Kennel Club Podcasts

The International Agility Festival (IAF) will take place on 13, 14, 15 & 16 August 2015 at Rockingham Castle, Rockingham, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 8TH.

Pure Dog Talk is the VOICE of PureBred Dogs. We talk to the legends of the sports and give you tips and tools to create an awesome life with your purebred dog. From dog shows to preservation breeding, from competitive obedience to field work, from agility to therapy dogs and all the fun in between; your passion is our purpose. Pure Dog Talk supports the American Kennel Club, our Parent, Specialty and All-Breed Clubs, Dog Sports, Therapy, Service and Preservation of our Canine Companions.

Discover Dogs 2014 takes place between 8 - 9 November 2014 at Earls Court 1, London Meet and greet over 200 breeds of dog and find out about where to buy a dog, caring for your best friend and which breed is best suited to your lifestyle as well as great tips for training your canine buddy!

Discover Dogs 2018 takes place at ExCeL London 20-21 October 2018 Discover Dogs began in 1996 and has now become one of the must-sees in the canine calendar. It's a fantastic experience and one that can't be missed by any dog lovers. And now the countdown has begun for this year's show. Discover Dogs, organised by the Kennel Club, is London's leading dog event and this year, our 19th event will be showcasing 200 breeds of pedigree dog for visitors to meet, so if you like dogs you will love D ...

Get Fit With Fido encourages dogs and their owners throughout the country to get fit together. To kick-start Get Fit With Fido activity for 2015, we have planned a boot camp style event on Wednesday 21st January from 10am-2pm at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, Edmonton, London. Exercising with your own Mr Muttivator costs little or no money at all and you will always have someone's wagging tail and eager eyes to spur you on. As part of the campaign we have a 'Slimmer of the Year Competition ...

Puppy Awareness Week: 1 - 7th September 2015 PAW aims to make sure that puppies live healthy, happy lives with suitable owners by spreading the 'be puppy aware' message. Being puppy aware involves making sure you know which dog and breed is right for your lifestyle so that you can care for it for life, and making sure you can separate responsible breeders from puppy farmers. Every year the Kennel Club holds a Puppy Awareness Week (PAW) to spread this message. STOP puppy farming Puppies from ...

Petlog, the UK’s largest database for microchipped pets is celebrating 10 years of National Microchipping Month - a campaign that encourages and promotes responsible pet ownership through microchipping as the preferred method of permanent pet identification.?With new legislation coming through for compulsory microchipping of all dogs, Petlog looks at public understanding of the microchip andhow much dog owners know about the legislation.

Crufts is one of the largest dog events in the world. No longer purely a dog show, Crufts celebrates every aspect of the role that dogs play in our lives. It has changed in ways that couldn’t possibly have been imagined when the show was set up in Victorian times by the late Charles Cruft. Although it was a very different event in 1891 Charles Cruft was a great showman and would surely have enjoyed the size and scope of the event today, which is an essential date in any dog lover’s calendar. ...

This podcast is brought to you on behalf of the AKC Canine Health Foundation. Founded in 1995 by the American Kennel Club, the AKC Canine Health Foundation is the largest non-profit funder of exclusively canine research in the world. The foundation works to develop significant resources for basic and applied health programs with emphasis on canine genetics to improve the quality of life for dogs and their owners. The AKC Canine Health Foundation funds research and supports canine health scie ...

Is your dog the next Family Crossbreed Dog of the Year? Scruffts, sponsored by James Wellbeloved, is the nation’s favourite crossbreed competition and is a great way to enjoy time with your dog and family. A crossbreed is a dog of mixed blood, whose parents are of two different breeds, or a mixture of several breeds. Scruffts was launched back in 2000 at Discover Dogs and is now celebrated with a grand final at Crufts. Scruffts 2014 Winner Wylie, a crossbreed dog rescued from Afghanistan, ha ...