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Expert Advice: Grooming
Is It OK to Shave Your Dog’s Coat in Summer?
Don't shave your dog, as it might make them hotter in summer and creates health risks. Instead, try these grooming and safety tips to keep them cool.
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/health/is-it-ok-to-shave-your-dog/
| June 10, 2020
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Expert Advice: Dog Breeds
Rhodesian Ridgeback History: Hunting Lions & Fending Off Baboons
Though we often don’t think about them in this way, dogs are really about people — those long-ago (or, sometimes, not so long-ago) figures who developed particular breeds for particular tasks. Some breeds — like the Doberman Pinscher, Teddy Roosevelt Terrier, and Cesky Terrier — owe their existence to just one visionary person. Other breeds were brought into being […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/dog-breeds/the-rhodesian-ridgeback-once-hunted-lions/
| June 8, 2020
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Expert Advice: Health
How Changes in Weather Can Affect Your Dog’s Mood
Have you ever noticed that your dog’s mood shifts with the weather? Storms, heat, cold, and the changing seasons affect our dogs, just like they affect us. Most dogs can even sense when the weather is about to change. But how does hot weather affect dogs, and how does cold weather affect dogs? Understanding the […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/health/how-changes-in-weather-can-affect-dogs/
| June 5, 2020
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Expert Advice: Dog Breeds
By George: A Founding Father and his American Foxhounds
Though we often don’t think about them in this way, dogs are really about people — those long-ago (or, sometimes, not so long-ago) figures who developed particular breeds for particular tasks. Some breeds — like the Doberman Pinscher, Teddy Roosevelt Terrier, and Cesky Terrier — owe their existence to just one visionary person. Other breeds were brought into being […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/dog-breeds/by-george-washington-american-foxhounds/
| May 18, 2020
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Canine Partners Spotlight Spring 2020
AKC Canine Partners Turns 10 Years Old AKC competition for mixed breed dogs launched on April 1, 2010, in agility, rally and obedience. Since that date, nearly 400,000 dogs have enrolled in the program, and the number of sports and titling opportunities has more than tripled. All American Dogs also now compete in tracking, coursing […]
https://www.akc.org/register/information/canine-partners/newsletter/canine-partners-spotlight-spring-2020/
| May 8, 2020
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Expert Advice: Dog Breeds
The Most Popular Dog Breeds of 2019
Wondering how popular your pooch really is? Now you can find out. The most popular dog breeds of 2019 were released on May 1, 2020 (also National Purebred Dog Day) based on 2019 AKC registration statistics. It may come as no surprise that the Labrador Retriever takes the top spot for the 29th year in a row, […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/dog-breeds/2020-popular-breeds-2019/
| May 1, 2020
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Expert Advice: News
The Lab is the Most Popular Dog Breed in the U.S. – For Record 29th Straight Year!
There just seems to be no stopping the Labrador Retriever! For a record 29th year (2019), the versatile sporting breed reigns supreme on the American Kennel Club registry list, a run like no other breed has seen in the record books. Changes in the top ten Little changed in the top ten standings from 2018. Following […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/labrador-retriever-most-popular-breed-29th-year-row/
| May 1, 2020
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Canine Partners
AKC Canine Partners 10th Anniversary Series: Trailblazers
1st Versatile Companion Dog: Rodger Rowbinawitz VCD3 PUTD GO VER RAE MXP NF OFP CA FDCH & Sue Kotlarek of Romulus, MI The AKC Versatile Companion Dog program honors multi-talented dogs that earn titles in Obedience, Agility and Tracking – and a little dog named Rodger was the first All American Dog to earn levels […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/akc-canine-partners-10th-anniversary-series-trailblazers-11/
| April 21, 2020
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Canine Partners
AKC Canine Partners 10th Anniversary Series: Trailblazers
1st AKC Coursing Ability Excellent: Creek Ridge Found in a Pickle CAX RN & Terry Lane of Peachtree City, GA Pickle was just a small puppy sitting in the middle of a road when Terry spotted him, stopped, and saved his life. “He was ugly and had adolescent mange. A friend of ours saw the […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/akc-canine-partners-10th-anniversary-series-trailblazers-8/
| April 16, 2020
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Expert Advice: Fitness & Exercise
Hydrotherapy for Dogs: A Growing Trend in Canine Physical Therapy
For dogs, hydrotherapy usually consists of either swimming or walking in water, whether in shallow water along the beach or on an underwater treadmill.
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/health/hydrotherapy-for-dogs/
| March 10, 2020