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Meet the First All-American To Earn the Top Coursing Ability Title!
Creek Ridge’s Found in a Pickle CAX2 RN owned by Terry & Suzanne Lane of Peachtree City, GA Pickle, once an abandoned puppy, is the first All-American Dog to earn both the AKC Coursing Ability Excellent title (for passing the Coursing Ability Test 25 times) and also earning the Coursing Ability Excellent 2 title for repeating […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/meet-the-first-all-american-to-earn-the-top-coursing-ability-title/
| April 28, 2015
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Meet Radar the Weather Dog – He Plays A Big Role in A Fun Show with A Serious Message
Then a hero, clad in a life jacket, appears, rips open the car door and --- licks the driver all over his face as the crowd goes wild. Meet Radar the Weather Dog, star of Tray’s Wild Weather Camp – a fun show with a very serious message – teaching children how to be safe […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/meet-radar-the-weather-dog-he-plays-big-role-in-fun-show-with-serious-message/
| August 17, 2015
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Meet Master Agility Champion – Maeby
Meet MACH Maeby MXB MJS NF T2B Maeby was abandoned as an 8-week-old puppy in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Missouri. “Fortunately for both of us, my friends discovered her among the cars, and Maeby eventually ended up at home with me,” said Maeby’s owner, Beth Ostrander, of Wildwood, MO. “After a little bit of […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/meet-master-agility-champion-maeby/
| April 13, 2015
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Meet Master Agility Champion: Jack
MACH Karen’s Jack MXB MJB owned by Karen Bick of Blue Grass, IA Karen Bick adopted Jack and his sister Jill from a shelter when they were about 3 months old. “I had an inkling that Jack was destined to do big things after watching him climb up and over a baby gate on […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/meet-master-agility-champion-jack/
| May 18, 2015
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Meet Elphie – An AKC Master Agility Champion
MACH Shilo’s Wicked Revenge Elphaba MXB MJB owned by Ann Khanna of Hortonville, WI Elphie is a 3-year-old Golden Retriever/Border Collie mix who Ann first encountered as a 5-week-old puppy. Ann said she immediately noticed that Elphie was special and reluctantly decided the puppy had to join her family. “For eight years I had been […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/meet-elphie-an-akc-master-agility-champion/
| June 11, 2015
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Meet Canine Partner Sophie
Check out Sophie's story told by her owner, Nicole Woodard. "Sophie is a 5 year old Australian kelpie mix who I rescued from a shelter when she was 3 months old. Her mom and siblings were dropped off in an over night box at the shelter. From the moment I adopted her I knew she […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/meet-canine-partner-sophie/
| June 9, 2015
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Meet an AKC Preferred Agility Champion – Peanut
Peanut, known formally as PACH Peanut Bee RN AX AXJ MXP4 MXPB MJP7 MJPS PAX, started life as an abandoned puppy and had many fears as a result. But thanks to the love and support of his adopter, Erin Tolchin of Fayetteville, NY, he has conquered his fears and earned an AKC Agility championship and […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/meet-an-akc-preferred-agility-champion-peanut/
| April 10, 2015
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Meet AKC Utility Dog – Miss Kate
Katie and her owner Debra White of Palatine, IL, have achieved the advanced level AKC Obedience title of Utility Dog (UD) as well as AKC Rally Excellent and AKC Agility titles! Debra met Katie at an adoption fair and the then 6-month-old puppy moved in with her the next day. The herding dog mix had […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/meet-akc-utility-dog-miss-kate/
| April 9, 2015
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Meet AKC Utility Dog – Broido’s Samantha
Seven years ago, Jane Broido’s son-in-law presented a fuzzy little puppy to Jane’s daughter as a surprise gift. “However, both found their work schedules didn’t allow the proper time to care for a puppy no matter how cute,” said Broido, a resident of Sands Point, NY. “They asked me to take her and although I was […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/meet-akc-utility-dog-broidos-samantha/
| March 26, 2015
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Meet AKC Obedience Trial Champion – Sophie
Meet OTCH Sophie Sparkle Gypsy All the dogs in the shelter clamored to be seen – barking and jumping against their kennel doors. But Julie Kirkland kept coming back to the dog that seemed more interested in watching than getting attention. “As my husband and I were walking through the facility looking at the adoptable […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/meet-akc-obedience-trial-champion-sophie/
| April 13, 2015