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Dog intelligence

Dog intelligence is the ability of a dog to learn, think, and solve problems. Dog trainers, owners, and researchers have as much difficulty agreeing on a method for testing canine
intelligence, as ... > more

Service dog

A service dog is a type of assistance dog that is specially trained to help people who have disabilities other than visual or hearing impairment. Examples of these include Psychiatric service dogs, ... > more


Gun dog

Gundogs, also called bird dogs, are a category of dog breeds developed to assist hunters to find and retrieve game, usually birds. Gundogs are divided into three primary classes: Retrievers, flushing ... > more

Toy dog

A toy dog is a very small dog kept as a pet, as compared to a very small working dog, although both pet and working dogs can be very small. When an all-breed association or kennel club divides dog ... > more


Hypoallergenic

Hypoallergenic is the characteristic of provoking fewer allergic reactions in allergy sufferers. Hypoallergenic means to have a decreased tendency to cause allergies; hypo means less, not none. ... > more


Guide dog

Guide dogs are assistance dogs trained to lead blind or visually impaired people around obstacles. They are commonly but incorrectly called "Seeing Eye" dogs, since Seeing Eye is the name of only one ... > more

Canid hybrid

Canid hybrids are the result of interbreeding between two different members of the canine (dog) family (Canidae). The wolf (including the dingo), coyote, jackal
and domestic dog all have 78 ... > more

Obedience training

Obedience training involves training an animal, most often a dog, to obey basic control commands such as sit, down, and heel. There are almost as many methods of training as there are trainers, but ... > more


Hunting dog

A hunting dog refers to any dog who assists humans in hunting. There are several types of hunting dogs developed for the many tasks hunters require that they fulfill. The major categories of hunting ... > more

source: science daily; dog articles

The Top 10 Dog List August 2011

THE DOG NEWS TOP TEN LIST
is a monthly listing of the Top Ten Dogs All Breeds and the Top Ten Dogs in each Group. There is also a listing of the Top Ten Dogs in Each Breed. All of these statistics are based on Group competition.

The American Kennel Club compiles these figures from the AKC licensed and member club shows. These figures will be printed monthly in DOG NEWS by Annual Awards Rating System.

The Dog News Top Ten List lists Best In Shows, Group Firsts and ALL Group Placements.


GCH CH Casablanca's Thrilling Seduction
52325
Spaniel (Cocker) Black
L Moore/B Van Deman
/C Douglas/M Walker

2
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GCH CH Palacegarden Malachy

46588
Pekingese
I Love/S Middlebrooks/
D Fitzpatrick

3
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GCH CH Winfall Brookwood
Styled Dream

42177
Boxer
D McCarroll/J Billhardt/
S Tenenbaum

4
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GCH CH Brighton Lakeridge Encore

39894
Poodle (Standard)
T Sosnoff/M Sosnoff

5
GCH CH Banana Joe V. Tani Kazari
37010
Affenpinscher
Z Truesdale/M Cooymans

6
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GCH CH Northgate's As You Like It
30650
Pharaoh Hound
J Hall/A Lundqvist-Hemstrom

7
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GCH CH Szumeria's Wildwood
Silver Six Pence

29728
Kuvaszok
M Vila/L Brady/C Muir/
C Townsend

8
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GCH CH Starline's Chanel

29629
Whippet
L Lawrence/C Lawrence/
N Lawrence

9
GCH CH Jaset's Satisfaction
26412
Poodle (Standard)
C Bailey/S Tompkins/
B Harris/M Winters

10
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GCH CH Saks Hamelot Little
Drummer Boy

23421
Bichon Frise
B Weidner/L Darman/
K Griffin/C Ruggles


source: www.dognews.com