TheDogPress Club News Two - Branding, Holt, Cooke, PAWS, Judges, Coonhounds, Hunte, AKC, UKC, Breed, National, Kennel Club & Board News

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AKC Branding Success

dateline Jan 2006 4Kids Entertainment - the licensing and marketing agent behind such powerhouse properties as Yu-Gi-Oh!(R) and Cabbage Patch Kids(R) - will continue serving as the AKC's exclusive worldwide licensing agent for the AKC's extensive collection of imagery and trademarks in all merchandise categories. Since joining forces in 2003, 4Kids Entertainment and the American Kennel Club have been at the forefront of the burgeoning pet product industry thanks to their comprehensive focus on building the AKC into a premiere retail dog brand. 4Kids has successfully established the AKC as the "best in breed" in pet products by brokering multi-year deals with such industry leaders as JAKKS Pacific (toys and treats), renowned designer Barry Kieselstein-Cord (luxury dog accessories and jewelry), Oster Professional Products (dog grooming), Sherpa's Pet Trading Company (dog carriers) and Flexi-Mat (dog beds). This renewed partnership will enable 4Kids and the AKC to continue participating in the pet industry boom with plans to expand the AKC brand into such categories as pet cleaning products, pet safety products and collectible art work.

"Our organization has long prided itself on providing the true gold standard in dog care," added Gail Miller, Director of Brand Development of the American Kennel Club. "That's why we are pleased to extend our agreement with 4Kids Entertainment, a leading force in children's and family licensing and entertainment. Given the ever-growing pet product industry, our unique relationship with 4Kids creates more opportunities to provide dog lovers worldwide with quality products as well as promote public awareness and appreciation of the wonderful world of purebred dogs."

Want more detail? Go to Business Wire but be aware, online pages change. That's why we rarely give you an off-site link, but Vicki Haywood sent this and it relates to her February column SHOW ME THE MONEY: spychips!

Akita Breed Split effective Jan 2006 The Kennel Club England does what AKC should have done long ago! details...

PETA GRANTS: Here’s a thought for you. In 2003 PETA had fifteen million two hundred ninety nine thousand dollars in assets. Put another way, that’s $15,299,586.00 Right. That non-profit that many of us used to donate to before we found out what they really were.

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine $432,524.00 cash grant in 1999 according to IRS form 990.

From 1999 through 2000, PETA contributed $592,594.00 to The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.

What is the definition of money laundering? Does just shifting it to another non-profit sound close? Oh it is all legal. But does that make it okay?

You decide, and draw your own analogies. What does the The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine do? According to
http://www.activistcash.com/organization_overview.cfm/oid/23
it is “a fanatical animal rights group that seeks to remove eggs, milk, meat, and seafood from the American diet, and to eliminate the use of animals in scientific research. Despite its operational and financial ties to other animal activist groups and its close relationship with violent zealots, PCRM has successfully duped the media and much of the general public into believing that its pronouncements about the superiority of vegetarian-only diets represent the opinion of the medical community.”

We are told “Less than 5 percent of PCRM™ members are physicians” by Newsweek in February 2004.

The point? Just that clever marketing and a really big budget can have most of us believing in little green men from Mars.

AKC Refuses To Enforce Suspension Finally suspended after Criminal Fraud conviction, stud book corruption, etc. Hallum continues to breed, show, and flaunt it! Shocking details in this letter to AKC.

AKC Refuses To Suspend Should a convicted Frenchie Thief be suspended? 9 to 1, you said YES. AKC failed to suspend. What else is new?

Dateline Aug & Sept. 2005 Ongoing debate over debate and who stands where says it all!!! Holt vs Cooke PAWS Debate Articles INDEX

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After 125 years AKC seeks to impose "license" fee on over 3,000 judges. Is this "about the money"? SCJA says such fees open non-profit questions. Now you can read the actuall Judges Assoc. Letter to AKC

Dateline Aug. 2005 - AKC's big NY Times advert, here is the factual information on the ad campaign which is not solely in support of PAWS as has been alleged.

New York, NY - The 2005 American Kennel Club print campaign is a series of 26 one-page black and white ads in the New York Times Magazine. These issue-oriented advertisements are aimed at the NY Times Magazine’s readers, corporate and legislative leaders, opinion influencers and academics, as well as the general public.

Each ad focuses on a specific program and/or initiative of the AKC that protects the welfare and sport of purebred dogs. The first ad introduced the series with a historical overview of the AKC. The second insertion covered AKC’s involvement in simplifying air travel for dogs while subsequent ads focus on the AKC’s Companion Animal Recovery program, Investigations and Inspections department, Canine Health Foundation and the DOGNY fund raising / public art project.

Featuring the tagline "We're more than champion dogs... We're the dog's champion," the ad campaign created by Doner of Southfield, Michigan, is designed to clearly establish and reinforce AKC as the "authority and --advocate" of purebred dogs.

How Many Entry Corrections can you make after you get to the show? dateline April 2003 After the "wrong dog" incident at Louisville, everyone should read this Interview with Mrs. Barbara Schwartz, AKC Assistant VP Show Operations.

AKC Enters Entry Business? - TheDogPress is editorially opposed to AKC’s intrusion into the entry business. DSSA's position. Update 2006 It seems, for now, AKC decided to let it go.

The Mission, THE ELECTIONS 2005 AKC's Mission Statement, Weapons Of Mass Production, and how the two contradict. Learn Why Here

AKC / Hunt Alliance No it isn't over yet. Really bothersome background and details revealed in this report by Scott McNeal AKC at HUNTE Corp. Conference Dec. 2004

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