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Legislative Alerts
AKC Supports NY Legislation Protecting Dogs Kept in Outdoor Shelters
May 18, 2015 The NY Assembly Agriculture Committee is considering a bill tomorrow (Tuesday, May 19) that would clarify current law regarding minimum standards for dogs kept in outdoor shelters. Current law already provides minimum requirements for dogs kept outdoors in inclement weather and extreme temperatures. Assembly Bill 7033 contains reasonable clarifications to these requirements […]
https://www.akc.org/legislative-alerts/akc-supports-ny-legislation-protecting-dogs-kept-in-outdoor-shelters/
| May 18, 2015
Expert Advice: News
First Case of Canine Flu Surfaces in Georgia
Veterinarians in Georgia are treating a dog for symptoms of canine flu—the first case of the disease to surface in that state. The sick dog was brought to the University of Georgia’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital and has tested positive for the disease, according to news media reports. Veterinarians there won’t know until later this week […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/gerogia-canine-flu/
| May 18, 2015
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Expert Advice: Senior Dog Health
Senior Dogs
ASK AKC Dear AKC: I just adopted an older Finnish Spitz from a friend who could no longer keep the dog because she was moving overseas. The dog is 10 years old and she's really sweet. I was wondering if there was anything in particular I should do for the dog as she ages into an […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/health/senior-dogs/
| May 18, 2015
Expert Advice: Fun Facts
Can My Dog Be AKC Registered?
ASK AKC Dear AKC: I have a question about the possibility of registering my Scottish Terrier with AKC. At the time of purchase I was given an application from another kennel club's registry because the father of the puppy was AKC registered but the mother was not. Does this mean my Scottie can NOT be […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/lifestyle/dog-akc-registration/
| May 18, 2015
Expert Advice: Dog Breeding
How Many Dogs Per Litter?
ASK AKC Dear AKC: How many litters are too many for one dog? I met this lady yesterday who has her female on the 4th litter. Granted, the dog is old enough to have this many litters, but I am curious if there are any noticeable characteristics in a puppy from the 3rd or 4th […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/dog-breeding/dogs-per-litter/
| May 18, 2015
Canine Partners
AKC Honors Therapy Dogs with Titles
A visiting dog did her best, but she could not raise the 10-year-old’s spirits. “He looked at Kacey and was just lying there and petting her head a bit while she had her head on the bedside,” Kacey’s owner John Smead recalled. Then the boy’s mother began reading Kacey’s “bio” card that shows her picture […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/akc-honors-therapy-dogs-with-titles/
| May 15, 2015
Canine Partners
Tribute to a Canine Partners Trail Blazer
AKC Canine Partners is re-printing this story that originally appeared in the spring 2012 issue of the Canine Partners News newsletter in loving memory of Magi, also known as MACH Magic Carpet Ride and who passed away at age 12 in 2013. photo by Karen Moureaux Magi was one of the first mixed-breeds to earn […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/tribute-to-a-canine-partners-trail-blazer/
| May 13, 2015
Expert Advice: Fun Facts
Dogs Give Us Lessons in Life and Death
By Mary Fish ArangoWhen you add a pet fish to family life, you’re pretty much guaranteeing lessons about changing the water, life’s need for oxygen, and the daily responsibility of feeding and caring for another living being. A little later, you step up the game and get a pet guinea pig, hamster, gerbil, or rat. […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/lifestyle/dogs-give-us-lessons-in-life-and-death/
| May 13, 2015
Canine Partners
Older Dogs Do Learn New Tricks: Popo Earned MACH at age 9!
AKC Master Agility Champion (MACH) Popo Yun-Mallan MXB MJS owned by Janet Yun of Houston, TX Popo was found as a stray and turned into one of Houston’s shelters, where Janet rescued him on Chinese New Year’s 2007 when he was about a year old. “He is our first dog, and we knew instantly when […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/older-dogs-do-learn-new-tricks-popo-earned-mach-at-age-9/
| May 12, 2015
Expert Advice: Fun Facts
Pup Culture: He Taught Us How to Love Dogs
If I were a university professor and ventured the following opinion, I’d be stripped of my tweed jacket and PBS tote bag, denied tenure, and cast into the community-college wilderness. But seeing how I’m just a guy who works for a dog magazine, I can write this without fear of academic reprisals: One of the […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/lifestyle/pup-culture-he-taught-us-how-to-love-dogs/
| May 12, 2015