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| December 9, 2021
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Sports & Events
Search Dog Entries
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| December 9, 2021
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Expert Advice: News
Therapy Dog “Teddy” Awarded for Extraordinary Sense of Empathy
Teddy is one of five 2021 AKC Awards for Canine Excellence recipients, winning the Therapy Dog category. This category recognizes certified therapy dogs working in hospitals, schools, disaster sites, war zones, and wherever else the affection of a good dog can provide comfort. Team Teddy is all about emotional acuity and familial commitment that elicits […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/therapy-dog-teddy-awarded-extraordinary-sense-empathy/
| December 7, 2021
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Expert Advice: General Health
Can Dogs See Color?
Can dogs see color? The popular notion that dogs only see in black and white is false Dogs can make out yellow and blue, and combinations of those colors This means the best toys for your dog may be those in blue and yellow hues Is everything in a dog’s world black and white? That […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/health/can-dogs-see-color/
| December 7, 2021
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Expert Advice: Health
Can Dogs Suffer From ADHD-Like Behavior?
What do you do if your dog simply won't sit still or concentrate on tasks? New research shows that owners of hyperactive or inattentive dogs can learn a lot from understanding ADHD in humans. Not Just Disobedient: How Understanding ADHD Can Help Dog Owners Once upon a time, children who struggled to sit still and […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/health/new-research-shows-that-dogs-can-suffer-from-adhd-like-behavior/
| December 6, 2021
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Expert Advice: News
Service Dog “Dyson” Gives Paralympic Owner a New Chance at Life
Dyson is one of five 2021 AKC Awards for Canine Excellence recipients, winning the Service Dog category. This category recognizes task-trained service dogs that enrich the lives of physically or mentally disabled owners. Including but not limited to guide dogs for the blind, seizure alert dogs, hearing dogs, and balance dogs. From 1998 until 2012 […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/service-dog-dyson-gives-paralympic-owner-a-new-life/
| December 6, 2021
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Expert Advice: Advanced Training
How to Teach Your Dog to “Talk” Using Buttons
Have you ever wished you could teach your dog to talk? We know our dogs understand a tremendous amount of language, but what if they could speak directly to us? Can you teach your dog to talk? In short, the answer is yes. Christina Hunger MA, CCC-SLP, a San Diego based speech-language pathologist, has discovered […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/training/how-to-teach-your-dog-to-talk/
| December 6, 2021
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Expert Advice: News
Search-and-Rescue Dog “Magnus” Recognized for Detection Work
Magnus is one of five 2021 AKC Awards for Canine Excellence recipients. He won the Search and Rescue category. This category recognizes dogs certified to assist in wilderness and urban tracking, natural disasters, mass casualty events, and locating missing people. In May 2014 Sinead Imbaro, of Miami, said goodbye to Marcus Aurelius, her endeared German Shepherd […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/detection-dog-magnus-achieves-search-and-rescue-recognition/
| December 3, 2021
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Expert Advice: News
Five Remarkable Dogs Honored With 2021 AKC Awards for Canine Excellence
After the ESPN Airing of the popular special, AKC Heroes: 2021 Awards for Canine Excellence on ESPN2, the AKC is excited to share the winners of this year's AKC Humane Fund Awards for Canine Excellence (ACE). These annual awards celebrate loyal, hard-working dogs that have significantly improved the lives of their owners and/or communities. Five […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/five-remarkable-dogs-honored-2021-akc-awards-canine-excellence/
| December 3, 2021
Press Releases
Five Heroic Dogs Honored with 2021 AKC Humane Fund Awards for Canine Excellence
The AKC® Humane Fund is proud to announce the winners of the 22nd annual AKC Humane Fund Awards for Canine Excellence (ACE). These awards celebrate five loyal, hard-working dogs that have significantly improved the lives of their owners and communities. The five winners were carefully chosen from a pool of nearly 1,000 impressive nominations. The […]
https://www.akc.org/press-releases/five-heroic-dogs-honored-2021-akc-humane-fund-awards-canine-excellence/
| December 3, 2021