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Expert Advice: Events
Mastiff Wins AKC Meet the Breeds “Best Booth in Show”
Every year in conjunction with the AKC National Championship presented by Royal Canin the general public is given the exciting opportunity to meet (and more importantly, play with!) over 100 different dog breeds at AKC Meet the Breeds. Attendees get the opportunity to learn about the different breeds and find out which dog might be […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/mastiff-wins-best-booth-in-show/
| December 17, 2017
Legislative Alerts
Maryland: Committee to Consider Limits on Consumer Choice on Monday (3/12)
The Maryland House Economic Matters Committee is scheduled to consider a bill on Monday, March 12, which will prohibit retail pet stores (defined as any “for profit establishment open to the public that sells or offers for sale domestic animals to be kept as pets”) from selling any dogs or cats. Instead, they would only […]
https://www.akc.org/legislative-alerts/maryland-committee-consider-limits-on-consumer-choice-march-12/
| March 7, 2018
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Expert Advice: Dog Breeding
Learn About the AKC DNA Profile Program
The American Kennel Club (AKC) DNA Profile Program technology allows breeders, dog owners, and the AKC to ensure that the AKC Registry is the most accurate in the world. AKC DNA profiling is required for: Frequently Used Sires (dogs having the greatest impact on the AKC Stud Book); imported breeding stock; dogs that have semen collected for fresh-extended or […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/dog-breeding/learn-about-akc-dna-profile-program/
| March 7, 2018
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Expert Advice: General Health
Tips to Keep Your Dog Safe This Halloween
Halloween is a widely celebrated holiday, and as such, it is one of the holidays that leads to a significant increase in call volume at Pet Poison Helpline. Halloween can be a scary and hazardous time of year for most pets, since many parts of our celebration are dangerous to them. So here's a helpful […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/health/keep-your-dog-safe-this-halloween/
| October 12, 2016
Expert Advice: Common Behavior Issues
How Do I Change My Dog’s Bathroom Habit?
Ask AKC Dear AKC: My dog is a wonderful Jack Russell Terrier/Chihuahua mix. My question has to do with taking him to go out. He will only go to the bathroom where other dogs have gone. My husband and I moved into a townhouse where no one has lived before. As a result, he will […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/training/change-dogs-bathroom-habit/
| May 12, 2015
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Expert Advice: News
New Findings Suggest Dogs Emerged in Central Asia 15,000 Years Ago
Like many scientists before them, Dr. Laura M. Shannon and Dr. Adam R. Boyko of Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine went searching for the origin and location of the modern dog. Along with a team of international scientists, they analyzed three kinds of DNA in the blood samples of nearly 5,000 dogs. The dogs […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/new-findings-suggest-dogs-emerged-central-asia-15000-years-ago/
| October 20, 2015
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Expert Advice: Events
National Dog Week: Will Judy, and Why the World Loves Dogs
It’s National Dog Week! You have a right to be skeptical of these “national weeks.” It seems like every Monday brings the start of another national something week: National Kumquat Week, National Duct Tape Week, National Braunschweiger Week, and who knows what else. Mostly, PR flunkies of limited imagination concoct these faux celebrations because they […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/national-dog-week-will-judy-world-loves-dogs/
| September 21, 2015
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Expert Advice: Lifestyle
World-Class Equestrian Goes to the Dogs—and Finds Many Similarities
Cleo and Gwen Blake practice at Family Dog Training Center in Kent, Wash., a Seattle suburb. “Practice doesn’t make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect,” says Blake. “And we need plenty of that.” Photo courtesy Kathy Lang. For Gwen Blake, it’s back to basics every time she steps into the obedience and rally rings with her […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/lifestyle/world-class-equestrian-goes-to-the-dogs/
| January 26, 2018
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Expert Advice: News
Comfort Dogs Deployed to Orlando to Help Shooting Survivors
Gracie, a five-year-old Golden Retriever and comfort dog, is on her way to Orlando, Florida to help survivors of the shooting that occurred early Sunday morning. Gracie will be traveling from her home in Davenport, Iowa to Orlando to visit hospitals and local churches, offering love and comfort to those affected by this tragedy, News […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/comfort-dogs-deployed-orlando-help-shooting-survivors/
| June 13, 2016
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Expert Advice: Lifestyle
Dog Owners Choose Pets Over People
Have you ever known somebody who chose their pet over their partner when the relationship was on the line? It seems like the plot of a romantic comedy, but a new study shows that most of us would do the same. In fact, 80 percent of people would consider it a deal breaker if their […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/lifestyle/dog-owners-choose-pets-people/
| February 1, 2018