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UKC Announces Changes in Co-Ownership Registration to begin April 15, 2013

Sole Signatory Registration will continue to be optional, if received by UKC on or before April 14, 2013. Beginning April 15, 2013, the Sole Signatory Registration will be mandatory, and a Sole Signatory will then be required for all litters and dogs registered to more than one individual. Any “and/or” partnerships established prior to April 15, 2013, will remain in effect and will continue to hold true for that dog until said dog’s UKC Registration Record is changed.

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Hunting Dogs Up For Total Dog At PREMIER

03/14/2013: UNITED KENNEL CLUB, INC. NEWS RELEASE For more information, contact Dog Events, conformation@ukcdogs.com KALAMAZOO, MI, March 14, 2013 We are excited to announce that for the 2013 PREMIER any dog...

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2013 Squirrel Dog World

03/14/2013: Video highlights from 2013 Squirrel Dog World in Tell City, Indiana.

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Above: Video highlights from 2013 Squirrel Dog World in Tell City, Indiana. Please click here to view more UKC Productions.

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Recent Videos


03/21/2012: Video highlights from the 2012 Squirrel Dog World Championship in Edinburg, Indiana. Please click here to view more UKC Productions.... View.

03/16/2011: Here's some video highlights from the 2011 Squirrel Dog World Championship in Edinburgh, IN... View.

03/22/2010: Hot off the presses is a new video spotlight from the recent 2010 UKC Squirrel Dog World Championship Franklin, IN.... View.

2013 UKC Squirrel Dog World Championship Results

03/12/2013: March 9-10 Tell City, IN 45 Entries Hunt Master-UKC Field Representative Marty Stanton 2013 UKC Squirrel Dog World Champion- Sniper's Raging Thunder; Mountain Cur; Chris Gilmer, Delight, AR handled...

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UKC Squirrel Dog World Final Cast

03/11/2013: 2nd: Sniper's Red Bud; Mountain Cur; Chris Gilmer, Delight, AR 100- World Champion: Snipers Raging Thunder, Chris Gilmer, Delight, AR 100+ Also shown are Guides Jeff Jones & Randy Etienne and Judges...

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UKC Squirrel Dog World Championship Semi-Finals

03/11/2013: The semi-finalist for the 2013 UKC Squirrel Dog World Championship are: Cast 1: High Point Johnny Cash; Treeing Cur; Seth Graham, Greenville, OH 100+ Snipers Red Bud; Mountain Cur; Chris Gilmer...

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Out On A Limb
with Todd Kellam

The Elimination Style Hunt Format (01/03/2013): UKC currently has two different formats for the running of licensed events. The differing procedures for running these two formats can be found in their entirety in the Official UKC Cur & Feist Rulebook. The two formats are the Standard Hunt Format and the Elimination Style Hunt...

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Previous Installments 

Curs were developed by early settlers in the southern and western United States as all-purpose dogs. Curs are excellent tree dogs, used to hunt squirrel, coon, mountain lion, and bear. They are used in Louisiana and Texas to hunt wild hogs. They also serve as outstanding stock dogs.

The Feist breeds are descended from the terriers brought over by English miners and other working class immigrants. These terriers probably included crosses between the Smooth Fox Terrier, the Manchester Terrier and the now extinct white English Terrier. Some of these dogs were crossed with Whippets or Italian Greyhounds (for speed) and Beagles (for hunting ability). Eventually, these tough little terriers evolved into today's squirrel hunting Feists.