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GWP GCH Ripsnorter Reigning At Thunder Myst Wins Best In Show At 2015 AKC NOHS Finals
The AKC National Owner-Handled Series (NOHS) Finals Best in Show honors went to GCH Ripsnorter Reigning At Thunder Myst, a German Wirehaired Pointer known affectionately as “Reggie” owned by Steve & Betsy Bernock and Lisa George. The 2015 NOHS Finals Best in Show winner was crowned by judge Mrs. Murrel Purkhiser after a day of […]
https://www.akc.org/press-releases/gwp-gch-ripsnorter-reigning-at-thunder-myst-wins-best-in-show-at-2015-akc-nohs-finals/
| December 11, 2015
Canine Partners
First Champion Tracker Mixed-Breed Crowned!
The 7-year-old dog passed the Variable Surface Tracking (VST) test held Oct. 4 by the Great Salt Lake Dog Training Club. The club held the test on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. To obtain the CT status in the AKC Tracking program, dogs must earn three titles – Tracking […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/first-champion-tracker-mixed-breed-crowned/
| October 8, 2015
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Expert Advice: AKC Gazette
Beagle, Harrier, Foxhound: The Same But Different
Originally published in the AKC Gazette: The Harrier, Beagle, and English Foxhound are all the same ancestrally, but were developed for different game. This resulted with the slower-moving, superbly nosed Beagle at one extreme and the hard-running English Foxhound, who often overran its nose, at the other. The Harrier, as in most things, was right […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/gazette/beagle-harrier-foxhound-different/
| October 7, 2015
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Expert Advice: Dog Breeding
Advice from the Breeder: Helen Szostak, DVM, Grousemoor Flat-Coated Retrievers
Much about dogs can translate from one breed to another. Soundness and basic structure is not that different among many breeds. Structural soundness in a Dalmatian is not that different from structural soundness in a German Shorthaired Pointer, for example. Type, outline, breed personality, and all of the little things that make each breed unique […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/dog-breeding/advice-from-the-breeder-helen-szostak-grousemoor-flat-coated-retrievers/
| September 24, 2015
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Expert Advice: News
Art to Go: AKC Masterpieces Travel to Virginia for Exhibition
Middleburg, Virginia—Paintings from the American Kennel Club collection will be part of the National Sporting Library & Museum’s “Side-by-Side with Gun and Dog” exhibition, celebrating three centuries of the unique partnership of hunter and gundog. The ambitious show contains American, British, and French "fur-and-feather" art on loan from the collections of the Adirondack Museum, Detroit […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/art-go-akc-masterpieces-travel-virginia-exhibition/
| September 18, 2015
Expert Advice: Breeding Tips & Best Practices
The Pointing Breeds: Steady and Stylish
Originally published in the AKC Gazette Almost all the spaniels and setters were developed in the British Isles—but of the AKC pointing breeds, only the Pointer has its roots in England. The rest come from all over Europe. European breeds are less specialized than those of the British Isles. None of the retrievers—developed as the […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/dog-breeding/pointing-breeds-steady-stylish/
| September 4, 2015
Expert Advice: Fun Facts
60-Second Seminar: Weimaraners
Got a minute? If so, you can learn the essentials of any breed. Not enough to call yourself an expert, of course. But in the time it takes to watch a TV commercial, one of our “60-Second Seminars” can provide you with just enough breed knowledge to bluff your way through a conversation at the […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/lifestyle/60-second-seminar-weimaraners/
| September 1, 2015
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List of Breeds by Group
Each of the AKC registered breeds are assigned to one of seven groups representing characteristics and functions the breeds were originally bred for. Current as of June 1, 2023 [accordion] [accordion_panel title="Herding Group"] HERDING GROUP The Herding Group, created in 1983, is the newest AKC classification; its members were formerly members of the Working Group. […]
https://www.akc.org/public-education/resources/general-tips-information/dog-breeds-sorted-groups/
| August 25, 2015
Canine Partners
Incredible Nose Earns Top Titles & Finds Lost Pets
Incredible Nose Earns Top Titles and Finds Lost Pets Griffin Fielding TDX owned by Maureen Fielding of N. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Seven-year-old Griffin came into being through an accidental mating between a black German Shepherd female and a German Short-haired Pointer male. “He is a fine hunting dog with a strong work ethic, making […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/incredible-nose-earns-top-titles-finds-lost-pets/
| July 29, 2015
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Expert Advice: News
AKC Museum Features Maud Earl, Queen of Canine Art
If you’re in the St. Louis area and you love dogs and art, make your way to the AKC Museum of the Dog. A special treat awaits you in the Sally Johnson Spillane Special Exhibit Gallery: “The Canine Art of Maud Earl.” The exhibition of paintings and prints by the master includes her enigmatic, life-size […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/akc-museum-features-maud-earl-queen-canine-art/
| July 20, 2015