Articles
February 2024 – AKC Detection Dog Task Force Hosts Webinar Discussing Canine Nutrition and Working Dogs (Blog and link to recording)
December 2023 – Different Roads Can Lead to Success: How One Litter Is Taking Many Different Paths to Certification
December 2023 – AKC Takes Patriotic Puppy Program to The West Coast
October 2023 – AKC Detection Dog Task Force Hosts Webinar: “Ways to Improve Training Efficiency” (Blog and link to recording)
October 2023 – AKC Patriotic Puppy Program Participants Deliver Big at K2 Hands-On Seminar
October 2023 – NEW Video – New Video Highlights Programs to ‘Educate and Empower’ Detection Dog Breeders (blog and link to Video)
September 2023 – AKC DDTF Tri-Fold Brochure
June 2023 – Medical Requirements for Green Detector Dogs: What you Need to Know
March 2023 – AKC Patriotic Puppy Program Continues to Grow
January 2023 – AKC Detection Dog Task Force Launches Quarterly Detection Dog Bulletin
December 2022 – The AKC Patriotic Puppy Program: The Patriotic Breeder
December 2022 – Op Ed: Too Few Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Bred in US
November 2022 – GAO Releases Report on Federal Working Dog Health and Welfare
August 2022 – Detection Dog Task Force Hosts 3rd AKC National Detection Dog Conference
August 2022 – Terrorism experts, dog breeders gather to reverse shortage of domestic bomb sniffing dogs – Originally Published by The Hill
August 2022 – AKC Patriotic Puppy Program Builds Confidence With New Course
July 2022 – Game Changers by Dr. Carmen Battaglia
January/February 2022 – A Malinois in a Wiener Dog Suit – Originally Published by AKC Family Dog
February 2022 – PRESS RELEASE: AKC Reunite Adopt A K9 Cop Program Receives $100,000 Donation From Kennel Club of Philadelphia
November 2021 – PRESS RELEASE: AKC/USPCA K9 Detection Dog Challenge Winners Announced
November 2021 – PRESS RELEASE: AKC Reunite Donates $157,500 to Police Departments
November 2021 – PRESS RELEASE: AKC/USPCA K9 Detection Dog Challenge to Air on ESPN2 on November 28
August 2021 – New Video Highlights AKC Detection Dog Task Force, Patriotic Puppy Program Work to Address Detection Dog Shortage
May 2021 – Press Release: AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB WELCOMES U.S. POLICE CANINE ASSOCIATION TO THE AKC FAMILY
May 2021 – Press Release: AKC REUNITE ANNOUNCES ENHANCEMENTS TO ITS ‘ADOPT A K-9 COP’ MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM
March 2021 –Working dogs: Domestic shortage of key frontline defense against terrorism
March 2021 – Research and Analysis of the American Domestic Government Working Dog Industry
March 2021 – Latest Research Supports AKC Push For Increased Supply of U.S.-Bred Government Working Dogs
March 2021 – Demand Is Soaring for US-Bred Working Dogs, So Why Can’t We Supply More?
The Making of A Detection Dog – Jan/Feb 2020 Issue
Kennel Clubs Help Fund Purchase of Patrol Dogs Through AKC Program -December 2019
Family Dog Article – Jan/Feb 2018 Issue
Retriever News Article – April 2018 Issue
America Needs More Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Raised in Our Country to Keep Us Safe
Schumer to TSA – Newsday – April 16, 2018