Origin With webbed feet and the ability to swim for hours, the Otterhound is definitely a water dog. Used in Britain to swim down the otter that robbed the streams of fish, the Otterhound has been known there since the 13th century. Though the breed’s ancestry is uncerta...
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2/6/2014 1:19:58 PM
Origin There’s no doubt the German Short-haired Pointer was (and is) a versatile sporting dog but German sportsmen wanted to go one better. Their aim was to produce a dog with all the versatility of the GSP but aggressive enough to be used in hunting dangerous game in ru...
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2/6/2014 1:27:42 PM
Origin A long-legged spaniel with setter characteristics, the Blue Picardy is a versatile sporting dog with a reputation for locating and retrieving game under the most adverse conditions. The first French spaniels had their beginnings in the Middle East when French knig...
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2/6/2014 1:30:16 PM
Origin The handsome animated snowdrift known as the Great Pyrenees descended from the Molossian hounds brought to Spain by the Romans. They became established in the Pyrenean Mountains on the Franco-Spanish border and bred pure there for centuries. The Pyr was used to pr...
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2/6/2014 1:47:25 PM
Origin Credited with saving more than 2,500 travellers lost in the snow, this breed was named for the Hospice du Grand Saint Bernard in Switzerland, where the monks have bred these large dogs since the 17th century. It seems probable that the Saint developed from the heavy ...
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2/6/2014 1:50:18 PM
Origin As early as the 13th century, Marco Polo wrote of seeing “dogs as big as donkeys” in his Far East wanderings. This ancient breed gained fame for its legendary fierceness as the outside guardian of Tibetan monasteries and also served as the fearless protector of ho...
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2/6/2014 1:50:29 PM
It is with immense pride that the Canadian Kennel Club congratulates our Canadian purebred dog winners at the 139th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show and all the hard-working breeders, owners and handlers who contributed to their success.
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2/18/2015 12:00:00 AM
A group of six Canadian dog enthusiasts flew to the Scottish Borders in February following a call for help from British breeders of the ancient and endangered Dandie Dinmont Terrier.
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3/10/2015 12:00:00 AM
Congratulations to Canada’s Top Obedience Dog for 2017 – Miniature Poodle, GMOTCh. Belcourt Cool Dude; owned and handled by Lee Kozicki.
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2/20/2018 12:00:00 AM
CKC staff have been working hard to overcome the challenges experienced with implementing the new IT system. Our goal is to keep CKC members informed of our progress based on the information available to us....
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1/31/2020 12:00:00 AM
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