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Teenager Excels at AKC Agility with Her Rescue Dog
JuliAnna Munden is a lifelong dog lover, but training classes and competitions never occurred to her. A bark in her backyard changed all that. One day five years ago, JuliAnna was trying to study but a persistent bark outside her home in Pasco, WA, kept interrupting. “I went out back and saw this dog inside […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/teen-ager-excels-at-akc-agility-with-her-rescue-dog/
| June 3, 2015
Canine Partners
Special Tribute to a Retired Competitor
He’s A PatchWork Puppy CDX CGC TDI OJP OAP OFP GN CD BN RAE Sheila Dempsey of Jane Lew, WV, wrote this special tribute to her amazing multi-titled All-American Dog, Patches, when he retired from competition at age 13 two years ago. Patches is now 15 ½ years old and enjoying his retirement, Sheila says. […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/special-tribute-to-a-retired-competitor/
| May 1, 2015
Canine Partners
Rescue Pit Bull Mix Becomes Top Obedience Trial Contender
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 […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/rescue-pit-bull-mix-becomes-top-obedience-trial-contender/
| August 10, 2015
Canine Partners
Pup Abandoned in Warehouse Gains Confidence Through Agility
Stella was found as a puppy in a warehouse, and I adopted her at 4 months of age from a rescue group that advertised her as a Border Collie-terrier mix. Stella didn’t act like a terrier and kept growing, and growing. A DNA test indicated that she is 25% Great Pyrenees, 25% Old English Sheepdog, 25% […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/pup-abandoned-in-warehouse-gains-confidence-thru-agility/
| September 8, 2016
Canine Partners
One Owner: Three Rescue Dog Success Stories
Dogs were never a member of my household. Work and travel were always interfering. That was until February 2004 when Buster J. Brown found me deep in the woods of Mississippi. Buster was my first dog, ever. Buster had been living in the woods for some time. No collar, no microchip; he was sick, hungry, […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/one-owner-three-rescue-dog-success-stories/
| December 28, 2015
Canine Partners
Meet the First All-American OTCH
In observance of the fifth anniversary (April 1) of AKC Canine Partners dogs in competition, we are honoring some of the first top achievers in the program. OTCH Twister is the record holder of firsts for All-American Dogs in AKC Obedience. He is the first Utility Dog (UD), first Utility Dog Excellent (UDX), first Obedience […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/meet-the-first-all-american-otch/
| April 2, 2015
Canine Partners
Meet Master Agility Champion: Jack
MACH Karen’s Jack MXB MJB owned by Karen Bick of Blue Grass, IA Karen Bick adopted Jack and his sister Jill from a shelter when they were about 3 months old. “I had an inkling that Jack was destined to do big things after watching him climb up and over a baby gate on […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/meet-master-agility-champion-jack/
| May 18, 2015
Canine Partners
Meet Elphie – An AKC Master Agility Champion
MACH Shilo’s Wicked Revenge Elphaba MXB MJB owned by Ann Khanna of Hortonville, WI Elphie is a 3-year-old Golden Retriever/Border Collie mix who Ann first encountered as a 5-week-old puppy. Ann said she immediately noticed that Elphie was special and reluctantly decided the puppy had to join her family. “For eight years I had been […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/meet-elphie-an-akc-master-agility-champion/
| June 11, 2015
Canine Partners
Foster Dog Conquers Fears Through Agility
PACH Beautiful Kim Bianca AX AXJ MXPB MJPB PAX owned by Narae Kim & Ron Ellis of Concord, CA Bianca is an 11 year old Border Collie-mix who was with a Border Collie rescue group before Narae and Ron took her on as a foster dog. “I couldn't find a home for her because she […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/foster-dog-conquers-fears-thru-agility/
| June 23, 2015
Canine Partners
Congratulations to 13-Year-Old Champion Tracker Maddie!
CT Griffin Fielding, owned by Maureen Fielding of Canada, has also earned the championship title in AKC Tracking. AKC opened tracking events to dogs in the AKC Canine Partners program on Jan. 1, 2014. Charlene found now 13-year-old Maddie in the streets of Arlington, TX, 12 years ago. The vet estimated her to be about […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/congratulations-to-13-year-old-champion-tracker-maddie/
| December 29, 2015