Big congratulations to these Juniors and their All American Dogs who won honors at the 12th AKC Junior Agility Competition in Orlando held December 16, 2022! Excellent Preferred 12-inch 3rd place: George G RN MX MXJ OF TKP owned and handled by Sophie Janavs of Studio City, CA 16-inch 2nd place: MACH Piper Grace Daube […]

Bootes Cosmic Messenger, UD, VCD1 (CD, TD, NA, NAJ) CAA, VER, TKN, RATI, RATN owned by Jackie Casally of Roebling, NJ Mr. Boots was adopted from a local shelter in March of 2012, as a watchdog and pet. He was a feral half-Chow mix. Within a few weeks, he came out of his shell, and it soon […]

When we first got Murphy as a puppy in March 2012, it was difficult to walk him, and he was afraid of everything and simultaneously wanted to chase everything else. We finally broke down and attended some formal training classes, where we finally understood how to communicate effectively with each other. In a little under […]

Congratulations to the first and second All-American Dogs to become AKC Rally® Champions: RACH Chloe Wild Child UDX OM1 BN VER RM3 RAE3 SWN SCNE SCA SIA SEA THD CGC TKA owned by Nancy C. Nelson of Manorville, NY, and RACH Maxwell Ferguson Mullen Awtrey CD BN RM4 RAE3 FDC CGCA CGCU TKN owned by […]

Jbach's Little Piece of Heaven CD BN RAE CGCA owned by Justine Embach of Waterford, MI Justine adopted Abbey from a shelter in 2007 when the pup was about 12 weeks old. “Abby loves to work, but also has a goofy side, which you can see in her photo,” Justine said. Abbey started obedience training […]

River Birch Bohland CD RAE owned by Brittany Rupp of Gully, MN River came to Brittany’s home as a 12-week-old fluff ball, thanks to a “Free Puppies” sign in the yard of a farm in rural Minnesota.  “She’s the first puppy I’ve ever had, and it didn’t take long for me to realize that if […]

Best of luck to the 109 All American Dogs going to the 2024 AKC National Agility Championship to be held March 14-17 in Perry, GA. Watch the live coverage on the AKC TV website and on the AKC TV app (available on smartphones and laptops). MACH A And D's Hobgoblin Gustif MXS MJS T2B owned […]

Wear Your Achievement Did you know you receive a gold achievement pin when you earn a title showing your dog in Obedience, Rally or Agility? Juniors receive a pin for the first title earned along with a title bar. Earn more titles; add title bars to the pin. See list below:       To request additional […]

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 […]

One of my biggest challenges is transferring my experience to those who would like to benefit from it. Having spent a number of years training animals in zoological, aviary, and aquarium settings, I have a lot of experience in working with animals that are not leashed. This requires a lot of observation and really good […]