Ba Sammy Jo UD PCDX BN GN RAE owned by Brittany J. Allen of Decorah, IA Sammy Jo is a four-year-old All American adopted from the Humane Society of Northeast Iowa in the summer of 2013. Sammy trains in multiple k9 sports and recently finished her RAE and Utility Dog titles. Her next obedience goal […]

MACH Gilly of Redwood MXB MJB OF owned by Marcy Jacobs of Godfrey, IL Gilly, a six-year-old Beagle mix, was rescued by Hope Rescues in Godfrey, IL, where Marcy met her. “She was full of energy, but knew very little in the way of house manners. So we practiced rally exercises at home and enrolled in agility […]

Branford CDX PCDX RAE BN GN owned by Linda & John Luce of Lakeland, TN Five years ago, a canine Casanova jumped a fence and had a romance with a lovely Australian Shepherd owned by Linda’s veterinarian. Nine weeks later, the Aussie delivered a litter of six puppies. "The following month we were grieved to […]

Being selected for one of the US World Agility Teams is considered the ultimate achievement by many in the agility world. Now junior handlers who are 18 years old and younger have the same exciting opportunity. The European Open Junior (EOJ) Agility Championships will take place in Luxembourg July 13 – 16, and the 2017 […]

Wendy’s Ice Princess CAX RN – Wendy Brusso – Marion, NY Six months after Wendy lost a beloved dog, Ice came into her life. “I stopped at a local shelter and found a 7-month-old quiet and scared pup. Now, 6 years later, Ice is confident and outgoing. Ice took to luring like a natural, getting […]

Miss Coco Rochelle CDX PCDX BN GN RAE THDN CGC owned by Jean Schaardt of Manahawkin, NJ Coco had a hard road in life, but is proof you can teach an old dog new tricks.  She spent the first seven years of her life in a Tennessee kennel and then was turned into a shelter, […]

At its meeting on Wednesday, June 28, 2017, the Hillsborough County Animal Advisory Committee is scheduled to discuss an ordinance that would regulate, set requirements for, and establish fees for dog training businesses and dog trainers in the county.

AKC Government Relations has just learned that the City Council of Providence, Rhode Island, recently passed a mandatory spay/neuter ordinance and animal ownership limits. The proposal would require all dogs six months of age or older to be spayed or neutered unless a person acquires a dog breeding permit.

An overreaching bill that seeks to regulate dog and cat breeders and sellers in Alabama is scheduled to be voted on by the Senate Government Affairs Committee tomorrow, April 20, at 8:45 a.m.

An overreaching bill that seeks to regulate dog and cat breeders in Alabama'and possible unpublished amendments that could regulate an individual who offers to sell a dog or cat'could be voted on by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs early next week.

If you own intact female dogs, you could be regulated as a 'commercial' dog breeder under a bill that is advancing in Tennessee.

An emotionally-driven, but problematic bill in Florida seeks to provide for compensatory damages for the injury or death of a pet. The bill will be heard by Senate Committee on Judiciary tomorrow, March 14, 2017.

As expected, the New Jersey Senate Economic Growth Committee approved Senate Bill 3041 at its meeting on Monday, March 6. The bill is now likely to be considered and voted on by the full Senate on Monday, March 13.

This week, New Jersey State Senator Raymond Lesniak introduced Senate Bill 3041, a cleaned-up but substantively similar version of Senate Bill 63.

An Illinois House committee is scheduled to consider a bill on Tuesday, March 7, that would allow the court to appoint a 'special advocate' to represent the interests of animals during cases that involve the animal's health, safety, or an injury.

The Hawaii House of Representative's Judiciary Committee is scheduled to consider dog-related proposals on Thursday, February 23, both of which the American Kennel Club (AKC) is concerned with.

South Dakota House Bill 1159 seeks to impose additional requirements on and to establish additional inspections for commercial pet breeding operations in the state.

The Pennsylvania Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee is scheduled to consider a bill on Wednesday (February 8) that would make several changes to the commonwealth's consumer protection laws. The AKC believes that many of the changes in the bill as introduced are positive and would protect the rights of the seller and provide […]

North Dakota Senate Bill 2297, which seeks to require the licensing and oversight of certain dog breeders, is scheduled for consideration by the Senate Agriculture Committee on Thursday, February 9. The American Kennel Club has serious reservations concerning SB 2297.

A proposed ordinance that contains provisions of concern to dog owners has passed first reading in Neptune Beach, Florida.