Mitral Valve Heart Disease

$50,000 for open heart surgery is a rip-off but they know your 24/7 best friend is as valuable to you as a new car in the garage.

Big Boy, True Hurricane Rescue

2017 set weather records and animals suffered the same loss of life and habitat as did the people but this amazing dog story soothes the heart...

Dog Eat Dog In Vets World

Here's how veterinary insurance insured big business monopolies, lucrative investments, and what it does to you and your pets.

Obituary For Mr. Common Sense

We are not sure who presided over the funeral but it was a very sad day and he will be sadly missed by remaining Common Sense family members.

AKC CHAIRMAN RON MENAKER'S REPORT - September 2017

The AKC is moving! In a big way, and bringing the Museum with it. Excerpt from September Chairman's Report...

"In 2018, work will begin on a new headquarters for the American Kennel Club at 101 Park Avenue opposite Grand Central Station, a prime location for tourists, visitors and commuters traveling to and from all parts of New York City and beyond. The AKC Museum of the Dog will occupy the first two levels of this imposing class-A building, including the ground floor, and will be a beacon that welcomes the world to America’s greatest resource for and about dogs."

Read the full Chairman's report or click for other AKC news.

AKC Board Minutes, Reports, Archives

Once upon a time, there was the printed American Kennel Club Gazette.  Today you have to go to the AKC website.  We are the ONLY online source for over a decade of searchable records and information 2002-forward.

AKC Suspensions!

It pays to know if and why someone has been suspended.  Before you do business with a breeder, handler, or trust someone with your dog, take a few minutes to look them up. It's the first and ONLY compiled, searchable historical record.  You might even want to look up a judge!

Letters To The Editor

Readers respond to Parent Club Certification, ideas to Save The Sport, vaccines = Kidney Failure, exhibitors Dog Show Illusions, Lyme Vaccine Reaction, and Letter from Finland.

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Send In The Clowns, Show's Over...

If you show dogs, judge or breed dogs, you may agree that the dog sport has turned into a political circus and this well-known fancier is right but...

NewsNips

Ground-breaking Connecticut law, K-9 Officers, Dock Diving Champ, Heartworm Medicine and what was said at the 2017 Animal Rights Conference.

Biewer Terrier Stud Book Fraud

It began as a Letter To Editor but exploded into a meticulously documented case of AKC complicity in Foundation Stock Service fraud.

Show Dog Toplines

Photos define the dog’s topline and the terms used to describe the different backlines when standing naturally, posed, or trotting.