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June 14-17, 2012
Kalamazoo County Expo Center & Fairgrounds
Kalamazoo, Michigan

For all the information regarding local accommodations, please click here.
Download the PREMIUM list here.

When making your reservations, please let the hotel know you are with United Kennel Club Premier Dog Show to receive the published discount.

All published rates will be honored until May 24, 2012. Reservations are filled on a first come first served basis.

Please note this is a busy weekend in Kalamazoo - be sure to make your reservations early!

Discover Kalamazoo staff will be happy to assist you with your reservations or you may book your accommodations on your own through the link above.

Complete details on special events and specialties to be held at
PREMIER can be found here



UKC Announces Major Revisions To Its Breed Standards

The following Breed Standards have been updated: Barbet , Pekingese, Basset Hound, Alaskan Klee Kai, Chinese Shar-Pei, German Shepherd Dog
Read more here 


UKC Announces New Incentive Program
To encourage both new and existing clubs to host events, United Kennel Club now offers two separate incentive programs. The New Club Incentive (NCI) program is available to new clubs and the New Event Incentive (NEI) program is available to active, existing clubs.

Read more here 


2012 JUDGES EDUCATION SEMINARS
2012 Schedule 

Note: Conformation judges must attend a UKC judge’s education seminar every three years to keep their active status. This education requirement has been increased to every 5 years beginning January 1, 2013. Read more here

Effectively immediately, the UKC will no longer require the Judges Apprenticeship Program for the Toy Fox Terrier. Read more here 

Standings

All Stars

Top Ten (2012). Final Top Ten Standings from 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 
Total Junior Rankings. Total Junior Rankings 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 

 


Ringside Conversation
with Richard Beauchamp

Look to the Past for Success in the Future : There probably haven’t been many who have carried the banner for the appreciation of breed type any more militantly than I, nor have I been reluctant to remind the judging cadre of their great responsibility in this respect. However, through all this I have never believed for a moment that breed improvement, or for that matter, breed maintenance was entirely the judges’ responsibility.
Read more here

Previous Feature Articles...

Previous installments of Ringside Conversation 


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Agility
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Dock Jumping
Lure Coursing
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Rally Obedience
Terrier Racing
Total Junior
Weight Pull

Read more about them all here! 

Recent News At UKC

05/11/2012: Current Top Producing Alaskan Klee Kai Males Current Top Producing Alaskan Klee Kai Males Current - The Current Top Producers list was compiled by the United Kennel Club using all data for progeny of these males whelped on or after January 1, 2003, and for that progeny’s UKC titles earned and processed from January 1, 2003...   Read more here.

05/11/2012:

Current & Historical Top Producing Toy Fox Terrier Females

05/08/2012:

UKC Performance Entry Limits

05/04/2012:

UKC Breed Standard Revision Update

05/02/2012:

Video from T.N.T. & C.O.B.R.A.

04/23/2012:

Legislative Alert: Michigan "Puppy Protection Act"

04/20/2012:

UKC PREMIER SUBSTITUTION OF JUDGES (4/20/2012)

04/11/2012:

Top Producing Toy Fox Terrier Males

04/06/2012:

New Provisional TFT Judges

 

News Archive

Bloodlines Magazine...

BLOODLINES Dog Event News includes announcements from the Dog Events Department, upcoming events and event results, as well as advertising.

Find out “who’s winning what” in all UKC Conformation Shows, Agility Trials, Dog Sport Events, Obedience Trials, Rally Obedience Trials, Terrier Races and Weight Pulls; and where the UKC events are held.

Learn more about Bloodlines Magazine

This Weekend At UKC

Middle Georgia Kennel Club will be hosting events this weekend, May 18 - 20 in Perry, Georgia. More Information.

Find an event in your area.

Dogue de Bordeaux

The Dogue de Bordeaux is one of the oldest French breeds. Its actual origins are obscure but it is probably descended from one of the strains of Mastiff-type dogs that accompanied Macedonian and Roman armies through Asia, Europe, and Britain. By the middle of the 19th century, the Dogue de Bordeaux was little known outside of Aquitaine where it was used to hunt large animals, such as boar; to fight; to guard homes and cattle; and in the service of butchers. The breed narrowly missed extinction during the two world wars but enjoyed a resurgence in the 1960's. Sometime in the early 1980's, the first Dogue de Bordeaux was imported to the United States.



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