Begging is a full-time job for many dogs; there are ways to stop your dog from begging. These ideas will help your dog break the habit for Thanksgiving.

Did you know that there are 190 dog breeds registered by the AKC? While many of them are familiar faces, there are several breeds that most people have never seen before, or even heard of. Some are newly registered, and some are just less common in the United States. Here are some facts about a […]

One crisp fall morning in 1967, Anne H. Bowes arrived at the Ox Ridge Hunt Club in Connecticut to find that the polo field where she always rode her horse was engulfed in a sea of yellow-and-white-striped tents. The dog-show bug bit her that day – hard – and the following February Bowes found herself […]

The Standard Schnauzer is described as a friendly and cheerful companion that's particularly good with children. Are they a good fit for your lifestyle?

Being the "first" to achieve something takes a lot of determination and tenacity, something that Scottish Deerhound Brodie and his owner, Linda Beisswenger, know all too well. In St. Louis, Missouri, Brodie came to Beisswenger as just a puppy. Previously, Beisswenger competed in AKC Tracking with her Borzoi. "I just fell in love with Tracking and I'm still in love […]

Konrad Lorenz identified Fixed Action Patterns as innate or instinctual behavior patterns that were species specific. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed_action_pattern In turn, Breland and Breland, students of B. F. Skinner, contributed their knowledge based on training hundreds of animals. http://www.operationtakemehome.org/sar/Canine%20Downloads/breland,%20breland%20(1961)%20-%20misbehavior%20of%20organisms.pdf They attempted to bridge the gap between early psychologists’ view that the mind was a blank slate and […]

This training tip is supplied by dog trainer Julie Norman Jenkins, training director at Paws4Ever in Mebane, N.C., and captain of top-winning flyball team, Fur Fun. In addition to flyball, Jenkins is an accomplished competitor in agility, freestyle, and disc dog. “Go to place” is an extremely useful behavior for the family dog to learn.  […]

Jamie Ohman of Camillus, NY, tells us how her fearful rescue dog gained confidence and became the multi-titled Dancing Cavy’s Pain in the Butte RAE BN CA. Risa is my first dog.  I adopted her from a shelter when she was 2.5 years old, and I had dreams of competing with her in dog sports.  […]

By Carol Chittum AKC's newest dog sport offering, Coursing Ability, more than proved its validity to the fancy at the recent Tests hosted by Cascade Coursing Club (all-breed AKC lic. Lure Coursing club) in conjunction with Olympic Kennel Club's all-breed shows. OKC has as a goal, to provide as many performance events as possible so […]

1. How old were you when you started showing in AKC events? What got you started?  Was this a family affair? Did you compete in any events other than showmanship? I was about 11 years old when I started showing dogs. My grandmother, Anna Wanner, was a dog show judge and had gotten me interested in […]