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Expert Advice: Breeding Tips & Best Practices
Good Breeders Cannot Go It Alone!
Most quality breeders sell their puppies with contracts in regard to breeding, showing, and good management. The AKC allows breeders to limit registration so that certain pups may not be shown and any puppies subsequently bred from them may not be registered. That can be later changed by option of the breeder petitioning AKC, and this […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/dog-breeding/good-breeders-cannot-go-it-alone/
| July 13, 2015
Expert Advice: Feature
A Conversation with Doug and Michaelanne Johnson, Bugaboo OES
How did you start breeding Old English Sheepdogs? Michaelanne: The OES was my dream dog as a young girl. When Doug and I got married, I was looking at ads for houses and there was an ad for Old English Sheepdog puppies for sale. We went to see them—just to look—and Doug purchased my first […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/doug-and-michaelanne-johnson/
| July 13, 2015
Expert Advice: Fun Facts
Pup Culture: 50 Years Later, LBJ’s Still in the Doghouse
The most infamous moment in the long relationship between dogs and presidents occurred on an April morning in 1964. While walking on the White House grounds with a group of visitors and his Beagles Him and Her in tow, President Lyndon Baines Johnson decided to encourage Him to bark for his guests. To do this, […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/lifestyle/pup-culture-50-years-later-lbjs-still-in-the-doghouse/
| July 7, 2015
Expert Advice: Fun Facts
So You Think You Can Live With the World’s Smartest Dog?
They are the undisputed braniacs of the canine universe. Whether they’re chasing lost lambs on craggy Scottish hillsides, blasting through agility courses, giving the “eye” to a herd of cattle, or wowing readers and television viewers with thousand-word vocabularies, the Border Collie never fails to astound. Their busy, no-nonsense take on the world has been […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/lifestyle/worlds-smartest-dog/
| July 2, 2015
Expert Advice: News
Chow by Drone? Amazon.com Sniffing Around Signature Brand
Dog food is among the grocery items Amazon.com is currently considering for its private label, Elements. In early June, the company sought trademark protection for at least two dozen categories and is reportedly seeking a partner, according to the Wall Street Journal. Amazon.com is mum on the details. This leaves ample room for speculation, like, […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/chow-by-drone/
| July 1, 2015
Expert Advice: Breeding Tips & Best Practices
Advice from the Breeder: Beverly Verna, Regency Miniature Schnauzers
As a breeder-owner-handler of Miniature Schnauzers for the last 37 years, I have been blessed to have been able to produce a dog with a very specific look that speaks to most as “Regency.” These dogs have done well. Some have been number-one in my breed, and one is the top winner in Miniature Schnauzer history. […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/dog-breeding/beverly-verna/
| July 1, 2015
Expert Advice: Feature
7 Questions With the Dog Trainer From the Movie Max
This Friday marks the release of the Warner Brothers/MGM film, Max, which follows a Belgian Malinois who works as a military dog. When his handler is killed in action in Afghanistan, the dog, stricken with post-traumatic stress disorder from the loss of his handler, returns to the United States to live with the soldier’s heartbroken […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/10751-7-questions-with-the-dog-trainer-from-the-movie-max/
| June 29, 2015
Canine Partners
Former Stray Dog Brightens the Lives of Veterans
Danny & Jeannette Templeton of Roanoke, VA, shared this story with the AKC Canine Partners News about the work their rescue dog, Buddy, does to help veterans. In 2005, we rescued our second dog, Buddy, a Beagle mix puppy, from a campground we frequent. My husband, Danny, discovered him while riding around the lake. Buddy […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/former-stray-dog-brightens-the-lives-of-veterans/
| June 29, 2015
Canine Partners
Skylar Overcame Back Injury to Earn Agility Honor
MACH Sweet Skylar MXB MJS owned by Lynn Van Vleet of Rockford, IL Skylar was 3 months old when Lynn brought her home. “She was a very happy and energetic puppy. I decided to take her to obedience classes and she achieved her AKC Canine Good Citizen award,” Lynn said. “I knew she had a lot […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/skylar-overcame-back-injury-to-earn-agility-honor/
| June 29, 2015
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Expert Advice: Training for Dog Sports
Conditioning Your Brussels Griffon for the Show Ring
A recent experience ringside watching a novice reminded me that while conditioning is not necessarily part of the breed standard, good condition is crucial to winning. In this case, the judge withheld ribbons, and rightfully so, on a decidedly overweight dog. The response of the handler was “But why? She fits the standard.” Here is […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/training/conditioning-brussels-griffon-show-ring/
| June 29, 2015