Always on the go and looking to keep a canine by your side? We have rounded up the most active dog breeds. They have no short supply of energy and are a perfect fit for an owner looking for a running buddy or an agility partner. Pembroke Welsh Corgi Pembroke Welsh Corgis are strong, athletic […]

But the dog that tugged at her heart at the Sacramento County Animal Care shelter was a young brindle Pit Bull mix. “I had taken her out of her pen and played with her. She seemed incredibly smart and was sweet and friendly, but we left that day without adopting a dog,” said Carmen, a […]

MACH Mardens Prize Fighter MXB MJB OF T2B CGC CA owned by Denise Marden of Manalapan, NJ Five years ago, Denise had just lost her first rescue dog and started searching for a new dog to adopt.  “Looking through Pet Finder for a mixed-breed with either Australian Shepherd or Border Collie in the mix, I […]

Deep in the AKC Gazette photo archive is a battered old Kodak film box. It contains several rare—and extremely fragile—glass negatives taken by Rudolph Tauskey. They date to the early 1920s. Canine photography buffs have assumed for years that all of Tauskey’s glass negatives were lost, but six survive. Using a sophisticated scanner, the AKC Publications […]

  There are certain rituals leading up to when puppies are due that put the wheels of memory in motion for me. While going through the checklist of supplies, temperature-taking, setting up the whelping box, and keeping a watchful eye, I recall other litters and individuals, from the day they were born to the day […]

Jesse Belle and Cindy Stewart-Mackes of  Pedricktown, NJ, placed third in the large dog agility competition. Tack and Rhonda Koeske  of The Villages, FL, placed third in the small dog agility competition. The event took place July 11-12 in Boston, MA, and is a preliminary event for the Purina Incredible Dog Challenge finals that are […]

Photos by Katherine Martucci I adopted Chance from Ani-Care Animal Shelter in Ontario, OR, in December 2012. He was a 10-month-old Flat-Coated Retriever mix named "Zip" and had already been in  five different homes in that short span of life. He was more of a cuddly teddy bear than a zippy boy so I decided […]

Good luck to Dynamite and Monkey Joe, two mixed-breed dogs, who will represent the AKC and the United States as part of the AKC European Open Agility Team! The world competition takes place this weekend, July 24-26, in Reiden, Germany. Dynamite and Monkey Joe earned spots on the team during the AKC World Team Try-outs […]

Koda is a 16-month-old Border Collie-Australian Shepherd mix who is in training to compete in AKC Agility trials. He and his owner/handler Tanya West-Hutchins of Portage, IN, are seen in practice in this video submitted by Tanya. Their trainer is Shirley Kilpatrick of Valparaiso, IN. Koda is a member of the AKC Canine Partners program […]

MACH2 Estrellita owned by Dr. Dody Tyneway-Robi DVM of Calabasas, CA Dody met Star, a Chihuahua mix, five years ago following an adoption fair at her veterinary office.  “Unfortunately, there were no adoptions that day,” she said. “As I was locking up the shop, they were packing up to leave, and I started petting some of […]