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Expert Advice: Dog Breeding
Dog Pregnancy: Signs, Care, and Preparing for Puppies
Welcoming a new litter of puppies into the world is very rewarding, but dog pregnancies can be confusing and stressful, as well as time-consuming and costly. If you are considering breeding your dog, there is so much information that you need to know. You should be familiar with your breed's standard and individual breed health test […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/dog-breeding/dog-pregnancy-care-prep/
| January 27, 2021
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Expert Advice: Breeding Tips & Best Practices
How and When to Refuse Stud Service
Breeding and showing dogs is a roller-coaster ride, with exhilarating highs and great disappointments in equal measure. You must make difficult decisions, and when they impact friends, saying "no" can be especially hard. If you own a stud dog, one of those difficult decisions will be turning down a bitch owner who wishes to breed […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/dog-breeding/refusing-stud-service/
| April 1, 2018
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Expert Advice: Dog Breeds
Harrier History: The Hunting Hound Between Beagle and Foxhound
The covert’s utmost bound Slyly she skirts; behind them cautious she creeps, And in that very track, so lately stain’d By all the steaming crowd, seems to pursue The foe she flies. -William Somerville, The Chace, 1735 William Somerville’s lyrical description of a hare sneaking around behind a pursuing pack of hounds and tracking them […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/dog-breeds/harrier-history-hunting-hound-beagle-foxhound/
| April 20, 2022
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Expert Advice: Juniors
Junior Handler Spotlight: 12-Year-Old Sophia Norman & Her American Eskimo Dog
Sophia Rainna Jean Norman from Cincinnati, Ohio got started showing dogs when she was just five years old. Now twelve, she's a seventh-grader and an avid dog sports competitor with her American Eskimo Dog Sailor “CH Wintersun's Making Waves RN SNB SNE CGC TKN.” Getting Started At five, Norman started showing as part of Peewee […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/sports/junior-handler-spotlight-12-year-old-sophia-norman-american-eskimo-dog/
| April 19, 2022
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Expert Advice: Health
Why Is My Dog Shaking? Causes & Solutions
When it comes to communication, dogs are significantly better at interpreting our body language than we are theirs. Humans rely on verbal language more heavily than body language, whereas dogs are just the opposite. Unfortunately, this often means we are left scratching our heads, wondering what our dogs are trying to tell us. Shaking is […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/health/why-is-my-dog-shaking/
| April 18, 2022
Clubs & Delegates
State Issues April 2022
News from the State Capitols Here are some highlights of state-level issues AKC GR is currently tracking. Alabama – House Bill 485, among other provisions, would have allowed a dog to be confiscated without court authorization if suspected of harassing, harming, or killing livestock. Minor amendments were adopted in committee, and AKC GR advocated for […]
https://www.akc.org/clubs-delegates/government-relations/newsletters/taking-command/state-issues-april-2022/
| April 18, 2022
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Expert Advice: Dog Breeds
Clumber Spaniel History: The Clown Prince & Bird Dog
The Clumber Spaniel earns high marks as both an entertaining companion and dependable bird dog. By all accounts, sharing one’s life with a Clumber Spaniel is a wonderful thing. Clumbers possess a cornucopia of virtues— among them an affectionate and amiable nature, intelligence, handsome appearance, and talent and enthusiasm in fieldwork. This heaviest of the flushing […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/dog-breeds/clumber-spaniel-history-the-clown-prince-bird-dog/
| December 13, 2021
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Dog Breeds
Saluki
Among the world’s oldest breeds, the slim but rugged Saluki was the hunting hound of kings for thousands of years. Salukis are swift and agile sprinters who love a good chase. They make gentle, dignified, and independent but loyal pets.
https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/saluki/
| November 6, 2017
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Expert Advice: Breed History
Pharaoh Hound History: The Dog That Hunts Rabbits With Ferrets
The history of dogs might be very different without the people of Phoenicia. These seafaring traders sailed the Mediterranean from what is today Lebanon 2,500 years ago, During their trip, they did business in luxury items. As they went, it's assumed that the Phoenicians disseminated Egyptian hounds throughout the ancient world. The prevailing theory suggests […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/dog-breeds/pharaoh-hound-history-rabbit-dog/
| April 6, 2022
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Expert Advice: Dog Breeding
Replying to Puppy Inquiries: How Responsible Breeders Should Respond
Recently I helped a breeder friend compile a package of handouts to send to prospective owners. This was her first litter so she was new to the process. I was surprised to learn that her bitch’s breeder had not sent her anything comparable when she was shopping for a puppy. I used to think these […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/dog-breeding/replying-puppy-inquiries-responsible-breeders-respond/
| April 8, 2021