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Expert Advice: Dog Breeding
Learn About the AKC DNA Profile Program
The American Kennel Club (AKC) DNA Profile Program technology allows breeders, dog owners, and the AKC to ensure that the AKC Registry is the most accurate in the world. AKC DNA profiling is required for: Frequently Used Sires (dogs having the greatest impact on the AKC Stud Book); imported breeding stock; dogs that have semen collected for fresh-extended or […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/dog-breeding/learn-about-akc-dna-profile-program/
| March 7, 2018
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Expert Advice: Dog Breeding
Puppies During the Holidays? —Tips for Handling Holiday Puppy Placements
The holidays are not the ideal time to send a puppy to a new home. There is too much hustle and bustle with travel, visitors, decorations, and gifts. Puppies require a lot of attention and work, and the last thing a breeder wants is for their puppy to be neglected when it first enters its […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/dog-breeding/puppies-holidays-tips-handling-holiday-puppy-placements/
| December 13, 2016
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Expert Advice: Events
The Voice Of Westminster Reflects On 27 Years In The Ring
When he debuted as the voice of Westminster in 1990, David Frei was an outsider in many ways, even though he had been a breeder-owner-handler of Afghan Hounds for the previous 20 years. Next month, the affable New Yorker leaves after 27 years as a national television personality and the voice for all dogs. Frei, […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/voice-westminster-reflects-27-years-ring/
| February 10, 2016
Chairman's Reports
June 2016 Chairman’s Report
We come together every quarter to share information about the status of our sport and the financial health of our organization; to introduce new ideas that may shape our future; sometimes to elect our directors; and certainly for camaraderie and the pleasure of catching up with fellow dog people. The face-to-face interactions that underscore these […]
https://www.akc.org/chairmans-reports/june-2016-chairmans-report/
| June 12, 2016
Chairman's Reports
December 2015 Chairman’s Report
Ten years ago, the American Kennel Club took a bold step with a communications campaign that became the catalyst for a new corporate effort – to clearly establish and reinforce the American Kennel Club as the authority and advocate of purebred dogs in the eyes of the American public. Since then, AKC has made tremendous […]
https://www.akc.org/chairmans-reports/december-2015-chairmans-report/
| December 12, 2015
Chairman's Reports
March 2016 Chairman’s Report
2016 is already showing itself to be a year of opportunity and promise, as evidenced by a wonderful new documentary about our sport that you may know about. For those of you who are not aware, a channel called AT&T U-verse Sports created a twenty-three minute show that went behind the scenes at the 2015 […]
https://www.akc.org/chairmans-reports/march-2016-chairmans-report/
| March 12, 2016
Legislative Alerts
New York Senate To Consider Harmful Changes To Consumer Protection Laws
The New York Senate Consumer Protection Committee has given initial approval to a bill that would make significant changes to the state’s consumer protection laws.These changes include doubling the time frame in which a dog may be declared “unfit for purchase” due to an illness or symptoms of a contagious disease, and provisions that may […]
https://www.akc.org/legislative-alerts/ny-senate-consider-harmful-changes-consumer-protection-laws/
| February 23, 2018
Legislative Alerts
Rhode Island: Troublesome Dog Bills Up For Hearing On Wednesday, February 28
At its meeting on Wednesday, February 28, the Rhode Island House Health, Education, and Welfare Committee is scheduled to consider two bills of major concern to the American Kennel Club (AKC). Part of a multi-state effort by animal rights groups to aimed at ending the purposeful breeding of dogs, House Bill 7477 would mandate that […]
https://www.akc.org/legislative-alerts/ri-troublesome-dog-bills-up-hearing-feb-28/
| February 22, 2018
Legislative Alerts
Nebraska: Urge Committee To Oppose LB 893 – Limits On Pet Choice Hearing 2/20
On Tuesday, the Agriculture Committee of the Nebraska Legislature will consider Legislative Bill 893, which will prohibit pet retailers from selling pet animals (defined as dogs or cats under 15 months of age) unless the animals were obtained from an animal control facility, animal shelter, or animal rescue. The Nebraska Legislature is unique as it […]
https://www.akc.org/legislative-alerts/nebraska-urge-committee-oppose-lb-893-limits-on-pet-choice-hearing-feb-20/
| February 16, 2018
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Expert Advice: News
U.S.A. Team Wins World Grooming Competition
What do Lindsey Dicken, Victor Rosado, Mackensie Murphy, Michelle Breen, Cat Opson, and Cheryl Purcell have in common with Michael Phelps? Well, while this U.S.A. team may not be breaking records in the 100-fly, they are winning gold medals . . . in grooming! On Oct. 1, the AKC-sponsored U.S.A. team participated in the World […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/usa-team-wins-world-grooming-competition/
| October 12, 2017