Press Releases

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day on Wednesday, March 17th, the American Kennel Club celebrates seven purebred dogs of Irish heritage that are AKC registrable or are in the AKC miscellaneous class. Additional information, including the full breed standards, links to Parent Club web sites and video clips of each breed, is available a this […]

To receive an invitation to the 2005 National Championship, dogs must be ranked in the top 25 of their breed, by breed points only, at the end of the period of October 8, 2003 to October 5, 2004. Any dog receiving an all breed Best in Show at an AKC show held during this period […]

The American Kennel Club is pleased to announce that as of February 23, 2004 individual Dog Registration Applications will be accepted online. This new service offers numerous benefits to both breeders and dog owners and follows the Online Litter Registration service launched by the AKC in October 2003. "This initiative marks another milestone in AKC […]

The AKC is devastated to have to announce the death of Sue Gray, a valuable and popular member of the Special Services Department. Sue joined us in 1999 and has been an extremely competent, and very popular, connection to people in the sport of dogs as a "trouble shooter." Recently Sue took over the Foundation […]

The American Kennel Club Gazette, The Official Journal for the Sport of Purebred Dogs which has been continually published since 1889, swept the annual Dog Writers Association of America (DWAA) awards dinner last night, taking home a total of seven awards: Best All Breed Magazine - AKC Gazette Best Special Publication - AKC Gazette special […]

The Skarda Award Committee selected Jud Streicher as the 9th recipient of one of the dog world's most prestigious awards. In a career spanning almost sixty years, Jud Streicher has been a leader in the dog world in both obedience and conformation. He was the president of the first obedience club to be admitted to […]

Team Competes for First Time at Crufts 2004 The American Kennel Club announced today that a U.S. dog and handler team has been invited to compete, for the first time ever, at the UK's prestigious Crufts International Agility Competition on Thursday, March 4th, 2004. Jen Pinder of Lapeer, MI will compete in the 26" jump […]

  Due to severe winter weather in North Carolina the North Carolina AKC office is open but working with very limited staff. If you are having difficulty reaching the office please be patient or if your call can wait, try us later in the week when we will be fully staffed. Thank you for your […]

  It was recently discovered that the birth country was inadvertently omitted on entries from the printed and online versions of the AKC Stud Book. The omission began with the February 2003 issue and continued through the February 2004 issue. This problem has been corrected and will be reflected in the March 2004 issue. The […]

As seen in the 1/18 issue of USA Weekend Magazine, the AKC has just released its registration numbers for 2003. For the 14th consecutive year, the Labrador Retriever is the most popular purebred dog in America, according to registration figures released today by the American Kennel Club*. Nearly three times as many Labs were registered […]