The American Kennel Club Lifetime Achievement Awards were established in 1998. The purpose of the award is to celebrate those individuals whose many years of dedication have led to significant contributions to our sport on a national level.
As in the past, this year’s nominees were selected by AKC member clubs that cast their votes for [...]

NEW AFC! AFC Robb’s Mia Hambone

Richard Underwood handled Mia this past weekend at the PRTA Field Trial in Twin Bridges, MT, to her AFC Title by winning the Amateur All-Age stake and placing 2nd in the Open All-Age stake. Mia now has a total of 16.5 All-Age points.
Mia’s sire is NFC AFC Five Star General Patton owned [...]

 Principal investigator: Karsten E. Schober, DVM, PhD, The Ohio State University

Morris Animal Health Foundation Study (D05CA-306) 
Completed
 
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a common and often fatal medical disorder in dogs. It causes fluid accumulation in the lungs with associated respiratory symptoms. Currently, chest radiography is considered the gold standard for diagnosing CHF in at-risk dogs. However, [...]

A Morris Animal Foundation study was completed by Rory Todhunter, BVSc, PhD, Cornell University on canine hip displasia.
In the study a pedigree based on greyhounds and dysplastic Labrador retrievers was expanded to find genetic markers associated with the genetic mutations that cause hip dysplasia (HD). Several measures of the inherited traits of the dysplastic hip, [...]

The news came out as competitors entered the gates to Nightwind Training grounds on Friday. Tammy Totten had been rushed to Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah during the week and would not be able to attend the trial. She has been diagnosed with Stage Four Cancer of the Pancreas now into the [...]

 Mike Heard accomplished a lifetime dream of having a field trial champion at the Treasure State Retriever Club north of Butte, Montana, on July 12. He and Dusty placed 2nd in the Owner/Handler Amateur stake giving him a total of 17 Amateur points and his Amateur Field Trial Champion Title. Dusty is out of FC [...]

Dr. Leslie Monroe joins the American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation this week on Genome Barks.  Dr. Monroe is currently doing a residency in nutrition at the University of California, Davis.  She discusses bloat and the research that has been done in recent years.

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The Treasure State Retriever Club held their summer field trial July 10-12 at the beautiful Bob Sparks Retriever Training Grounds near Butte, MT. Friday events started of with the Qualfying stake at 7:30 a.m. Judges Missy Bell and Anne Clark  set up a challenging land triple with the long gun throwing a mark pinched in [...]

Statics show that it costs $16,400 to raise an average sized dog to reach age 11.
Can you even calculate what it costs to raise a dog for competition?  Nobody even wants to know the answer to that question.  So wouldn’t it make sense to do the best job possible in the process of training a [...]