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Can You Guess The Dog Breed By Its Bark?
Those who watched the 2008 Westminster Dog Show will fondly remember Best in Show winner Uno prancing around the ring bellowing the trademark Beagle sound, “A-roo!” Each breed has its own distinctive bark (or in the case of the the African Barkless Dog, the Basenji, more of a yodel). To highlight each of those unique […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/guess-breed-by-its-bark/
| February 19, 2016
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German Shepherd Saves 7-Year-Old Girl From Venomous Rattlesnake
A German Shepherd Dog named Haus is fighting for his life after defending his 7-year-old owner from a snake. On Wednesday, March 11, Molly DeLuca was in her grandmother’s Tampa backyard with Haus when a venomous eastern diamondback rattlesnake approached them, Fox 13 reported. Haus positioned himself between Molly and the snake, taking three bites, […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/german-shepherd-saves-7-year-old-girl-from-venomous-rattlesnake/
| May 13, 2016
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Dogs of the Future—How Much Technology Has Benefitted Our Canine Companions
When it comes to dogs, the future is now. In the film Back to the Future II, Marty McFly, his girlfriend, and Doc used a time machine to send themselves to October 21, 2015—30 years ahead of the year they live in, 1985. The future, as imagined in the ’80s, didn’t get it all quite […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/dogs-of-the-future-technology/
| January 1, 2009
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Dogs Teach Empathy, Prevent Bullying to At-Risk Youth in NYC Schools
For many at-risk youth in New York City, violence and crime is an inescapable fact of life. But Audrey Hendler is hoping to change that, with the help of about 25 four-legged teaching assistants. In 2010, Hendler launched A Fair Shake for Youth, a program that brings therapy dogs into middle schools in under-served communities […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/dog-prevent-bullying-in-schools/
| March 16, 2015
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Dog Missing in Yellowstone National Park for 6 Weeks Makes it Home
An Australian Shepherd who became lost after a car accident in Yellowstone National Park and lived in the wild for 44 days is finally home with her family. On July 23, Dave Sowers and his girlfriend, Laura Gillice, were involved in a serious head-on car crash while visiting the park. Sowers' dog, Jade, whose plastic […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/dog-missing-yellowstone-home/
| September 9, 2015
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Do Dogs Really Dislike Hugs?
Bad news for people who love to hug their dog. While some canines, especially those trained as therapy dogs, can tolerate this interaction, in general, dogs do not enjoy it. Dogs rely on body language as a method of communication with humans and each other. Putting a limb over another dog is a way of […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/do-dogs-really-dislike-hugs/
| April 27, 2016
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Caring For War Dogs Caught In Scandal Puts Man In Financial Distress
>Robby's Law, and instead gave the dogs out to civilians, including three Pentagon employees. Henderson and Solis, the Post reported, picked up the 12 dogs from K2 Solutions and then turned them over to Meredith for caretaking until they could be sold to the Panamanian government. But paperwork from K2 dictated that the dogs were […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/caring-for-war-dogs-scandal/
| March 2, 2016
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Man Gives Everything to Care for 12 Military Dogs After Their Return From War
A dozen four-legged heroes bravely served our country overseas, saving thousands of American lives. But for the past year and a half, they’d been living in limbo at a kennel in Chester, Virginia, while a contract company who purchased the dogs from the Department of Defense tried to place them as therapy dogs. The new […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/care-military-dogs-return-from-war/
| July 29, 2015
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This Behavior Problem Set Labrador Retriever Owners Back $38K
A couple was so frustrated with their Labrador Retriever eating things he shouldn’t that they shelled out almost $38,000 on a new dog-proof kitchen. The dog, named Rollo, had learned how to open cabinets and the refrigerator, the Daily Mail reported, and had even used a trampoline to get apples off of the apple tree […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/behavior-problem-labrador-retriever/
| October 5, 2015
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Beagle Nabs Traveler Sneaking Undeclared Cash, Plants Into U.S.
“You might be able to fool a kiosk, but you can’t fool a canine’s nose.” Those words were spoken by Paul Nardella, CBP Assistant Port Director for the Area Port of Philadelphia, after a woman who was traveling from Athens, Greece, to Philadelphia with almost $40,000 of undeclared currency and plants was caught by a […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/beagle-nabs-traveler-undeclared-cash/
| November 2, 2015