Your Dog, Your Rights
Sara Chisnell-Voigt, UKC Corporate Legal Specialist
Sara Chisnell-Voigt has a BA from Otterbein College in Equine Science, a JD from Michigan State University College of Law, has passed the bar in Kentucky and Michigan, and is a member of the Animal Law Section of the Michigan State Bar. Sara is owned by two German Shorthaired Pointers, a Weimaraner, and an Australian Cattle Dog, and is active in dock jumping, disc, showing, and field training.
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11/18/2009: Addendum to the Official UKC Conformation Rulebook-Altered Licensed Classes Addendum to the Official UKC Conformation Rulebook Altered Licensed Classes Effective January 1, 2010 Essentially the altered classes and point system is the same as the classes for intact dogs. The Altered classes are licensed conformation classes and may be offered at the option of the hosting club as... Read more here.
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The Black & Tan is one of many tracking breeds that was developed in the south of the United States. The breed can trace its immediate ancestry to the American Foxhound and the Virginia Foxhound of colonial days, with probably the introduction of some Bloodhound stock. This latter would explain not only the coloration of the Black & Tan, but its tendency toward being larger-boned than other breeds, its long ears, and its famous cold nose. The American Black & Tan was the first coonhound breed to be admitted into registry with UKC. When they were first registered in 1900, and for several years after that, they were registered as American Black & Tan Fox & Coonhounds. |

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