AKC Detection Dog Task Force Conference, August, 2018. - "AKC received numerous thanks for hosting a conference that promoted the discussion and strategy for addressing the shortage of domestic working dogs needed to protect the country. Topics included canine genetics; breeding models; research, training and socialization; standards and certifications and public policy"

Learn how the animal rights groups have gained momentum to change the dog world as we know it..

Read about how AKC and their dog clubs are supporting the police with grants for detection and patrol dogs. Over a 100 dogs have been deployed to the police. Learn what you can do to help.

Learn how to protect your pet from loss or theft using microchip technology.

The questions asked about bloat can be found in this Survey instrument.

Knowledge about littermates is the centerpiece of a planned breeding.

Por Dr. Carmen L Battaglia
Tradução Maria Eduarda Bicca Dode

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Breed Dilemmas & Extinction

"Nem todos os que vagueiam necessariamente estão perdidos"

Provides insight into the logic of keeping good records and the importance of making notes.

Por Dr. Carmen L Battaglia
Tradução Maria Eduarda Bicca Dode

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Breeding to the Great Dogs

"Naquilo que trabalhamos, valorizamos mais"

Learn about the problems of breeding to the winners  and why more breeders are not successful. Read about knowing why it is important to know their strengths and weaknesses and how to use pedigree analysis.

Research collected about the many health and social benefits that children receive when they have a dog in their life

More DNA tests have become available that makes breeding’s more certain. Listed are the disorders, breeds affected and the laboratories that will do the testing.

(Hip Dysplasia): Health issues are among the top concerns of all owners and breeders. Some are worse than others. At the top of the list are those called the dreaded diseases which can cripple, kill, cause early death or blindness. Learn about how to control and manage them.

DNA technology and the issues required to DNA a stud dog.

DNA technology and the issues required to DNA a stud dog.

Learn to give newborn pups a head start on life. Emphasis is on the Primary Period and the first 3-16 days of life.

Tanuld meg, hogy az újszülött kölykök életre kelnek az életben. A hangsúly az elsődleges időszakra és az élet első 3-16 napjára szól.

All dogs can benefit from obedience training as early as seven weeks and also when the puppy enters its new home.

By the time most owners discover fleas on their pet; their home is usually part of the problem. Controlling and eliminating fleas requires understanding that the flea life cycle has three working parts.

Report that shows why litter and dog registrations are impacting and driving down the conformation sport.

Report shows that 47% of all AKC breeds are now a Low Entry (LE) breed . LE breeds are negatively affecting breed entries and shrinking gene pools

A look at how 64 years after WWI there is a growing need for citizens to help in a domestic breeding program for detection dogs

Here is a list of tests that are available by breed.

Chosen by the Dog Writers Association of America as the best article for 2004.

Junior Showmanship Seminar  June 27, 2015   Kettle Moraine Kennel Club

In the late 1920’s when dog showing was considered a"wealthy-man’s sport" and parents arrived at shows in chauffeur-driven limousines, children who accompanied their parents became bored and restless, which resulted in a less than ideal show environment. In an effort to control the show environment and not offend the wealthy owners and breeders, Mr. Brumby Sr. of the American Kennel Club (AKC) introduced a special class of competition for these children. The purpose was to provide something of interest and amusement.

Guideline for cleaning and killing virus, kennel cough, bacteria and other unwanted germs that cause illness and death.

Learn how  breeders are using the limited registration and what it was intended to do for breeders.  When the Bell Curve is applied some clubs fall below the line.

For those who want to know more about litter size and one puppy litters.

When two or more breeders gather together their conversation often times center on the number of pups born and what might have gone wrong. For years breeders have speculated on why some litters are larger than others. Since most breeders are not trained in biology or in veterinary medicine a review of these questions was addressed.

Learn about the slow and steady decline of the low entry breeds which are now 50% of the stud book and what is being done to save the conformation sport.

This article explains the basic principles associated with making improvements involves the quality of the information collected about the ancestors and how to use it.

This article focuses on using the mother to influence later behavior as an adult.

Backing into a pedigree by extrapolating from what is observed in the pups is one of the best ways to understand the carrier status of the ancestors.

Every breeder has the desire to produce a litter of healthy puppies that grows and develops to exemplify the characteristics of their breed. Unfortunately, this task is far easier to describe than to accomplish. Numerous factors, both reproductive and non-reproductive, influence the outcome of a breeding and ultimately the health and nature of the puppies.

The Internet has brought breeders and clubs closer together, they now are thinking about their problems in new ways.

This article explains the differences between the "Traditional Pedigree", "Stick Dog Color Chart Pedigree" and the "Symbols Pedigree" and how to use each pedigree.

Gonadectomy, or neutering, is a very common surgery for dogs having many positive effects on behavior, health, and longevity. There are also certain risks associated with neutering including the development of orthopedic conditions, cognitive decline, and a predisposition to some neoplasias. This study was designed specifically to identify if a correlation exists between neuter status and inherited conditions in a large aggregate cohort of dogs representing many different breeds.

As we welcome law enforcement officers from across our nation to Washington D.C. to commemorate National Police Week, we’d be remiss not to thank the unsung hero partners of many of our forces: canines.

Earlier this month, near an immigration checkpoint in Tucson, Arizona, a U.S. citizen was arrested for narcotics smuggling after a Border Patrol canine unit detected an odor emitting from a hearse, which produced over $33,000 worth of marijuana concealed  within a casket. After the Twin Towers fell on 9/11, hundreds of talented canine teams were integral to search and rescue attempts, searching through 16 acres of rubble where the World Trade Center once stood, to find tragic remains, or those lucky enough still to be alive. TSA’s canine teams screened approximately 26 million passengers in fiscal year 2016, and responded to 35,000 unattended items within the transportation system in 2016, to ensure no explosives were present and mitigate the impact of shutdowns and evacuations. And finally, in October 2016, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) employees at JFK Airport said a happy fare well to retiring Jasper, a CBP agriculture canine credited with over 17,000 seizures and over 23,000  interceptions. Jasper thwarted smuggler’s attempts to sneak everything and anything past customs from illegal whale meat to live turtles. These are just a few examples of the many ways canines contribute to the safety and security of our homeland.

The basic principles associated with making improvements involves the quality of the information collected about the ancestors and how to use it.

Learn about how and why there is a shortage of detection dogs in the US and why AKC began to ask breeders to help the country produce them . Also learn about information  that is available to all breeders who want to make improvements in their dogs regardless of their breed.

An analysis of declining dog registrations and the effect on breeders and clubs.

The term pedigree is an old word derived from the French "pie de grue", meaning crane's foot. After more than six centuries, the tradition of using the pedigree continues to be the primary breeding tool of breeders based on the logic that when the frequency of a trait or disease occurs among several the ancestors it signals that something is likely to be heritable.