The program honors dogs who earn titles in three of the AKC Companion Events: Obedience, Agility and Tracking. When AKC Tracking opened to mixed-breeds in January 2014, it also opened the door for All-Americans to qualify for the VCD titles. So far, three dogs in the AKC Canine Partners program have done exactly that! Congratulations […]

Flopdoodle Chloe Bean TKE owned by Christina and Gary Jones of Cibolo, TX Christina and Gary adopted Chloe from a local city shelter on November 13, 2018. She weighed just over four pounds. After they brought her home and nursed her to health, she became a happy, healthy, 10-pound dog. Christina began teaching her basic […]

Congratulations to the top five All-American Dogs in AKC Agility in Regular competition, plus the number one All-American in the Preferred division. Pictured is one of the invitees, former shelter dog Olive Hawkins, and her handler, Stephanie Hawkins who will be making their first appearance at the Invitational! All six dogs have been invited to […]

Congratulations to the top five All-American Dogs in AKC Agility in Regular competition, plus the number one All-American in the Preferred division. Pictured is one of the invitees, Jeter, who will be making his first appearance at the national event! All six dogs have been invited to the 2017 AKC Agility Invitational based on the […]

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 […]

So we have considered resilience in a few different ways, but in considering creating working behavioral pathways we must also consider epigenetics. NOVA produced a great TV program that can work as a primer for epigenetics (https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/genes/). Epigenetics refers to things that occur outside of the ATCG rungs of the DNA ladder. It is associated […]

So we have considered resilience in a few different ways, but in considering creating working behavioral pathways we must also consider epigenetics. NOVA produced a great TV program that can work as a primer for epigenetics (https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/genes/). Epigenetics refers to things that occur outside of the ATCG rungs of the DNA ladder. It is associated […]

This video pops up frequently in social media. What I like about it: -Time saving exercise with low requirement on the training knowledge of the care giver -Great use of social learning within the litter What I don’t like, based on my experience: – Difficult to capture performance data on the individuals in the litter […]

AKC National Owner-Handled Series Finals held in conjunction with the AKC National Championship presented by Royal Canin Orange County Convention Center Orlando, Florida December 12 & 13, 2026   The AKC National Owner-Handled Series recognizes and showcases the quality dogs being exhibited by owner/handlers and provides a venue for the owner/handlers to compete against their peers. […]

The AKC Obedience Classic will consist of three Rounds of competition over two days. In the Novice, Open and Utility Classes the handler/dog team will compete a total of three times, once in each round, over the two-day event. In the Masters Class the handler/dog team will compete a total of six times, three times in […]