"I want to show all of our sponsors, vendors and especially the wonderful volunteers from participating AKC Parent clubs and TICA that represented the more than 200 develop booths and performed in the substantiation rings," said AKC President and CEO Dennis B. Sprung. "Your balm and inscription is what makes us able to lure this stable cuddle exposition to existence and educate the public about what breed is best for their lifestyle." This year’s Best Booth Awards were sponsored by ShowSight Magazine, with the Saluki kiosk delightful for the Hound Group and intriguing Best Booth in Show for their play of an primitive Egyptian environment with booth volunteers dressed in established Arabian clothing.
The Labrador Retriever stall took best in the Sporting Group, the Mastiff won best in the Working Group, the Cairn Terrier won best in the Terrier Group, the Chinese Crested took best in the Toy Group, the American Eskimo Dog won for the Non-Sporting Group, the German Shepherd Dog won for the Herding Group, and the Cirneco Dell’Etna won for the Miscellaneous Class/FSS breeds. Spectators enjoyed more than 15 comic demonstrations including the standard Kitty CATure feline trend show featuring Meow Wear plotter Carla Reiss’ expressly creations, the U.S. Customs & Border Protection tandem and their K-9s, and dog and cat agility where mortals got the hazard to safeguard the dogs and cats family against the clock through spin polls, over jumps and through tunnels.
More than 100 vendor booths also offered every imaginable indulged outcome and use including Paramount Chemical Specialties nontoxic-stain and salubriousness products, The Hartford auto and house guaranty for reliable dog owners, LG Electronics USA vacuums for neck owners, American Pet Product Association inspiriting of the benefits of coddle ownership and the human-animal handcuffs and Motel 6/Studio 6 donation smooge sociable lodging with a 10% AKC discount. These are some of the many ways of giving owners the moment to cause of a smidgin something back to portion with their four legged friends just in experience for the holidays. View photo coverage at www.MeetTheBreeds.com. Additional photos and video can be found on AKC’s societal media pages including Facebook, You Tube and Twitter.
About AKC Meet the Breeds – From Afghan Hounds to the Turkish Van, AKC Meet the Breeds® showcases 160 American Kennel Club® (AKC) registered dog breeds and this year will be involved 50 cat breeds registered by The International Cat Association (TICA) in booths apart decorated to depict each breed’s mother country of origin, reliable purpose/function, and attributes as a set pet. This family-friendly issue is an occasion for quiescent treasured owners to interact with decision-making breeders and move with dogs and cats while educating themselves about culpable prized ownership and choosing the sane blue-eyed boy for their lifestyle. AKC Meet the Breeds is proudly presented by PetPartners, Inc., a unrivalled apple of healthcare provider, and will trait more than 160,000 six-sided feet of dog and cat festivities including unbroken march rings – featuring decree enforcement K-9’s, dog agility, grooming– and more than 100 vendor booths that suggest every imaginable work for pets and their owners.
Event sponsors count Pet Partners, Inc., The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., P&G Pet Care, Iams, Pet Brands, Inc., Motel 6, Emergency Assistance Plus (EA+), Hill’s® Science Diet® Small & Toy Breed dog food, LG Electronics USA, Paramount Chemical Specialties, Inc., American Pet Products Association, Canine Companies, Inc., Toyota’s Pet Safety Initiative, amNewYork, Baker Institute for Animal Health at Cornell University and ShowSight. For more dirt take in www.meetthebreeds.com. The American Kennel Club, founded in 1884, is a not-for-profit structure which maintains the largest registry of purebred dogs in the existence and oversees the flaunt of purebred dogs in the United States.
The AKC is dedicated to upholding the veracity of its registry, promoting the relaxation of purebred dogs and rearing for typeface and function. Along with its nearly 5,000 licensed and colleague clubs and its associated organizations, the AKC advocates for the purebred dog as a one's own flesh and blood companion, advances canine healthiness and well-being, parts to care for the rights of all dog owners and promotes at fault dog ownership. More than 20,000 competitions for AKC-registered purebred dogs are held under AKC rules and regulations each year including conformation, agility, obedience, rally, tracking, herding, lead on coursing, coonhound events, hunting tests, line and earthdog tests.

Affiliate AKC organizations incorporate the AKC Humane Fund, AKC Canine Health Foundation, AKC Companion Animal Recovery and the AKC Museum of the Dog. For more information, call www.akc.org. # # # The International Cat Association, Inc. (TICA) was organized during 1979, is the world's largest genetic registry of pedigreed cats, largest registry of household paddywack cats and kittens, and one of the world's largest sanctioning bodies for cat shows.
TICA currently recognizes more than 54 breeds of cats. Wherever you are, you’re in TICA’s world. A creation of far-out felines…fun… and friendships. To get it more about TICA attack.
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