SORT BY

Sports & Events
Retriever Hunting Tests
You’ve played ball with your Retriever about a million times in your backyard or at the park, but do his fetching abilities automatically mean he’d make a good hunting companion? Not necessarily. The only way to really know is to participate in a Retriever Hunting Test. Ever since the first AKC retriever hunting tests were […]
https://www.akc.org/sports/retrievers/hunting-tests/
| October 26, 2017
Sports & Events
Event Coverage
[AKC Pointing Breed Gun Dog Championship] Gun Dog Homepage Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Photo Coverage Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10 | Final Day | In Conclusion | Photo Coverage Day 1 – AKC Pointing Breed Gun Dog Championship The 2013 AKC Pointing Breed Gun Dog Championship returns to Branched Oak Lake near Lincoln, NE for the 20th […]
https://www.akc.org/sports/pointing-breeds/field-trials/akc-gun-dog-championships/gun-dog-championships-2016/event-coverage/
| October 26, 2017

Sports & Events
Pointing Breed Field Trials
Athleticism. Stamina. Courage. An instinct to go, go, go. These qualities are the essence of the Pointing breed, and why they’re naturally superior hunters. As a dog owner, it’s important to consistently find new ways to stimulate your dog’s natural’s instincts. If you have a Pointing breed, training for and participating in a Pointing Field Trial […]
https://www.akc.org/sports/pointing-breeds/field-trials/
| October 26, 2017
Sports & Events
Portuguese Pointer: First to Obtain the Master Hunter Title
Luis Neves and Betinho do Choupal -- Our Road to Master Hunter -- July 30, 2012 I was born in Portugal and spent my youth hunting with my father and our dogs. It was there that I developed my life-long love of hunting. I moved to America when I was 18 years old. I continued […]
https://www.akc.org/sports/pointing-breeds/hunt-tests/articles/portuguese-pointer/
| October 26, 2017
Sports & Events
Pointing Breeds Hunt Tests: History
This program was formulated due to the overwhelming success of the Retriever Hunting Test program. In 1986 Director of Field Trials and Hunting Tests, A. Hamilton (Ham) Rowan, Manager of Performance Events, John Carroll, and AKC Field Representative, Bob Bartel developed the plans for the fledgling Pointing Breed Hunting Test program. The regulations were approved […]
https://www.akc.org/sports/pointing-breeds/hunt-tests/history/
| October 26, 2017
Sports & Events
South Dakota Pointing Dog Club Holds Landmark Event: Midwest Tristate 2008
First NAVHDA based club to host an AKC Hunt Test By Bonnie Hidalgo, Executive Field Representative A reciprocal agreement for dog registration between the North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association (NAVHDA) and the American Kennel Club (AKC) was announced in July 2007. The reciprocal agreement makes it easier to register a dog with AKC if […]
https://www.akc.org/sports/pointing-breeds/hunt-tests/articles/midwest-tristate-2008/
| October 26, 2017

Sports & Events
Pointing Breed Hunt Tests
Pointing Breed Hunting tests are non-competitive pass/fail tests which assess each dog independently based attributes such as display of desire, boldness, independence, speed with a useful pattern of running across difficult or confusing scent patterns to pinpoint the location of birds. Other categories judges will score are; bird finding ability, pointing, trainability and in […]
https://www.akc.org/sports/pointing-breeds/hunt-tests/
| October 26, 2017

Sports & Events
Herding
AKC’s Herding program offers both tests and trials. The herding test is offered in a non-competitive pass/fail format as an Instinct Test, Herding Test, and Pre-Trial test. All are conducted within a fenced arena and includes the use of livestock such as ducks, sheep, or cattle. During a test, a dog must demonstrate the ability […]
https://www.akc.org/sports/herding/
| October 26, 2017
Sports & Events
Earthdog: History
The roots of the Earthdog program go back to the beginnings of small game hunting. Farmers and hunters used the small terriers and Dachshunds to pursue vermin to its lair and then to follow the game into to the ground. These dogs had to possess not only the physical attributes that would allow them to […]
https://www.akc.org/sports/earthdog/history/
| October 26, 2017

Sports & Events
Earthdog
If you have a small terrier or a Dachshund, you’ve undoubtedly already discovered their penchant to dig, stick their face underground, and emerge with something in his mouth, be it a mouse, a squirrel or some other creature. After you stop screaming in fright, your first instinct might be to reprimand him for catching that […]
https://www.akc.org/sports/earthdog/
| October 26, 2017