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Expert Advice: Dog Breeding
AKC Breeder Spotlight: Karen Moureaux of Contact Point Border Collies
Karen Moureaux, of Contact Point Border Collies in Fillmore, CA, is the first and only AKC Breeder of Merit- Platinum in Border Collies and was named the AKC Breeder of the Year for Agility in 2014. She is a Southern California native who started in dog sports in 1989 with her first Border Collie, Dallas. After competing […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/dog-breeding/akc-breeder-spotlight-karen-moureaux-contact-point-border-collies/
| March 14, 2023
Legislative Alerts
Minnesota: Dog-Related Homeowners Insurance, Consumer Choice Bills Scheduled for Hearings This Week
Two dog-related bills in Minnesota have been scheduled for consideration by the House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee this week. The American Kennel Club (AKC) supports House File 1532, which seeks to prohibit insurance companies from discriminating against owners of certain breeds. AKC opposes House File 1276, which seeks to restrict consumer choice by forcing […]
https://www.akc.org/legislative-alerts/minnesota-dog-related-homeowners-insurance-consumer-choice-bills-scheduled-hearings-week/
| March 13, 2023
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Expert Advice: Agility
How Do Dog Agility Competitions Work?
From March 16 through 19 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, top canine competitors from across the country will gather for the 2023 National Agility Championship at the Built Ford Tough Livestock Complex at Expo Square. Many people may not be familiar with Agility competitions, where dogs navigate through an obstacle course while racing against the clock. Even […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/sports/agility-competition-101/
| March 9, 2023
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Expert Advice: Why does my dog...
Why Do Male Dogs Lift Legs and Females Squat to Pee?
It's a fact. Every dog pees. Most males lift their legs to do it, and many females squat to get the job done. A potty is a hormonal response for both sexes
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/advice/why-do-dogs-lift-their-legs-to-pee/
| March 1, 2023
Legislative Alerts
MN Alert: Oppose Restrictions on Consumer Choice of Pets
Tuesday, March 7, 2023 On Thursday, March 9, 2023, the Minnesota Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee is scheduled to consider Senate File 1317, a bill that seeks to restrict consumers’ freedom of choice in pets by restricting pet stores from selling purpose-bred dogs. The American Kennel Club (AKC) strongly opposes legislation that seeks to […]
https://www.akc.org/legislative-alerts/mn-alert-oppose-restrictions-consumer-choice-pets/
| March 7, 2023
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Detection Dog Bulletin – March 2023
March 2023 The AKC Detection Dog Task Force (DDTF) has exciting plans for 2023! We are initiating a move into Phase 3 of the Patriotic Puppy Program. Phase 3 will include further recruitment of AKC hobby breeders, puppy raisers and trainers while extending new invitations to small and medium-size training kennels and a new division […]
https://www.akc.org/detection-dog-bulletin-march-2023/
| March 3, 2023
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AKC Patriotic Puppy Program Continues to Grow
In 2019, the AKC Detection Dog Task Force (DDTF) started the Patriotic Puppy Program (PPP) as a pilot project to educate AKC breeders about breeding and raising detection dogs; and to determine if they could consistently produce puppies suitable for advanced training and success as government working dogs. The project was broken into several phases. […]
https://www.akc.org/akc-patriotic-puppy-program-continues-grow/
| March 3, 2023
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Expert Advice: Tricks
Blind and Deaf Dog Defies Odds and Achieves AKC Trick Dog Title
Named after an iconic British sports car, 1½-year-old Aston exudes a wow factor of his own. The 49-pound Canine Partners mixed-breed, who is blind and deaf, recently earned a coveted American Kennel Club Novice Trick Dog title. Finding a Home Aston’s owner, Miriam Scheinblum, of Winter Park, Florida, dubs herself his “guardian and teammate.” She […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/training/blind-and-deaf-dog-achieves-akc-trick-dog-title-and-educates-in-the-process/
| October 20, 2022
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Expert Advice: Juniors
Junior Handler Spotlight: Hadley George
Hadley George of Utica, Ohio took third place junior handler at last year's Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. As a third-generation dog person Hadley...
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/sports/junior-handler-spotlight-hadley-george/
| February 27, 2023
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Expert Advice: Dog Sports
Allan Unleashed: Pausing for a Count-to-Ten Moment
We dog people can be an emotional bunch. We care very deeply about our dogs and every aspect of the sport: their breeding, their health, their assessment in the show ring, and their influence on future generations. We don’t sit idly by when criticism is aimed our way, but that's where dog show etiquette comes […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/sports/allan-unleashed-dog-show-etiquette/
| March 1, 2023