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Canine Partners
Older Dogs Do Learn New Tricks: Popo Earned MACH at age 9!
AKC Master Agility Champion (MACH) Popo Yun-Mallan MXB MJS owned by Janet Yun of Houston, TX Popo was found as a stray and turned into one of Houston’s shelters, where Janet rescued him on Chinese New Year’s 2007 when he was about a year old. “He is our first dog, and we knew instantly when […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/older-dogs-do-learn-new-tricks-popo-earned-mach-at-age-9/
| May 12, 2015
Canine Partners
Street Dog Becomes Agility Competitor
with Family's Devotion While her daughter took a tennis lesson, jogger Vicky Kaseorg put her wait time to good use with a run around the neighborhood. A lifelong animal lover, Vicky forced herself to look away when she spotted a skinny mud-covered dog lying in a parking lot. Surely some kind-hearted person would help, […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/street-dog-becomes-agility-competitor/
| March 24, 2015
Products & Services
Trick Dog Titles
Trick Dog Titles: The Hamilton of Dog Training Many years and many pounds ago, I was all about ballet dancing. I loved ballet and at that time, had no use for tap, modern dance or jazz. I was a dance traditionalist and couldn’t see the value in a dance form that didn’t involve the discipline […]
https://www.akc.org/products-services/training-programs/canine-good-citizen/articles/trick-dog-titles/
| October 26, 2017
Expert Advice: Advanced Training
Teach Your Dog to Play Peekaboo
AKC GoodDog Helpline Trainer Milena Barreto has taught her Standard Poodle, Phoebe, dozens of tricks, and Phoebe shows them off on her therapy dog visits. Here, Milena tells us how to teach the very cute trick of Peekaboo. Your dog will walk between your legs from behind and sit, peeping out from behind your legs. […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/training/teach-your-dog-to-play-peekaboo/
| January 10, 2015
Expert Advice: Cute & Funny
Retired Sergeant and his Malinois K-9 Reunite After Years Apart
In one of the year’s great dog tales, a hero K-9 team who saved lives in Iraq and Afghanistan are reunited in civilian life—after a separation of nearly three years. In June, U.S. Army veteran Staff Sergeant James Harrington, of Mandeville, Louisiana, took possession of retired K-9 Sergeant 1st Class Ryky, an 8-year-old Belgian Malinois. […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/lifestyle/retired-sergeant-and-his-malinois-k-9-reunite-after-years-apart/
| January 1, 2009
Expert Advice: Fun With Your Dog
Celebrate National Train Your Dog Month With These Tricks: Week Two
January is National Train Your Dog Month and there's no better way to celebrate the bond between you and your canine companion than by introducing some fun into your daily routine. Tricks training is a great way to do that. National Train Your Dog Month was established six years ago by the Association of Professional Dog Trainers, […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/lifestyle/celebrate-national-train-your-dog-month-with-these-tricks-week-two/
| January 13, 2016
Sports & Events
Training Book Collection
Check out the array of trick dog training books that provide simple, easy to follow, step-by-step instructions on how to train your dog to learn tricks. All these books are available thru the AKC online store. For Additional Trick Dog merchandise such as ribbons, rosettes, patches or evaluator pins visit the AKC online store.
https://www.akc.org/sports/trick-dog/resources/trick-dog-book-store/
| October 26, 2017
Sports & Events
First Irish Water Spaniel Master Hunter Upland
by Elissa Kirkegard Ch. Realta's Galileo CD TD SH MHU QAA CGC (IWSCA ALL AROUND RETRIEVER AND IWSCA WCX) Who says you can't teach old dogs new tricks? Nine year old veteran retriever and hunting dog, Gali, owned and handled by Elissa Kirkegard, took to the spaniel hunt test game with gusto. This is the […]
https://www.akc.org/sports/spaniels/hunting-tests/articles/gali-mh-2011/
| October 26, 2017
Expert Advice: Fun With Your Dog
Tricks and Treats: How to Photograph Your Dog Like a Pro
For National Photography Day, we got some advice from professional pet photographer, Sarah Faith Rosencrans. Check out her helpful hints for taking great pictures of your pup! As a proud dog owner and a professional pet photographer I am always searching for ways to get my rambunctious models to sit still and pose for the camera. […]
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/lifestyle/how-to-photograph-your-dog-like-a-pro/
| August 19, 2016
Canine Partners
Puppy Prodigy Earns Novice Trick Dog Title at 12 Weeks of Age
Training began for Jax on the day he joined the Majerle family of Phoenix, AZ. He was nine weeks old. “From day one,” Brandi Majerle said. “At meal time, instead of putting down a bowl full of his food, I treated each meal as a training session. I hand fed him small bites of food […]
https://www.akc.org/canine-partners/puppy-prodigy-earns-novice-trick-dog-title-at-12-weeks-of-age/
| October 20, 2017