Learning Objectives Students will make inferences from text to determine a character’s personality traits, consider what jobs might best suit them, and then create a business card that highlights their traits.   Grade Levels 6-8   Common Core Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1 Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says […]

Photo from Digital Family Dog Magazine July-August 2019 Learning Objectives Students will answer questions by citing evidence from the text. Students will defend an opinion using details from the text. Grade Levels Grades 5-6 Common Core Standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn […]

Learning Objectives Students will perform background research on human and dog vision. Students will use reasoning skills to accurately apply researched information towards solving problems. Students will gain an understanding of their own visual acuity capabilities. Students will compare their sense of smell with that of a trained K-9 police unit. Students will critically analyze […]

Learning to read can be intimidating for children. They often feel anxious about reading aloud for fear they might embarrass themselves by making mistakes. Many children have benefited from programs that are offering students a non-judgmental reading buddy…dogs! A study conducted by the University of California in 2010 proved that students who read to animals […]

AKC European Open Team Tryouts February 27 to March 1, 2026 B & D Creekside Activity Center Latrobe, PA News & Updates: 12/14/2025 - Premium - Event opens on December 17, 2025, closes February 9, 2026 12/7/2025 - Renee White named Assistant Coach for the EO Team Renee White has been involved in agility since […]

The AKC has approved title recognition for the "Certificate of Conformation Assessment" (CCA) title  for those breeds whose parent club has made the request. The purpose of the CCA is to provide education to owners on proper breed conformation. It is a non-competitive, one-on-one evaluation where dogs are assessed against the standard, not against each […]

MACH Dewey MXB MJS OF T2B owned by Elise Strauss of Anchorage, AK Dewey is a 7-year-old Jack Russell Terrier/Chihuahua mix and is Elise’s first agility dog. She never would have discovered the fun sport if it was not for trying desperately to find a way to keep Dewey busy! “I got him when he […]

PACH Keno Ocb owned by Paula Maxwell of Harrisonburg, VA Paula was exiting her local shelter after an unsuccessful search for a new dog at the same time a man was entering with three puppies to surrender. She knew immediately that she wanted the smallest puppy that was “cuddly but fearful,” she said. “Right from […]

MACH Jillie of Gorman Avenue owned by Lisa Putnam of St. Paul, MN Jillie had humble beginnings. A good Samaritan rescued her and her three littermates as young puppies from a person who was giving them away from a trunk of a car. He brought them to an animal humane society shelter, where Lisa spotted […]

MACH Jeter Morris owned by Kaela Morris of Thousand Oaks, CA Jeter is an incredible three-year-old Golden Retriever/Maltese mix who is named after the great shortstop from the New York Yankees, Derek Jeter. “Jeter and I found out about agility when he was seven months old. After our first class, we caught the “agility bug!” […]