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Sports & Events
AKC National Championship presented by Royal Canin
2024 AKC National Championship presented by Royal Canin Orange County Convention Center Orlando, FL December 14 & 15, 2024 All Sporting, Hound, Toy, Non-Sporting Breeds and Junior Showmanship Competition will be Judged on Saturday All Working, Terrier, Herding Breeds, Miscellaneous and Best in Show will be Judged on Sunday The 2024 event will showcase the top canine athletes […]
https://www.akc.org/sports/conformation/national-championship/
| November 26, 2018
Press Releases
AKC National Championship Presented by Royal Canin Draws Largest Entry in History of Event
Dogs from 49 States and 21 Countries Will Vie for Best in Show NEW YORK, NY (November 20, 2018) – The AKC National Championship Presented by Royal Canin has drawn record entry numbers in its 18th year. An entry of 5,003 dogs will compete for the title of National Champion on December 15 and 16, […]
https://www.akc.org/press-releases/akc-national-championship-presented-royal-canin-draws-largest-entry-history-event/
| November 21, 2018
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Canine Partners
The Road to Orlando: Meet the AKC Agility Invitational Contenders
This is part series of profiles on the six top mixed-breed dogs that received the invitations to compete in the 2018 AKC Agility Invitational. The annual event takes place Dec. 14-16 in Orlando, FL, in conjunction with the AKC/Royal Canin National Championships in conformation and the AKC Obedience Classic. Name: MACH13 Feel The Need MXS4 […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/road-orlando-meet-akc-agility-invitational-contenders-4/
| November 20, 2018
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Canine Partners
The Road to Orlando: Meet the AKC Agility Invitational Contenders
This is part of a series of profiles on the six top agility mixed-breed dogs that received the invitations to compete in the 2018 AKC Agility Invitational. The annual event takes place Dec. 14-16 in Orlando, FL, in conjunction with the AKC/Royal Canin National Championship and the AKC Obedience Classic. Name: AGCH MACH12 Moses […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/road-orlando-meet-akc-agility-invitational-contenders-2/
| November 16, 2018
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Canine Partners
The Road to Orlando: Meet the AKC Agility Invitational Contenders
This is part of a series of profiles on the six top mixed-breed dogs that received the invitations to compete in the 2018 AKC Agility Invitational. The annual event takes place Dec. 14-16 in Orlando, FL, in conjunction with the AKC/Royal Canin National Championship and the AKC Obedience Classic. Name: MACH9 Cabonina La […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/road-orlando-meet-akc-agility-invitational-contenders/
| November 15, 2018
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2015 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients
The American Kennel Club (AKC®) honored recipients of the AKC® Lifetime Achievement Awards at the annual Delegates Meeting Luncheon, in conjunction with the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship. The winners received an engraved silver Revere bowl. A larger Tiffany and Co. bowl, engraved with the names of all recipients past and present, will remain on permanent display […]
https://www.akc.org/about/awards-and-honors/lifetime-achievement/recipients/2015-2/
| November 13, 2018
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Expert Advice: AKC Family Dog
From Defiant Woman to Mother of Dog Obedience Training
If you are a pet owner who has taught your dog to sit, stay, heel, or perform any manner of tricks, you owe it all to Blanche Saunders. Poodle breeder Helen Whitehouse Walker became taken with the Obedience trials she saw conducted in England in the 1930s. She soon committed to establishing the practice in […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/family-dog/blanche-saunders-obedience/
| November 12, 2018
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2018 AKC US Detection Dog Conference
2022 | 2019 | 2018 The second AKC US Detection Dog Conference was a success with a capacity attendance. Internationally known subject matter experts delivered thought provoking presentations that covered the breeding, training and deployment of Explosives Detection Canines as well as discussions on the domestic shortage of these amazing dogs. Thank you to the […]
https://www.akc.org/akc-detection-dog-task-force/akc-detection-dog-conference-2018/
| November 8, 2018
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Canine Partners
Managing Stress Together Led This Team to Agility Honor
PACH Bailey Miller MXP4 MXPB MJP3 MJPB PAX OFP T2BP2 owned by Paul A. Miller of Albuquerque, NM The Millers adopted Bailey from the Albuquerque city shelter when she was a puppy in 2009. “She joined our two other older rescue dogs with great enthusiasm and she tried to herd us around our yard,” Paul […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/managing-stress-together-led-team-agility-honor/
| November 5, 2018
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Canine Partners Spotlight Fall 2018
Rescue Pup Uses Her Nose to Keep America Safe Beagle-mix Millie was seeking a new home through a rescue group when the US Customs and Border Patrol found the energetic pup and put her to work with its Beagle Brigade. Now Millie is employed at the Miami (FL) International Airport, stopping contraband from entering the country. Read on to […]
https://www.akc.org/register/information/canine-partners/newsletter/canine-partners-spotlight-fall-2018/
| October 22, 2018