has recently approved a new official DNA testing scheme for Progressive Retinal Atrophy (GR_PRA2) in the breed. This test is offered by the Animal Health Trust and further details can be obtained from them at dnatesting@aht.org.uk. As an agreement is already in place [...]
AKC judges are invited to officiate in China at shows run by one of the official Chinese Kennel Clubs. They travel to this country where they never would have dreamed of going not that long ago.
The Old English Sheepdog has been put on the Kennel Club’s ‘At Watch’ list because it is hovering on the brink of vulnerable status ‘Handbag’ dogs suited to urban life and fashionable exotic breeds on the rise The Kennel Club urges people to research the very different dog breeds before they buy to prevent dogs [...]
– Preserving and Protecting Our Breeds – New York, NY – In describing his 1889 trip to Idaho, Theodore Roosevelt noted “a certain half melancholy feeling as I gazed on these bison, themselves part of the last remnant of a doomed and nearly vanished race. Few, indeed, are the men who now have, or [...]
The 2013 New York Academy of Art Poster Contest Winner By David Frei - Westminster Kennel Club The Westminster Kennel Club and the New York Academy of Art have selected the winning artwork to represent the 137th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. A collection of oil-on-porcelain miniature portrait paintings by Robert Clark and Richard Moss [...]
The Kennel Club would like to clarify the list of breeds that overseas exhibitors are able to qualify for Crufts and apologise for any confusion that has been caused. This clarification follows the announcement that overseas exhibitors are now able to compete in AV Imported Breed Classes from Crufts 2013. [...]
Due to ill health, Mr. G. Rattray has withdrawn from his judging appointment for Rottweiler (Dogs) at dfs Crufts 2013. Rottweiler (Dogs) will now be judged by Mrs. N. Keenan. For more information visit www.thekennelclub.org.uk
Scruffts 2011 Winner Milo with owner Sarah and Scruffts judges Crossbreed dogs will be sharing the limelight with their pedigree pals at the world’s greatest dog show next year, with the grand final of Scruffts taking place at Crufts 2013. For the first time in its twelve year [...]
