Salisbury Maryland Kennel Club

07/01/2025

Here's a link to your July AKC Gazette:

06/20/2025

The Summer Solstice heralds the start of the
'Dog Days of Summer' session of classes! Whether you have a Rescue dog or a future show dog, register for a class this weekend!
Limited spots and wait lists for some classes!

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06/11/2025

The 2025 AKC National Agility Championship finals are here! Livestream the event, learn more about agility, and tune in for ESPN broadcast dates.

06/04/2025

The June AKC Gazette is now online for reading and downloading:https://images.akc.org/pdf/gazette/june-2025.pdf

This 148-page issue contains a full slate of Toy, Non-Sporting, and Herding breed columns;

The Secretary’s Page;

The feature story “Long Live the King” honors the 100th anniversary of the spirited “King of Toys,” the Miniature Pinscher, in the AKC Stud Book;

Updates: Standard revisions; AKC Parent Club Canine Health Conference info; National Art Contest for kids entries open; Rocky the Bulldog Joins the Army;

Gazette YouTube slideshow: “Best of Breeder: ANC Best-bred-by-Exhibitor in Show Winners”;

Times Past: “Company Dogs”—Corporate America’s canine icons;

Videos: Texas and Nebraska shows; AKC Museum walk-through;

Retro—International KC, 1964; Herding Group 1983: The Originals.

AKC Gazette back issues https://www.akc.org/products-services/magazines/akc-gazette/

Free Gazette subscription https://www.akc.org/subscribe/

AKC podcast: “The Golden Age of Canines: Americans Roll Over for Dogs Post-WWII” https://youtu.be/PEMGp7nCXGg?si=QyKcMm4p7ZPbdLrF

06/04/2025

Class registrations are open for the Summer session! Some classes are already full, so register now!

05/01/2025

The May AKC Gazette is now online for reading and downloading:https://images.akc.org/pdf/gazette/may-2025.pdf

This 156-page issue contains a full slate of Hound and Terrier breed columns;

The Secretary’s Page: A revised Rhodesian Ridgeback standard; proposed standards for the Icelandic Sheepdog and Miniature Bull Terrier;

The feature story “Project Sheepdog” tells the unknown history of the Depression-era government program designed to find the world’s greatest shepherd breed;

Updates: Pluis Davern to judge NOHS Series finals, Junior Scholarships, Teddy Roosevelt Terrier to join AKC;

Ringside: Kathleen Riley visits the Twin Cities Siberian Husky Specialty;

Times Past: Why your breed’s history matters;

Slideshow: The Crane Scrapbooks—recalling the Basquerie Great Pyrenees;

Videos: CHF CEO Stephanie Montgomery, Breeder of Merit Credits, meet the Cavalier myth buster.

AKC Gazette back issues https://www.akc.org/products-services/magazines/akc-gazette/

Free Gazette subscription https://www.akc.org/subscribe/

Gazette YouTube Gallery: “Pride and Polyester—1970s Kodachrome Win Shots” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYZB7B-9VCk

AKC podcast: “Sighthounds—Sleek, Swift, and Eternal” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfglerJxJCs&list=PLPfEv_pKgm7eKlYtGTtMNag4L1QAYaogi&index=10

04/16/2025

Depending on where you live, new tulips may be in bloom – if their bulbs are surfacing because of weather or site planting conditions, or from varmints digging. The entire tulip plant is poisonous, but the toxins are most concentrated in the bulbs of the plant. Keep your pets away!

04/16/2025

Mark Your Calendar for August 31, 2025.

04/15/2025

Salisbury Maryland Kennel Club Charitable Trust donated $1000 to the Salisbury PoliceCanine fund!
Left to right- Capt Yankalunas, Chief Meienschein, Georgia Yost Perdue, Senior Police officer Brittney Sigmund, Beverly N Horner, Meg Caton and Lt Popovich

04/01/2025

Breed columns include Working and Sporting Groups!

The April AKC Gazette is now online for viewing and downloading:
https://images.akc.org/pdf/gazette/april-2025.pdf

This jumbo 176-page issue is packed with news, opinion, and entertainment.

Our feature story reviews Dennis Sprung’s 22 years as AKC president during an era of constant innovation and world-changing events;

Purina Pro Plan presents 2024’s Top 100 All-Breed Champions;

Secretary’s Pages: Report from the March Delegates Meeting;

Updates: Board election results, Gina DiNardo named AKC President, Sheila Goffe new Executive Secretary;

Breed columns: Sporting and Working Groups;

French Bulldog holds top spot in registration rankings;

Ringside: Lynda Beam visits Chicagoland Sheltie specialty;

Times Past: Duc, the magnificent Poodle who influenced the breed;

Videos: Crufts, “The Friend” trailer; AKC on Good Morning America;

Dog People: AKC presidents and chairmen who were “The Deciders.”

Slideshow: Those Dazzling Dals!
(Cover photo: Afghan Hound Int. Ch. Blu Shah of Grandeur)

AKC Gazette back issues: https://www.akc.org/products-services/magazines/akc-gazette/

Free Gazette subscription: https://www.akc.org/subscribe/

02/27/2025

Have you registered for the March session of classes starting next week? Some classes are already full but many still have openings! Register here:

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02/18/2025

Past Board Chairmen Condemn Board Firing of Dennis Sprung

The undersigned three former AKC Board Chairmen strongly believe that the Board should always show respect and appreciation for the valuable officers and employees of AKC. The present Board has acted shamefully in their dismissal of Dennis Sprung as President and Chief Executive Officer.

Dennis Sprung served AKC for over thirty years. As its CEO he guided the club through difficult as well as prosperous times. The list of his accomplishments is long.

Since at least by this date the Board has not issued any public statement on their action - not to the Delegates, not to the Fancy, and not even to AKC Staff - we are all left to hearsay and gossip to try to comprehend the Board’s decision and the potential damaging repercussions for AKC. The Board has failed miserably in the way they fired Dennis, and this failure merits a badge of shame not soon to be lost. The delegates and the fancy should condemn that act.

Hon. David C. Merriam, Former AKC Chairman

Alan Kalter, Former AKC Chairman

William Feeney, Former AKC Chairman

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