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Reply To AKC Marketing, humorous response to AKC's announcement of its
Restructured Fees.
Dog Club In Trouble - Is your club only an arena for assignment bartering,
and financial gain?
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Expanded Club Services
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Club Secretaries! Get your free listing in
Breed and Kennel Clubs section.
Herendeen Case Rocks Judging Community! 3rd Generation
AKC judge applies for balance of 2nd Group; gets 5 year Judging
Suspension!
Herendeen Case 2
Attorneys battle it out;
Herendeen Case 3 sends a clear message to AKC Judges.
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Judge Files $1.8 million Federal Suit, against
AKC for collusion, libel,
persecution, unfair trade practices, details begin right here!
AKC & ATFTC
Presidential Lawsuit -
AKC willing to settle, questions abound
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plus -
AKC Judge Sues AKC & Club Presidents
Exclusive INSIDER coverage.
Federal Lawsuit
Against AKC Withdrawn
and ATFTC Presidents
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Quast vs AKC & ATFTC copy of
NY Supreme Court suit .
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The Purloined Poodle
exclusive interviews reveal Inside story on NYC's "Rich and Famous,"
2009 Westminster Group win, AKC Trial Board,
judge Dennis McCoy, registration forgeries,
4-part Legal Study
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The
"Bedlington Suit"
2002
Exclusive
Interview with
Joan Weiskopf.
Considered "unresolved" by everyone except the AKC; how Weiskopf
challenged the powers that be.
Four-Part Series
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Perfect Animal
Rights Legislative Defense, by ADBA President/CEO
Judges On Judges' Fees
Dr. Penta's Message
to the Am. Dog Show Judges.
Wooly Mammoth Judges turn swapping assignments into
racketeering...
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The
Annual AKC
Judging Fee (tax) Fees history, impact on exhibitors,
etc.
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AKC's 3rd strikeout on
judging fees SCJA
victorious, DJAA & ADSJ silent.
New Judge Approval Process
Senior Judges' Assoc. on who has sole power over dog show rules.
Judges Are Independent Contractors! AKC bows to Judges
and IRS regulations. ♥
Judges Assoc. asks AKC Board Nominees
to affirm a rule on Rule Changes |
AKC’S Pet Shop Registration & Inventory
Management (PRIME)
software exposed!
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AKC's Petland Contract:
big subject!
Delegates Speak and they are outraged.
Mickelson Comments, speaking for you.
Vanacor on Petland,
what do you expect?
Dozens of Letters,
the fancy demands... finally,
AKC Rescinds Petland Contract.
AKC
Proposes Mixed Breeds
(Designer Dogs!) in Purebred Classes
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AKC Branding Purebred Dogs.newspaper
report leaves readers headed for the shelter to adopt a dog.
Registration Rule Changes
favor puppy mills, anathema to show breeders .
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♥♥♥ AKC Allows Renaming Dogs
complicates pedigree research but
insures more income. And is it connected to
Registration of non-registered dogs secretly approved
by the board?
Pedigree Fraud & Stud Book Corruption made even worse
for breeders, better for puppy mills.
AKC's Private Letter To Puppy Mills
offers Free overnight handling, no late fees, and other perks show breeders
don't get.
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AKC Solution For Stud Book Fraud? Recent legal actions and complaints. Conditional Registration.
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Pedigree Fraud! AKC Stud Book corruption
in five example breeds, details and documentation by AKC judges, top breeders.
A revealing 4-part series that will make every honest breeder
shudder!
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Big
Bad Wolf Top handler arrested, over 300 abused dogs rescued from AKC inspected kennel. AKC Chairman defends policy, a really stinky story!
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Buying PAWS?
Senator Santorum's
visit to AKC's Board netted him $29,000. Not-for-profits
& politics. ♥♥♥
Registry Redacted.
AKC arrogantly refused to answer these simple questions.
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 Current Suspensions. Be aware before you hire a handler, elect a club official, or co-own a dog. ♥
Convicted AKC Judge NOT Suspended
She forged registrations, embezzled over a half $million...
AKC
Suspends Victim Not Perpetrator! Shielding Andrew Green again?
Suspended? Not Suspended! AKC seems really inconsistent.
Bearding The BCCA Board
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AKC suspends Club President Susan Lybrand who refuses to
resign.
AKC Refuses To Suspend
Should a convicted Frenchie Thief be suspended? 9 to 1, you
said YES. |
AKC underwriting select
clubs? when we're all cutting back.
AKC Election
Results
are in. New members,
biographical portraits.
AKC Board Candidates for
2009, who are they?
FSS, Mixed Breeds, New China KC $$$,
comments & Chairman's Report
AKC Reps Bully Exhibitors 3 outrageous examples and strong arm
tactics seem to be increasing!
AKC Refuses To Honor Co-Own Contract
even though Davino has met all the legal requirements
Pomeranian Club Adds Merle Color
ignores AKC advice.
Blue Merle Spaniels & Poms,
baby dog classes and other October news.
Dog Clubs Make HEADlines on club politics & corrupted election.
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Bolton Case
Judge found Not Guilty by AKC's own Trial Board, but AKC revokes his judging approval
anyway!
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AKC Board Of Directors Salaries
Another journalistic first, "presidential" salaries revealed.
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AKC Board Of Directors
Bios, Garvin, Newman, Scully
In; Battaglia & Gladstone out.
Delegates Vote to Keep Term Limits, unseating The Board.
Executive Sessions Increase,
what's discussed remains secret.
Senior Judges Pull Rank, stating the record about historic firsts and
AKC progress.
UKC Premier Dog Show
2011 Over 5,000
entries expected for top United Kennel Club Event - details....
2010 Dog News
on Mixed Breeds, Grands, vet
bills up, entries down, HSUS gaining, show
breeders losing.
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Open Letter To AKC Chairman Ron Menaker from a judge and Quality
Control analyst.
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AKC Awards Linda Witouski, TheDogPress reporter, plus
Delegates meeting.
Should
Elderly or infirm judges resign?
Ballot Results & Your Comments sent to AKC Judges Department.
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CHF Board Disagrees on
President's
Letter To AKC re Hostile Takeover
of Canine Health Foundation. ♥
Ohio Supreme Court Bans Pit Bulls the case, rulings, and background
by Louis Fallon.
Dog Show
History From the first show in England to AKC, by AKC historian Louis Fallon, Incredible
photos and Info.
AKC Wants To Know Your Income & Assets!
innocent form asks for
Assets, Investments, Income. Such lists are for sale!!!
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Changing Breed Standards Interview with TKC (England) on how
it is handling the problem.
Dog Show Entries Decline -1 it's not the economy.
Dog Shows Decline- 2, We're out of
denial .
AKC Registration Debacle
AKC refused comment on registering non-registered dogs, but everyone
else had plenty to say!
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AKC Director Interferes with Chihuahua Club Ballot,
sends letter to members re how to vote on Standard revision.
Rebuttal to proposed Chihuahua Breed Standard Change to
disqualify merle color from ring competition.
Judges Seminar With A Twist The
3-day UKC on applying the breed standard and doing critiques,
was refreshingly different! |
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FCI Divorces CKC!
Ceases To Recognize Canadian Pedigrees, Judges, or Chs.
Irish Red & White Setters
historical viewpoint on AKC, FSS, UKC
and
Recognition Procedure
jeopardizes breed's History and Future. Analytical look at AKC's
violations of
Standard Policies.
Judges Associations Query & Responses (or not.) Perhaps they are not
associations at all?
Letter from NCA to AKC
Typical no response from AKC, so we have permission to publish.
AKC
Canine Health Foundation
Lynch
v. AKC/CHF. Former Exec. Director
awarded $544,000 plus $70,000 personal damages.
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AKC 100 Years Ago
What
changed the AKC, including today's puppy
mill favoritism.
(History Series)
Overview of the Puppy Protection Act of 2002
from the Pet
Industry Joint Council – who helped stop the PPA.
Akita Breed Split
effective Jan 2006 The Kennel Club England does what AKC should have
done long ago!
Delegate Duties!
Senior Judges cite AKC Charter & Bylaws "Delegates
shall have sole power ..."
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SCJA Newsletter
W hat the Judges are thinking
and how it all
affects exhibitor.
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USCR Inaugural Meeting
of Registries,
Oct. 2006, (AKC declined) historical coalition.
AKC
Donates $25,000 to NAIA
and Sari Teitjen questions that but why? Why Not?
Bob Kane, SAOVA
The force behind
defeat of PAWS, the
hunter. Don't
get in his sights....
Revenge Of The Evil Empire A
judge's quest for justice. The crime, the
charge, the life sentence.
AKC Judge Questions Judging Application Process
What are qualifications for those who control
our rings?
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Inaugural
Dog Registry Conference
hosted by
UKC to explore the future of
pure-bred dogs.
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