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Expert Advice: News
Golden Retriever Saves Owner’s Life After He Falls in Snow
A dog owner in Michigan is alive and recovering all thanks to his Golden Retriever, Kelsey. On New Year's Eve, Bob was going to get wood for his fire when he slipped and fell. Unable to move, Bob was stuck in the snow in temperatures as low as 24 degrees, WYFF reports. If it wasn't […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/golden-retriever-saves-owners-life-after-he-falls-in-snow/
| January 12, 2017
Expert Advice: News
Airports Install Pet Bathrooms To Ease Dog Travel
Ever flown with your dog and lamented the struggle of taking him back and forth through security to use the bathroom? Worry no longer. Vancouver International Airport has become the first airport in Canada to install and launch a pet bathroom in their U.S. terminal. Vancouver follows other large U.S. airports such as John F. […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/airports-install-pet-bathrooms-to-ease-dog-travel/
| June 17, 2016
Expert Advice: Feature
Read How One Owner Took Training Her Service Dog Into Her Own Hands
Meet Jaquie Blake and her one-year-old Golden Retriever, Harlow. Harlow is an unbelievably special pup, who works hard every day training to be a service dog for Jaquie. A photo posted by A service pup in training! ♿�� (@helper_dog_harlow) on Jun 17, 2016 at 1:55pm PDT Jaquie suffers from epilepsy and narcolepsy, among […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/read-how-one-owner-took-training-her-service-dog-into-her-own-hands/
| July 1, 2016
Expert Advice: News
This Giant Dog Saved An Autistic Girl Just By Sitting Down
It was all over in a second, before you could even scream. Jennie* and her daughter, Goose, 4, had just gotten out of the car in a shopping center parking lot in Durango, Colorado, when the child turned and bolted. Jennie did not have time to react, but their Newfoundland, Porter, knew just the right […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/giant-dog-saves-autistic-girl/
| October 29, 2015
Expert Advice: Cute & Funny
The Winners of the 2016 AKC Publications Photo Contest
Water was a common theme among this year’s photo-contest winners—images of dogs on beaches, at dock diving competitions, and in snow. Others showcased canine beauty in nature, silhouetted against a blazing sunset or bright blue skies. Then there’s one that made us all smile—a gray-muzzled retriever and a gray-haired man exchanging a glance through a […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/lifestyle/the-winners-of-the-2016-akc-publications-photo-contest/
| July 12, 2016
Expert Advice: News
TSA Adds More Canines to Security Checkpoints at Airports
If you’re planning to travel by air this year, except to see more four-legged officials working the security lines at the airport. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is more than doubling the number of canines they’ll have working at U.S. airports, the Washington Post reports, adding that currently, the agency has more than 140 Golden […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/tsa-adds-more-canines-to-security-checkpoints-at-airports/
| January 25, 2016
Expert Advice: News
The Working Dog is Named New York’s Official State Dog
New York’s four-legged finest are now officially representing the state. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation that names the “working dog” as the official New York state dog. All breeds trained to provide a service are celebrated in this law, from the German Shepherd Dog that stands guard at Grand Central to the Belgian Malinois […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/the-working-dog-is-named-new-yorks-official-state-dog/
| December 28, 2015
Expert Advice: Feature
For This Paralympic Athlete, Her Service Dog is Her Golden Medal
At only 33 years old, Christy Gardner has a lifetime of fighting behind her. But don't ever tell this national champion she's lost. Gardner, a double amputee, helped bring home a championship with the U.S. women’s sled hockey team, and she’s preparing to represent the United States at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio this September. […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/for-paralympic-athlete-service-dog-is-medal/
| October 16, 2014
Expert Advice: News
AKC Canine Health Foundation Announces $400K Grant For Canine Cancer Research
The AKC Canine Health Foundation announced Jan. 6 the funding of a grant that is focused on further understanding hemangiosarcoma, an aggressive form of cancer in dogs. The project, titled "A Novel Approach For Prevention Of Canine Hemangiosarcoma," is funded by three groups whose breeds have been affected by this cancer, the American Boxer Charitable […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/akc-canine-health-foundation-announces-400k-grant-for-canine-cancer-research/
| January 8, 2016
Expert Advice: Feature
Service Dog Honors the Sacrifice and Memory of 9/11 Hero Ronald Bucca
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, 47-year-old FDNY Fire Marshal Ronald Bucca contacted his wife to say that he was heading to the scene of New York City's World Trade Center, where a plane had crashed into Tower One. By the time he arrived, a second plane had crashed into WTC Tower Two, where […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/service-dog-honors-911-hero/
| September 11, 2015