What Kinds Of UKC Dog Events Are There?
Renowned as a "performance registry," UKC offers many activities to both showcase your dog's abilities and have fun with your dog!
Agility
If you ever attend a dog event and see a group of people walking around what looks like a playground of some sort and talking to themselves, you’re probably watching the handler walk-through portion of an Agility competition.
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Conformation
Conformation Events, or Dog Shows, are competitive events for purebreds where a judge evaluates a dog’s structure as it compares to a written description of the perfect specimen of that breed, called a standard.
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Dock Jumping
Dock jumping is a simple, yet exciting sport that has been exploding all over the country, and the newest sport available at UKC! There are two different forms of jumping that UKC dogs will be able to obtain titles in: Ultimate Air or Distance Jumping, and Ultimate Vertical.
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Dog Sport
For centuries, dogs have acted as companions and as guardians over home, family and livestock. These natural tendencies are channeled and focused in our Dog Sport events.
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Hunting Programs
UKC offers a comprehensive variety of hunting programs, from Coonhounds to Hunting Retrievers. To learn more, visit the UKC Hunting Programs!
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Obedience
Obedience events test the training of dogs as they perform a series of exercises at the command of their handler.
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Terrier Racing
See Spot. See Spot run. Run Spot, run! Sound familiar? Terrier races might be for your dog!
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Total Junior
The purpose of the UKCŪ Junior Program is to encourage young handlers to become fully involved with the world of dogs, by encouraging participation in conformation and performance events, breeding dogs, and promoting responsible dog ownership. The unofficial UKC motto is “Our Dogs Do Stuff™.” One very important goal of this program is to encourage UKCŪ Juniors to embrace this philosophy.
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Weight Pull
Does your dog pull you along the sidewalk every time you take him for a walk? Does your shoulder ache from your dog’s constant straining at his leash? Well, your dog might be a star at Weight Pull!
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 Recent News At UKC
07/06/2008: 2008 National Redbone Days - Saturday Nite Hunt 2008 National Redbone Days Friday Nite Hunt MOH: Mark Baer Total Entries: 110 Overall Hunt Winner: CH ‘PR’ Touissaint PD River Fast Pitch, RED, owned by Dewayne Brough (second from right) of Oak Harbor, Ohio. Handled by Steve Keener (second from left). Also shown are Kerry Keener and... Read more here. 
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This Weekend At UKC
Longmont, Colorado - The Israel Canaan Dog Club of America (a UKC National Breed Association) will hold their national specialty on Friday, July 18 at the Boulder County Fairgrounds, which will include a show, a Parade of Title Holders, and on Saturday, a banquet and auction. Held in conjunction with the Twin Peaks Dog Club’s July 18-20 events, this weekend will also feature agility and obedience trials and multi-breed shows - including the chance to earn the coveted Total Dog award.
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Recognized by the United Kennel Club in 1913, the American Eskimo is a member of the ancient and wide ranging Spitz family of dogs. White Spitzes were popular in Pomerania and in the coastal regions of Germany. Sailors traded the white dogs throughout Europe. When Queen Charlotte of England acquired several white Spitzes, the dogs became fashionable among British aristocrats. White Spitzes appear in several Gainsborough paintings. Known as the German Spitz in its homeland, the breed was renamed the American Eskimo in 1917. |
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