Fourteen-year-old Lexie Littlefield from Rhode Island first learned about training dogs from YouTube videos. Now, after only competing since 2021, she's making her mark on the dog world as a Junior Handler with her Golden Retrievers.

Blue eyes in Siberian Huskies are caused by a different genetic mutation than other dog breeds.

The Recycled Dog: Unlocking One Dog’s Potential Through Play This issue’s training article is contributed by agility competitor & AKC Agility League participant Norah C. Strebel of Utah, who shares her story of working with an “unadoptable” rescue dog. Norah discovered the world of dog sports with the adoption of a flying disc-obsessed mixed-breed dog in 2000. […]

When the Canine Dirt Diggers formed a Flyball team in 1992, options were limited. Without a proper training facility in rural New Richmond, Wisconsin, the group wound up practicing together in a horse barn, which offered a long enough stretch to practice the relay sport, hence the team name. “A lot of times it was […]

The 2022 Flyball Dog Challenge took place on May 22 at the Cabarrus Arena & Events Center in Concord, North Carolina. Eight Flyball teams competed in a bracket-style best three out of five relay race to determine who took home the top prize and all of the bragging rights. The competition aired on ESPN2 on […]

At just 12 years old, Finley Shryock Taylor is already throwing farther than adults—and beating them!—in Disc Dog events. Involved in dog sports since she was a toddler, she recently became the only Junior Handler invited to compete at the 2022 AKC UpDog Challenge. Competing in the Pro Division, she finished eighth. Building a Competitive […]

  Welcome to the AKC . We have put together definitions for dog words that you may not be familiar with. If you have additional questions regarding the glossary, please contact our Special Services Department. A Abdomen The belly or under surface between the chest and the hindquarters. Acetabulum The concave lateral portion of the […]

Kanga, a 15-year-old Australian Cattle Dog, is one of the oldest dogs competing in the 2023 National Agility Championship.

The 2023 AKC National Agility Championship (NAC) will take place March 16 through March 19 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The fast-paced sport of dog agility will see plenty of dogs take to the ring to race against the clock while completing a pre-determined obstacle course. But what dog breeds will you be able to see compete […]

Karen Moureaux, of Contact Point Border Collies in Fillmore, CA, is the first and only AKC Breeder of Merit- Platinum in Border Collies and was named the AKC Breeder of the Year for Agility in 2014. She is a Southern California native who started in dog sports in 1989 with her first Border Collie, Dallas. After competing […]