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The American Kennel Club Congratulates Dennis Sprung on Being Awarded Lifetime Membership in Afghan Hound Club of America, Inc.
Mr. Sprung was also awarded a PET AGE ICON Award for 2020 The American Kennel Club would like to congratulate its President and CEO Dennis Sprung on being named a Lifetime Member of the Afghan Hound Club of America, Inc. and for earlier this month being awarded the Pet Age 2020 ICON Award. “It is […]
https://www.akc.org/press-releases/american-kennel-club-congratulates-dennis-sprung-awarded-lifetime-membership-afghan-hound-club-america-inc/
| October 26, 2020
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Expert Advice: Juniors
Tiny Trainers: What Happens When Five Children Take On Dog Training?
It’s an unforgiving 30 degrees below zero on one of the coldest days the Rollins family can ever remember. Twenty-five acres of frozen white fields surround their home in Glenwood City, Wisconsin. In this weather, it makes perfect sense to stay indoors, but 5-year-old Nate Rollins has other ideas. Nate is bound and determined to […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/sports/tiny-trainers-happens-five-children-take-dog-training-magic/
| October 23, 2020
Press Releases
2020 AKC National Championship Judging Panel Now Available
The American Kennel Club® (AKC®) is pleased to announce the judging panel for the 2020 AKC National Championship Presented by Royal Canin to be held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida on Saturday, December 12 and Sunday, December 13, 2020. The 2020 event will showcase the top canine athletes and will also […]
https://www.akc.org/press-releases/2020-akc-national-championship-judging-panel-now-available/
| February 4, 2020
![Portuguese Podengo Pequeno standing in three-quarter view facing forward.](https://www.akc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/PPP-on-white-400x267.jpg)
Dog Breeds
Portuguese Podengo Pequeno
Classified as a hound, the alert and playful little Portuguese Podengo Pequeno is a quick, athletic rabbit hunter of ancient lineage. Pequenos love to run, romp, and chase when outdoors but make charming and well-mannered housemates.
https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/portuguese-podengo-pequeno/
| November 6, 2017
![English Foxhound standing in a field with a pack.](https://www.akc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/English-Foxhound-standing-in-a-field-400x267.jpg)
Dog Breeds
English Foxhound
The English Foxhound is a substantial galloping hound of great stamina. His long legs are straight as a gatepost, and just as sturdy. The back is perfectly level. And the chest is very deep, “girthing” as much as 31 inches on a hound measuring 24 inches at the shoulder, ensuring plenty of lung power for […]
https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/english-foxhound/
| November 6, 2017
![Irish Wolfhound standing in a field.](https://www.akc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Irish-Wolfhound-standing-in-a-field-400x267.jpg)
Dog Breeds
Irish Wolfhound
The calm, dignified, and kindly Irish Wolfhound is the tallest of all AKC breeds. Once fearless big-game hunters capable of dispatching a wolf in single combat, Wolfhounds today are the most serene and agreeable of companions.
https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/irish-wolfhound/
| November 6, 2017
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Expert Advice: Dog Breeds
Rhodesian Ridgeback History: Hunting Lions & Fending Off Baboons
Though we often don’t think about them in this way, dogs are really about people — those long-ago (or, sometimes, not so long-ago) figures who developed particular breeds for particular tasks. Some breeds — like the Doberman Pinscher, Teddy Roosevelt Terrier, and Cesky Terrier — owe their existence to just one visionary person. Other breeds were brought into being […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/dog-breeds/the-rhodesian-ridgeback-once-hunted-lions/
| June 8, 2020
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Expert Advice: Dog Breeds
Airedale Terrier History: Behind the Breed
Heroism during wartime can propel an average Joe into the spotlight. Just ask the Airedale Terrier. Called the “King of Terriers” because he is the largest in that family of earth dogs, the Airedale is believed to be the result of crossing various terriers with another British original, the Otterhound. That shaggy-haired hound contributed not […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/dog-breeds/history-of-the-airedale-terrier-behind-the-breed/
| July 16, 2020
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Expert Advice: Dog Breeds
Whippet History: Behind the Small Racing Breed
Never mind Xbox Live or a day at the ballgame. A century and a half ago in the north of England, a working man’s idea of kicking back on the weekend was rag racing. A contest of pure speed, the rag race was a straight-away course on which dogs galloped toward a finish line where […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/dog-breeds/whippet-history-behind-the-small-racing-breed/
| August 7, 2020
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Expert Advice: Dog Breeds
Dandie Dinmont Terrier History: Behind the Breed
English novelists of centuries past gave us timeless characters who hopscotched from the printed page into our cultural consciousness, from Daniel DeFoe’s “Robinson Crusoe” to Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein.” And in the dog world, there is one exceedingly rare terrier that owes its name – and arguably its continued existence – to a peripheral character in […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/dog-breeds/dandie-dinmont-terrier-history-behind-breed/
| August 13, 2020