August is the “Dog Days” of summer. Here is an article of how the “Dog Star”, The A.K.C., Dog Breeds & More, have so much to do with the world, and the perspective that August has on the role dogs play in our lives. . .

Happy Dog Days  of  Summer ! ! ! 

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🐶🐩 The Dog Days of Summer 🐾🐺

The Astronomical Factor of the “Dog Days”:

These are the Dog Days of Summer! Summer is going into it’s final whole month, as the “Dog Star” Sirius is making it’s rise in the sky in the morning sky! August is guaranteed to be all as hot as the other months of summer, despite the waning sunshine, and slightly shorter daylight. Happy Dog Days to everyone. . .

Dog Days:
Location: The World
Dates: July 29 – August 1, 2021
Started: Dog Days began everywhere in the Northern Hemisphere.
Circa: They do not end on any specific day but start July 3rd in the certain areas where the star Sirius can be seen first.
Length: 30 to 61 days in length until Sirius is obviously visible everywhere in the world.
Recorded in 1883 by Dunwoody:

Dog days bright and clear
Indicate a good year;
But when accompanied by rain,
We hope for better times in vain.

Facts about Sirius, the “Dog Star”:

Statistics:
Magnitude: Sirius is the brightest proper star in the Earth’s night sky. 
Worldwide To-be Locations: It is 8.7 light-years away from Earth.
Effect on Weather: It has no effect whatsoever on the planet’s weather or temperature.
Dates Visible: Rises mid to late July and is visible throughout winter months all the way until early to mid April when it gets too close to the Sun to be seen.

Future:
Meandering Earth Axis: The star continues to return to the night sky in late summer, its position continues to gradually shift relative to the Sun and will rise in the middle of winter in about 10,000 years. The Earth has a wobble that takes 10’s of thousands of years to complete. The “North Star” or Polaris (α Ursae Minoris) is currently the north Pole’s star. The wobble will make the star Vega (α Lyrae), a much brighter star. Vega currently is the brightest star to be directly overhead, or the zenith, as visible in Chicago, Illinois. Vega was the”North Star” in 12,000 BC and will be so again around the year 13,727. The whole wobble path takes about 25,000 years to fully complete.

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The A.K.C., Dog Breeds, Shows, Championship & More:

A.K.C.:
Start Date: Sept 17, 1884., and Major James M. Taylor was elected as the first president.
What: The first meeting of the American Kennel Club was held.
What For: The Constitution and Bylaws plus Dog Show Rules were created and adopted.
Creator: Major James M. Taylor was elected as the first president.
Premise: Instituted for the betterment, purity, consistency of breeding purebred dogs, and to ensure that the breeding of purebred dogs are monitored for health, safety and welfare of the common breeds instituted within the group and establishment.

The History of Dog Breeds and the Years They Were Inducted Into The A.K.C.:

DOG BREEDS INCEPTION INTO THE A.K.C. BY YEAR (ABLE TO SHOW)
BREED NAME	YEAR
Pointer	1878
Chesapeake Bay Retriever	1878
Clumber Spaniel	1878
Cocker Spaniel	1878
English Setter	1878
Gordon Setter	1878
Irish Setter	1878
Irish Water Spaniel	1878
Sussex Spaniel	1878
Basset Hound	1885
Beagle	1885
Bloodhound	1885
Bull Terrier	1885
Collie	1885
Dachshund	1885
Fox Terrier (Smooth)	1885
Greyhound	1885
Harrier	1885
Irish Terrier	1885
Mastiff	1885
Pug	1885
Saint Bernard	1885
Scottish Terrier	1885
Yorkshire Terrier	1885
Bedlington Terrier	1886
Bulldog	1886
Dandie Dinmont Terrier	1886
English Toy Spaniel	1886
American Foxhound	1886
Italian  Greyhound	1886
Manchester Terrier (Toy)	1886
Newfoundland	1886
Scottish Deerhound	1886
Great Dane	1887
Manchester Terrier (Standard)	1887
Poodle (Standard)[Non-Sporting]	1887
Poodle (Toy)	1887
Skye Terrier	1887
Wirehaired Pointing Griffon	1887
Airedale Terrier	1888
Dalmatian	1888
Japanese Chin	1888
Maltese	1888
Old English Sheepdog	1888
Pomeranian	1888
Welsh Terrier	1888
Whippet	1888
Borzoi	1891
Boston Terrier	1893
Field Spaniel	1894
Irish Wolfhound	1897
French Bulldog	1898
Chow Chow	1903
Boxer	1904
Chihuahua	1904
Schipperke	1904
Standard Schnauzer	1904
Pekingese	1906
Samoyed	1906
Doberman Pinscher	1908
German Shepherd Dog	1908
West Highland White Terrier	1908
English Foxhound	1909
Otterhound	1909
Brussels Griffon	1910
English Springer Spaniel	1910
Sealyham Terrier	1911
Shetland Sheepdog	1911
Belgian Sheepdog	1912
Cairn Terrier	1913
Norwegian Elkhound	1913
Welsh Springer Spaniel	1914
Papillon	1915
Flat-Coated Retriever	1915
Labrador Retriever	1917
Kerry Blue Terrier	1922
Curly-Coated Retriever	1924
Miniature Pinscher	1925
Golden Retriever	1925
Afghan Hound	1926
Miniature Schnauzer	1926
Briard	1928
Saluki	1929
Border Terrier	1930
Giant Schnauzer	1930
Keeshond	1930
German Shorthaired Pointer	1930
Siberian Husky	1930
Bouvier des Flandres	1931
Kuvasz	1931
Rottweiler	1931
Great Pyrenees	1933
Brittany Spaniel	1934
Bullmastiff	1934
Lakeland Terrier	1934
Pembroke Welsh Corgi	1934
Alaskan Malamute	1935
Lhasa Apso	1935
Cardigan Welsh Corgi	1935
Affenpinscher	1936
American Staffordshire Terrier	1936
Norwich Terrier	1936
Puli	1936
Bernese Mountain Dog	1937
Komondor	1937
American Water Spaniel	1940
Weimaraner	1943
Basenji	1944
Black and Tan Coonhound	1945
English Cocker Spaniel	1946
Rhodesian Ridgeback	1955
Belgian Malinois	1959
Belgian Tervuren	1959
German Wirehaired Pointer	1959
Silky Terrier	1959
Australian Terrier	1960
Vizsla	1960
Shih Tz	1969
Akita	1972
Bichon Frise	1972
Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier	1973
Tibetan Terrier	1973
Staffordshire Bull Terrier	1974
Bearded Collie	1976
Ibizan Hound	1978
Norfolk Terrier	1979
Australian Cattle Dog	1980
Pharaoh Hound	1983
Portuguese Water Dog	1983
Tibetan Spaniel	1983
Petit Basset Griffon Vendée	1990
Australian Shepherd	1991
Chinese Crested	1991
Finnish Spitz	1991
Miniature Bull Terrier	1991
Chinese Shar-Pei	1992
Shiba Inu	1992
American Eskimo Dog	1994
Border Collie	1995
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel	1995
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog	1995
Anatolian Shepherd Dog	1996
Havanese	1996
Löwchen	1996
Canaan Dog	1997
Parson Russell Terrier	1997
Spinone Italiano	2000
Polish Lowland Sheepdog	2001
German Pinscher	2003
Nova Scotia Duck Trolling Retriever	2003
Toy Fox Terrier	2003
Black Russian Terrier	2004
Glen of Imaal Terrier	2004
Neapolitan Mastiff	2004
Plott Hound	2006
Tibetan Mastiff	2006
Beauceron	2007
Swedish Vallhund	2007
Dogue de Bordeaux	2008
Bluetick Coonhound	2009
Boykin Spaniel	2009
Irish Red & White Setter	2009
Norwegian Buhund	2009
Pyrenean Shepherd	2009
Redbone Coonhound	2009
Cane Corso	2010
Icelandic Sheepdog	2010
Leonberger	2010
American English Coonhoun	2011
Cesky Terrier	2011
Entlebucher Mountain Dog	2011
Finnish Lapphund	2011
Norwegian Lundehund	2011
Xoloitzcuintli	2011
(Jack) Russell Terrier	2012
Treeing Walker Coonhound	2012
Chinook	2013
Portuguese Podengo Pequeno	2013
Rat Terrier	2013
Coton de Tulear	2014
Wirehaired Vizsla	2014
Bergamasco	2015
Berger Picard	2015
Boerboel	2015
Cirneco dell’Etna	2015
Lagotto Romagnolo	2015
Miniature American Shepherd	2015
Spanish Water Dog	2015
American Hairless Terrier	2016
Pumi	2016
Sloughi	2016
Grand Basset Griffon Vendée	2018
Nederlandse Kooikerhondje	2018
Azawakh	2019
Barbe	2020
Dogo Argentin	2020
Belgian Laekenoi	2020
Biewer Terrier	2021
Hungarian Mudi	2022
Russian Toy	2022

The History of Dog Breeds and the Years They Were Inducted Into The A.K.C.:

DOG BREEDS INCEPTION INTO THE A.K.C. BY YEAR (BY GROUP)
SPORTING GROUP
BREED NAME	YEAR
American Water Spaniel	1940
Barbet	2020
Boykin Spaniel	2009
Brittany Spaniel	1934
Chesapeake Bay Retriever	1878
Clumber Spaniel	1878
Cocker Spaniel	1878
Curly-Coated Retriever	1924
English Cocker Spaniel	1946
English Setter	1878
English Springer Spaniel	1910
Field Spaniel	1894
Flat-Coated Retriever	1915
German Shorthaired Pointer	1930
German Wirehaired Pointer	1959
Golden Retriever	1925
Gordon Setter	1878
Irish Red and White Setter	2009
Irish Setter	1878
Irish Water Spaniel	1878
Labrador Retriever	1917
Lagotto Romagnolo	2015
Nederlandse Kooikerhondje	2018
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever	2003
Pointer	1878
Spinone Italiano	2000
Sussex Spaniel	1878
Vizsla	1960
Weimaraner	1943
Welsh Springer Spaniel	1914
Wirehaired Pointing Griffon	1887
Wirehaired Vizsla	2014
HOUND GROUP
BREED NAME	YEAR
Afghan Hound	1926
American English Coonhound	2011
American Foxhound	1886
Azawakh	2019
Basenji	1944
Basset Hound	1885
Beagle	1885
Black and Tan Coonhound	1945
Bloodhound	1885
Bluetick Coonhound	2009
Borzoi	1891
Cirneco Dell’Etna	2015
Dachshund	1885
English Foxhound	1909
Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen	2018
Greyhound	1885
Harrier	1885
Ibizan Hound	1978
Irish Wolfhound	1897
Norwegian Elkhound	1913
Otterhound	1909
Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen	1990
Pharaoh Hound	1983
Plott Hound	2006
Portuguese Podengo Pequeno	2013
Redbone Coonhound	2009
Rhodesian Ridgeback	1955
Saluki	1929
Scottish Deerhound	1886
Sloughi	2016
Treeing Walker Coonhound	2012
WORKING GROUP
BREED NAME	YEAR
Akita	1972
Alaskan Malamute	1935
Anatolian Shepherd Dog	1996
Bernese Mountain Dog	1937
Black Russian Terrier	2004
Boerboel	2015
Boxer	1904
Bullmastiff	1934
Cane Corso	2010
Chinook	2013
Doberman Pinscher	1908
Dogo Argentino	2020
Dogue de Bordeaux	2008
German Pinscher	2003
Giant Schnauzer	1930
Great Dane	1887
Great Pyrenees	1933
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog	1995
Komondor	1937
Kuvasz	1931
Leonberger	2010
Mastiff	1885
Neapolitan Mastiff	2004
Newfoundland	1886
Portuguese Water Dog	1983
Rottweiler	1931
Saint Bernard	1885
Samoyed	1906
Siberian Husky	1930
Standard Schnauzer	1904
Tibetan Mastiff	2006
HERDING GROUP
BREED NAME	YEAR
Australian Cattle Dog	1980
Australian Shepherd	1991
Bearded Collie	1976
Beauceron	2007
Belgian Laekenois	2020
Belgian Malinois	1959
Belgian Sheepdog	1912
Belgian Tervuren	1959
Bergamasco	2015
Berger Picard	2015
Border Collie	1995
Bouvier des Flandres	1931
Briard	1928
Canaan Dog	1997
Cardigan Welsh Corgi	1935
Collie	1885
Entlebucher Mountain Dog	2011
Finnish Lapphund	2011
German Shepherd Dog	1908
Hungarian Mudi	2022
Icelandic Sheepdog	2010
Miniature American Shepherd	2015
Norwegian Buhund	2009
Old English Sheepdog	1888
Pembroke Welsh Corgi	1934
Polish Lowland Sheepdog	2001
Puli	1936
Pumi	2016
Pyrenean Shepherd	2009
Shetland Sheepdog	1911
Spanish Water Dog	2015
TERRIER GROUP
BREED NAME	YEAR
Airedale Terrier	1888
American Hairless Terrier	2016
American Staffordshire Terrier	1936
Australian Terrier	1960
Bedlington Terrier	1886
Biewer Terrier	2021
Border Terrier	1930
Bull Terrier	1885
Cairn Terrier	1913
Cesky Terrier	2011
Dandie Dinmont Terrier	1886
Glen of Imaal Terrier	2004
Irish Terrier	1885
Kerry Blue Terrier	1922
Lakeland Terrier	1934
Manchester Terrier (Standard)	1887
Miniature Bull Terrier	1991
Miniature Schnauzer	1926
Norfolk Terrier	1979
Norwich Terrier	1936
Parson Russell Terrier	1997
Rat Terrier	2013
(Jack) Russell Terrier	2012
Scottish Terrier	1885
Sealyham Terrier	1911
Skye Terrier	1887
Fox Terrier (Smooth)	1885
Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier	1973
Staffordshire Bull Terrier	1974
Welsh Terrier	1888
West Highland White Terrier	1908
TOY GROUP
BREED NAME	YEAR
Affenpinscher	1936
Brussels Griffon	1910
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel	1995
Chihuahua	1904
Chinese Crested	1991
English Toy Spaniel	1886
Havanese	1996
Italian Greyhound	1886
Japanese Chin	1888
Maltese	1888
Manchester Terrier (Toy)	1886
Miniature Pinscher	1925
Papillon	1915
Pekingese	1906
Pomeranian	1888
Poodle (Toy)	1887
Pug	1885
Russian Toy	2022
Shih Tzu	1969
Silky Terrier	1959
Toy Fox Terrier	2003
Yorkshire Terrier	1885
NON-SPORTING GROUP
BREED NAME	YEAR
American Eskimo Dog	1994
Bichon Frise	1972
Boston Terrier	1893
Bulldog	1886
Chinese Shar-Pei	1992
Chow Chow	1903
Coton De Tulear	2014
Dalmatian	1888
Finnish Spitz	1991
French Bulldog	1898
Keeshond	1930
Lhasa Apso	1935
Löwchen	1996
Norwegian Lundhund	2011
Poodle (Standard)	1887
Schipperke	1904
Shiba  Inu	1992
Tibetan Spaniel	1983
Tibetan Terrier	1973

BREEDS PEDIGREES MAINTAINED BY A.K.C, BUT NOT SHOWED:
Miscellaneous Class:

1. Belgian Laekenois
2. Biewer Terrier
3. Bracco Italiano
4. Dutch Shepherd
5. Lancashire Heeler
6. Mudi
7. Norrbottenspets
8. Peruvian Inca Orchid
9. Portuguese Podengo
10. Russian Toy
11. Teddy Roosevelt Terrier

Foundation Stock Service (FSS) :

1. American Bulldog
   
2. American Leopard Hound
   
3. Appenzeller Sennenhund
   
4. Australian Kelpie
   
5. Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog
   
6. Basset Fauve de Bretagne
   
7. Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound
   
8. Bohemian Shepherd
   
9. Bolognese
   
10. Braque de Bourbonnais
    
11. Braque Francais Pyrenean
    
12. Broholmer
13. Carolina Dog
    
14. Catahoula Leopard Dog
    
15. Caucasian Shepherd Dog
    
16. Central Asian Shepherd Dog
    
17. Croatian Sheepdog
    
18. Czechoslovakian Vlack
    
19. Danish-Swedish Farmdog
    
20. Deutscher Wachtelhund
    
21. Drentsche Patrijshond
    
22. Drever
    
23. Estrela Mountain Dog
    
24. Eurasier
    
25. French Spaniel
    
26. German Longhaired Pointer
    
27. German Spitz
    
28. Hamiltonstovare
    
29. Hanoverian Scenthound
    
30. Hokkaido
    
31. Hovawart
    
32. Jagdterrier
    
33. Jindo
    
34. Kai Ken
    
35. Karelian Bear Dog
    
36. Kishu Ken
    
37. Kromfohrlander
    
38. Lapponian Herder
    
39. Mountain Cur
    
40. Perro de Presa Canario
    
41. Porcelaine
    
42. Portuguese Pointer
    
43. Portuguese Sheepdog
    
44. Pudelpointer
    
45. Pyrenean Mastiff
    
46. Rafeiro de Alentejo
    
47. Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog
    
48. Russian Tsvetnaya Bolonka
    
49. Schapendoes
    
50. Segugio Italiano
    
51. Shikoku
    
52. Slovakian Wirehaired Pointer
    
53. Slovensky Cuvac
    
54. Slovensky Kopov
    
55. Small Musterlander Pointer
    
56. Spanish Mastiff
    
57. Stabyhoun
    
58. Swedish Lapphund
    
59. Taiwan Dog
    
60. Thai Ridgeback
    
61. Tornjak
    
62. Tosa
    
63. Transylvanian Hound
    
64. Treeing Tennessee Brindle
    
65. Wetterhoun
    
66. Working Kelpie
    
67. Yakutian Laika

A.K.C. Sanctioned Events:
The A.K.C. sanctions events in which dogs and handlers compete divided into these three areas:

• Conformation shows
• Junior Showmanship
• Companion events: all registered and PAL/ILP dogs can compete. These include:
  • Obedience trials
  • Tracking trials
  • Dog agility, including the specialized Fifteen and Send Time events
  • Rally obedience
• Performance events, which are limited to certain entrants; PAL/ILP dogs of the correct breed are usually eligible:
  • Coonhound events (coonhounds; no PAL/ILP dogs)
  • Field trials (hounds)
  • Earthdog trials (small terriers and Dachshunds)
  • Sheepdog trials (herding tests) (herding breeds, Rottweilers, and Samoyeds)
  • Hunt tests (most dogs in the Sporting Groups and Standard Poodles)
  • Lure coursing (sighthounds only)

Conformation Shows: For the conduct of conformation shows, the A.K.C. organizes dog breeds into sporting, hound, working, herding, terrier, toy non-sporting, and miscellaneous groups.
Conformation Classes: In all sanctioned conformation showing, the dogs are divided into two catagories: Dogs (male) and Bitches (female). Any dog can win in a Best of Breed, Group or Show. Dogs (male) win more because the testosterone naturally shows the required characteristics of the breeds requirement much easier than that of the females. In order to be considered in any dog show, it is absolutely required that both a male and female not be “fixed” meaning being spayed or neutered. One of the first things a judge checks for and is mandatory in all cases is to see if the dog is able to bear or can be studded. Fixed dogs can in most cases be entered at obedience trials and other events, but not in the show for championship.
Championship: The championship is not achieved by winning Best of Breed, Group or Show. It is achieved through winning the purple “Winners Dog” ribbon. Every dog, male or female is required to attain 15 points with two major wins (a major win is worth three points or higher) in order to become a champion. It is knind of confusing, so the environment for the actual rules are found here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn-origin-etr.akc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/02150210/Counting-Points-2019.pdf
Conformation Awards:

• Winners
• Best of Winners (BOW)
• Best ofBreed/Variety(BOB/BOW)
• Best of Opposite Sex(BOS)
• Select Dog and Select Bitch (SEL)
• Grand Championship Points (GCH)
• Awards of Merit (AOM)
• Best in Group, each group of dogs in the show
• Best in Show, the ultimate award in any show is to be determined the best dog in the whole show

Terminology:

• All Rounder Judge: An individual licensed by the AKC to judge every breed.
• Breed Type: The manifestation of those unique traits and characteristics of a dog that distinguish it as that particular breed.
• Breeder: The owner of the dam (mother) when she was bred to produce this dog.
• Breeder-Judge: Someone licensed by the AKC to judge dogs of their breed.
• Breeder-Owner-Handler: An individual who bred, owns and handles that dog.
• Benched Show: A show where dogs are required to be on assigned benches while not being shown. This allows all concerned – spectators, breeders, handlers and owners – the opportunity to interact, ask questions, and share information about the various breeds.
• Catalog: The compilation by breed of all dogs entered in the show, listing armband numbers, birthdates, sire and dam, breeders and owners.
• Champion (CH): A title or the dog that has earned a certain number of points (15) in competition at AKC licensed dog shows.
• Conformation: The structure and physical characteristics of a dog.
• Gait: The action of movement of the dog. Generally speaking, a sound and balanced gait usually indicates proper conformation and structure.
• Judge: An individual licensed by the American Kennel Club (AKC) to judge dogs.
• Limited Entry: Where the entry is governed by certain parameters set by the club, such as total number of dogs or champions only; or in Junior Showmanship, a certain number of qualifying wins for the handler.
• Owner-Handler: Someone who handles a dog that they also own.
• Professional Handler: Someone who handles a dog for a fee.
• Stack: The pose itself by a dog or the posing of the dog by a handler in its natural stance.
• Standard: The written description of the traits and movement of the ideal specimen of a breed, generally based on form and function. Each parent club creates and maintains their breed standard. Judges are to judge dogs by comparing them to the standard for their breed.
• Variety: A division of a breed based on coat, color, or size. For example, Poodles (size: Standard, Miniature, Toy), Cocker Spaniels (color: Black, Parti-Color, ASCOB); Collies (coat: Rough, Smooth).

General Obedience Awards:

• Companion Dog (CD)
• Companion Dog Excellent (CDX)
• Utility Dog (UD)

AKC National Championship: The AKC National Championship is an annual event held in Orlando, Florida, which is by invitation only, dogs being invited to the show having either finished their championship from the bred-by-exhibitor class or ranked within the top 25 of their breed. It is typical for the show to be seen on major television stations.

Canine Good Citizen Awards:

• The Canine Good Citizen Program tests dogs of any breed (including mixed breed) or type, registered or not, for basic behavior and temperament suitable for appearing in public and living at home.
• The AKC Reunite, formerly AKC Companion Animal Recovery (AKC CAR), founded in 1995, which is North America’s largest not-for-profit pet ID and recovery service.
• The AKC Humane Fund supports breed rescue activities, assists shelters that permit domestic violence victims to bring their pets and educates dog lovers about responsible dog ownership.
• The AKC also provides titles for therapy dogs, after the dogs have been certified by AKC recognized therapy dog organizations and have performed a required number of visits.

Professional Handlers: Also, handlers are commonly recognized, although the A.K.C. does not directly authorize recognition. It is done by careful handling, mostly to the day by great word-of-mouth.
Ribbons and Awards: Dogs winning at shows win all sorts of colored ribbons, rosettes and trophies for the different winnings at a show or trial. A lot of such awards come from companies like Hodges Badge Company.

Non-sanctioned Events: There are non-sanctioned shows held, which go on without A.K.C. recognition, for both pure-bred dogs and non-pure-bred dogs.

Local Kennel Clubs:
Major Examples: The Westminster Kennel Club Show in New York is the largest worldwide show and is sponsored by the Westminster Kennel Club. The Chicago Kennel Club is the largest show in my area in Illinois. There are hundreds of clubs ranging in size to really small shows. The drawback is that it is harder to attain championship in smaller venues.
Worldwide Kennel Clubs:
Anywhere in the World: Dog shows, obedience trails and all of the favor don’t just happen here in the U.S. There are many major shows such as the Crufts International Dog Show held annually in the United Kingdom.
The FCI (International Canine Federation): Fédération cynologique internationale (FCI) (English: International Canine Federation) is an international federation of a number of national kennel clubs.
Worldwide list of Kennel Clubs: Here is a list of the worldwide participation in the betterment of dog breeding worldwide:

Worldwide Participation in Registration of Dogs Via Kennel Clubs
Country	Kennel club	FCI membership
Argentina	Federación Cinológica Argentina	Yes
Argentina	Association Canina Argentina	No
Australia	Australian National Kennel Council	Yes
Austria	Österreichischer Kynologenverband	Yes
Azerbaijan	Kinologičeskii Sojuz Respubliki Azerbaidžan	Yes
The Bahamas	Bahamas Kennel Club	Independent
Bahrain	Kennel Club of Bahrain	Yes
Barbados	Barbados Kennel Club	Independent
Belgium	Société Royale Saint-Hubert	Yes
Belarus	Belorussian Cynological Union	Yes
Bermuda	Bermuda Kennel Club	Independent
Bolivia	Kennel Club Boliviano	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Unija kinoloških saveza Bosne i Hercegovine	Expelled
Brazil	Confederação Brasileira de Cinofilia	Yes
Bulgaria	Bulgarian Republican Federation of Cynology	Yes
Canada	Canadian Kennel Club	Independent
Chile	Kennel Club de Chile	Yes
China	China Kennel Union	Yes
Colombia	Asociación Club Canino Colombiano	Yes
Costa Rica	Asociación Canófila Costarricense	Yes
Croatia	Hrvatski Kinološki Savez	Yes
Cuba	Federación Cinólogica de Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Cyprus Kennel Club	Yes
Czech Republic	Českomoravská Kynologická Unie	Yes
Denmark	Dansk Kennel Club	Yes
Dominican Republic	Federación Canina Dominicana	Yes
Ecuador	Asociación Ecuatoriana de Registros Caninos	Yes
Egypt	EgyptianKennel Fédération	Independent
El Salvador	Asociación Canófila Salvadoreña	Yes
Estonia	Eesti Kennelliit	Yes
Fiji	Fiji Kennel Club	Independent
Finland	Suomen Kennelliitto	Yes
France	Société Centrale Canine	Yes
Georgia	Cynological Federation of Georgia	Yes
Germany	Verband für das Deutsche Hundewesen	Yes
Gibraltar	Gibraltar Kennel Club	Yes
Greece	Kennel Club of Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Asociación Guatemalteca de Criadores de Perros	Yes
Guernsey	Guernsey Kennel Club	Independent
Honduras	Asociación Canófila de Honduras	Yes
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Kennel Club	Yes
Hungary	Magyar Ebtenyésztők Országos Egyesülete	Yes
Iceland	Hundaræktarfélags Íslands	Yes
India	Indian National Kennel Club	Yes
India	Kennel Club of India	Yes
Indonesia	PERKIN (Perkumpulan Kinologi Indonesia)	Yes
Iran	Iran Kennel Club	Yes
Ireland	Irish Kennel Club	Yes
Israel	Israel Kennel Club	Yes
Italy	Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana	Yes
Jamaica	The Jamaican Kennel Club	Independent
Japan	Japan Kennel Club	Yes
Jersey	Kennel Club of Jersey	Independent
Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan Kennel Club	Yes
Kenya	East Africa Kennel Club	Affiliated with KC
Latvia	Latvijas Kinologiska  Federacija	Yes
Lithuania	Lietuvos Kinologu Draugija	Yes
Luxembourg	Union Cynologique Saint Hubert Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Societe Canine de Madagascar	Independent
Malaysia	Malaysian Kennel Association	Yes
Malta	Malta Kennel Club	Yes
Malta	Malta Canine Society	No
Mexico	Federacíon Canófila Mexicana	Yes
Moldova	Uniunea Chinologica din Moldava	Yes
Monaco	Société Canine de Monaco	Yes
Montenegro	Kinološki savez Crne Gore	Yes
Mongolia	Mongolian Kynological Federation	Yes
Morocco	Société Centrale Canine Marocaine	Yes
Myanmar	Myanmar Kennel club	Yes
Nepal	Nepal Kennel Club	Independent
Netherlands	Raad van Beheer op Kynologisch Gebied in Nederland	Yes
New Zealand	New Zealand Kennel Club	Yes
Nicaragua	Asociación Canina Nicaragüense	Yes
North Macedonia	Kinološki sojuz na Makedonija	Yes
Norway	Norsk Kennel Klub	Yes
Norway	Hundeeiernes Klubb	No
Pakistan	Kennel Club of Pakistan	Yes
Pakistan	Pakistan Kennel Union	No
Panama	Club Canino de Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea Kennel	Independent
Paraguay	Paraguay Kennel Club	Yes
Peru	Kennel Club Peruano	Yes
Philippines	Philippine Canine Club	Yes
Poland	Związek Kynologiczny w Polsce	Yes
Portugal	Clube Português de Canicultura	Yes
Puerto Rico	Federación Canófila de Puerto Rico	Yes
Romania	Asociația Chinologică Română	Yes
Russia	Russian Kynological Federation	Yes
San Marino	Kennel Club San Marino	Yes
Scotland	Scottish Kennel Club	Independent
Serbia	Kinološki Savez Srbije	Yes
Singapore	Singapore Kennel Club	Yes
Slovakia	Slovenska Kynologicka Jednota	Yes
Slovenia	Kinološka Zveza Slovenije	Yes
South Africa	Kennel Union of Southern Africa	Yes
South Korea	Korean Kennel Federation	Yes
Spain	Real Sociedad Canina en España	Yes
Sri Lanka	Ceylon Kennel Club (Established 1899)	Independent
Sri Lanka	Kennel Association of Sri Lanka	Yes
Sweden	Svenska Kennelklubben	Yes
Switzerland	Société Cynologique Suisse	Yes
Taiwan	Kennel Club of Taiwan	Yes
Thailand	Kennel Club of Thailand	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	The Trinidad and Tobago Kennel Club	Independent
Trinidad and Tobago	The Independent Kennel Club	No
Turkey	Cynology Federation of Turkey (KIF)	Yes
United Kingdom	The Kennel Club	Independent
United States of America	American Kennel Club	Independent
United States of America	United Kennel Club	Independent
Ukraine	Ukrainian Kennel Union	Yes
Uruguay	Kennel Club Uruguayo	Yes
Uzbekistan	Cynological Federation of Uzbekistan	Yes
Venezuela	Federación Canina de Venezuela	Yes
Vietnam	Vietnam Kennel Association	Yes
Zambia	Kennel Association of Zambia	Independent
Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe Kennel Club	Independent

Breeding:
Pedigrees: A pedigree is a family tree for your dog. It follows through depending on how many generations are featured on the pedigree. It shows the success of the breeding program that was followed through before your dog is obtained. There are different styles of techniques involved with successful breeding.
Line Breeding: Examples would be mating between first or second cousins, uncle to niece, aunt to nephew, and in some references half brother to half sister is also listed as an example of line-breeding. There are different techniques of line-breeding used where the position of the match are purposely lined up by position, in order to obtain best breeding results.
Inbreeding: Inbreeding is frowned on at all costs. It is the practice of breeding dogs with pedigrees where either the parents or the grandparents are directly the same. It can create a breed’s deterioration, and has done damage to various breeds that can take decades to mull over the defects caused by this really bad technique of breeding. Such behavior of breeding had caused a really bad effect to the Old English Sheepdog and Great Pyrenees. The effect can range from overt viciousness and the effect of inbreeding always seems to exemplify the bad things about any breed, especially when it is a newer breed.
Stud Dogs and Stud Service: This is the practice of hiring a stud to breed with a bitch that is in heat. Pictures and pedigrees are often offered for the breeds finest to the smallest of kennels in the offer of their male dogs to be of service. Fees are exchanged and offers are made. Sometimes it is monetary or often it can be a pick of the litter. There obviously are different and even no guarnatees offered in exchange for such services.

Training:
Different Training for Different Purposes: There are various training for any and all dogs available. These can range for anything up to and including just making your pup listen to you, security. . .all the way to a service dog for the blind.
Different Popular Types of Training: 

• Behavioral training. Behavioral training is any type of training that teaches dogs to behave well around both people and other animals.
• Obedience training.
• Agility training.
• Vocational training.
• Service Dog Training

Service Dog Training: Any dog that is geared up to be of service to the blind persons MUST be certified by their state’s secretary of state’s offices. If they are not certified, the technically are a pet. Even the biggest champions in the world are not invited to go into stores and restaurants. A service animal cannot be discriminated against by a store owner, and must be welcomed to accompany their blind owner. If a crime happens against a service animal, it often can not only aggravate the crime, but often change the degree and the total crime, up to and including murder. The dog is licensed with the state it is in and if the blind person should happen to die as a result, I have seen the murder sentence issued.
To the Moon and more: Animals including dogs and other species have been instituted worldwide with space flight. A lot of training and care is a must for such travel.

Largest to Smallest and OtherTrivia:
Largest A.K.C. recoginized Breed: The Irish Wolfhound
Smallest A.K.C. recoginized Breed: The Chihuahua
Colors: Color range is anything. Curly, straight, long, short hair. . .no hair, you name it! Most popular is brown.
Other Trivia: I could make over a book in trivia about dogs. They are so, so cute!!!

Just For Fun:
I recommend that you have some fun with your dog RIGHT NOW, if not tonight.They deserve your attention and the are so lovable. Love your dog!

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