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Expert Advice: Comfort & Sleep
How Pets Can Help You Sell Your Home
It all started with Chompers, the Corgi, starring in a video to sell a San Francisco home in 2015. Then there was Tiffany, a 5-year-old Shih Tzu mix whose owner, a real estate agent in Australia, started placing the pooch in listing photos. The result? Nearly double the page views and a slew of sales. […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/home-living/how-pets-can-help-you-sell-your-home/
| August 15, 2017
Expert Advice: Cleaning
We’ve Found the Dog Hair Removal Solution You’ve Been Looking For!
Driving with your dog in the car is great: you love taking them to the dog park, to the beach, or to a puppy playdate. What isn't so great...is all the hair that gets left in your car post-doggie ride. We know the struggle. If your dog's a shedder, like a Corgi or a Samoyed, […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/home-living/we-found-dog-hair-removal-solution/
| August 19, 2016
Expert Advice: Grooming
It’s Bath Time! Towels, Brushes, Dog Shampoo, and More
Any pet owner knows that dogs don't mind being smelly and dirty. In fact, many dogs delight in rolling around in all sorts of substances we may think of as disgusting, or tearing through brush and mud puddles. At some point, your dog is going to need a bath. How to bathe your dog, and […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/health/its-bath-time-towels-brushes-dog-shampoo-and-more/
| August 15, 2016
Expert Advice: Events
Herding Dogs Prove Their Skills at AKC Herding Tests and Trials in Nebraska
Dry cornstalks rustling in the wind provided a perfect background sound for the Great Plains Bearded Collie Club of Omaha’s all-breed herding tests and trials held Friday–Sunday, October 9, 10, and 11. Ann Witte’s Gaelyn Glen Farm in Springfield, Nebraska, has been host to AKC herding trials for many years as she steered and showcased […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/herding-dogs-herding-nebraska/
| October 15, 2015
Expert Advice: Fun Facts
Queen Elizabeth and the Doghouse of Windsor
On Wednesday, September 10, Elizabeth II surpassed her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria to become the longest-reigning monarch in British history—and that’s a ton of history! The 89-year-old Elizabeth set the record at 5:30 p.m. (BST) by having reigned for 23,226 days, 16 hours, and approximately 30 minutes. Around here, Elizabeth is best known as a true-blue […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/lifestyle/queen-elizabeth-doghouse-windsor/
| September 10, 2015