Canine Partners Blog

This All American Dog turned in a beautiful performance to become a semi-finalist in the 2025 AKC Trick Dog Competition. The 7th Annual competition was a virtual event, open to Elite Performers, AKC’s highest level of trick dogs. More than 200 competitors from all over the United States submitted videos of outstanding performances that were […]

Big congratulations to these All American Dogs who blazed their way to honors at the 2025 AKC® Fast CAT® Invitational. The event took place October 15-18, 2025, at the Roberts Centre in Wilmington, OH. The five fastest dogs from each breed, determined by their rankings in the AKC Fast Coursing Ability Tests (Fast CAT), were […]

Sharon’s Adam CGC owned by Sharon Cramer of Rock Island, IL Adam, a 22-months-old rescue, was certified with Alliance of Therapy Dogs when he was about 13 months old. Having trained and shown dogs in Obedience trials for about 20 years, Sharon knew her work was cut out for her with Adam when she adopted […]

The American Kennel Club is excited to announce that the top dogs in the nation were crowned from an overall combined entry of more than 800 dogs at the AKC Rally® National Championship. Competitions were held July 3rd-7th, 2025 at the Purina Events Center in Gray Summit, OH. Among the winners are some All American Dogs […]

DMT's Christmas In Dixie FDC CAX12 FCAT50 RATN DN CGCA CGCU TKP ATT FITG FTI owned by Danny Terry of Wetumpka, AL 2024 came to a bittersweet end for Danny Terry and his All American Dog, Holly, as she ran her final CATs and Fast CATs. She is retiring after a 7+ year career and […]

Rio Grassle Rozzi TD CA DCAT SWM CGC TKI owned by Mariana & Cory Rozzi of Westfield, IN The Rozzis rescued Rio in November of 2021 and at the time, they knew nothing about dog performance sports. They began private lessons with their dog trainer, John Krasich, shortly after getting Rio. “Starting those lessons turned […]

Winston (MACH2 Winston Wells MXS PDS MJG PJD MFS TQX T2B3) owned by Jeffrey Wells of San Antonio, TX, is much more than an agility champion; he’s a hero who earned the 2024 Award for Canine Excellence in the Exemplary Companion category. Each year, the AKC Humane Fund awards five dogs who do extraordinary things in the service […]

Big congratulations to the All American Dogs who turned in impressive performances at the Westminster Kennel Club Masters Agility competition on Saturday, February 8. The highest scoring All American Dog was PACH Triple F RE MXPB MJP7 MJPG PAX2 MFP T2BP2 CGC TKA (Gable, pictured), owned by Kayla Feeney of Lima, NY.   Highest Scoring […]