Wyn & Mary Burch, Ph.D.
AKC's Canine Good Citizen and S.T.A.R. Puppy Director, Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist
Citizen Canine Blog (that’s right, this one!) Wins at Westminster!
Every year, on the Sunday before the Westminster dog show, dog writers from across the country travel to New York City for annual writing awards that are the equivalent of “Best in Show” for dog writers. This year, the Citizen Canine blog (that’s right, this one!) won an award as the Best Blog in a writing competition and the Citizen Canine book won the prestigious Maxwell Medallion in the Dog Writers Association of America (DWAA) contest. For more information on DWAA, see dwaa.org
About the Programs
AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy® is the puppy level of Canine Good Citizen® (CGC). AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy is designed to provide dog owners and their puppies with a great start in training. With more advanced skills than AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy, CGC rewards dogs who have good manners at home and in the community. The Canine Good Citizen Program stresses responsible pet ownership for owners and basic good manners for dogs. The Hartford is a proud sponsor of the CGC and AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy programs.
Monthly Archives: September 2015
9/ll Dog Celebrates Birthday in NYC
Fourteen years ago in September 2001, Golden Retriever Bretagne and her handler Denise Corliss, members of the Texas Task Force 1, were sent on their first deployment—to the World Trade Center in the aftermath of the terrorists attacks that occurred … Continue reading
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Hugging Your Dog: Should You or Shouldn’t You?
National “Hug Your Hound Day” is coming up. As it turns out, many canine behaviorists think that hugging a dog is not such a good idea. The science doesn’t support it, hugs are human things, dogs can feel threatened if restrained, … Continue reading
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