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Registration indicates only that the dog is purely of one recognized breed; it does not necessarily indicate that the dog comes from healthy or show-quality blood lines. Nor is registration necessarily a reflection on the quality of the breeder or how the puppy was raised. In 2006, the Board of Directors of the AKC signed a contract with Petland pet stores to facilitate the registration of dogs sold by Petland and bred by the Hunte Corporation, the largest commercial dog breeder (sometimes referred to as a puppy mill) in the U.S.</description><generator>Fwicki.Com - Fwicki Feed Generator</generator><language>en-us</language><image><url>http://www.fwicki.com/images/ui/feed-link.png</url><title>Fwicki - RSS Management</title><link>http://www.fwicki.com/fwickis/pets/American-Kennel-Club</link><description>Fwicki - RSS Management</description><width>88</width><height>90</height></image><item><title>Bantam's Winning Westie - Litchfield County Times</title><link>http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=2303&amp;dept_id=478844&amp;newsid=20339622&amp;PAG=461&amp;rfi=9&amp;FORM=ZZNR5</link><guid>http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=2303&amp;dept_id=478844&amp;newsid=20339622&amp;PAG=461&amp;rfi=9&amp;FORM=ZZNR564</guid><description>The 2000 "mockumentary" film entitled "Best in Show" chronicled the competition, the prestige and the backstage antics of the weekend-long Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show. Following five dogs and their always eccentric, sometimes neurotic owners, the ... </description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RSS Management</title><link>http://www.fwicki.com/</link><guid>http://www.fwicki.com/2</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Arial; font-size: .70em; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sponsored Links:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;</description><category>Technology</category><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:27:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pit bull dragged behind truck finds new home with Stuart couple - Fort Pierce Tribune</title><link>http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2009/jul/02/pit-bull-dragged-behind-truck-finds-new-home-stuar/?FORM=ZZNR7</link><guid>http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2009/jul/02/pit-bull-dragged-behind-truck-finds-new-home-stuar/?FORM=ZZNR766</guid><description>Lila Engelbrecht, left, feeds Chi Chi, a 7-month-old mixed pit bull, a snack as her husband, Jeffrey, feeds Champ, their six-year-old, while enjoying the Dog Days of Summer, where people could bring their dogs lto the ballgame at Roger Dean Stadium ... </description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:11:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>American Kennel Club &amp; Cat Fanciers? Association Celebrate All ...  - WebWire</title><link>http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=98419&amp;FORM=ZZNR</link><guid>http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=98419&amp;FORM=ZZNR426</guid><description>? Buy Your Tickets to Meet American Breeds and Many More at NYC?s Javits Center October 17-18, 2009 at www.meetthebreeds.com ? 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But it?s important to keep them safe and comfortable, so the American Kennel Club offers ... </description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:11:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Beware the rockets' red glare - Roanoke Times</title><link>http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/wb/210378?FORM=ZZNR3</link><guid>http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/wb/210378?FORM=ZZNR3430</guid><description>In recent years, safety measures such as longer and glow-in-the-dark fuses (shown above) have become standard in the products sold by the Victory Restoration Center as a fundraiser, says youth pastor Greg Taylor. 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Pet-loving couples are increasingly including ... </description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:37:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Weddings are going to the dogs - WANE-TV</title><link>http://www.wane.com/dpp/news/strange/offbeat_dpgo_Weddings_Are_Going_to_the_Dogs_mb_06302009_2591081</link><guid>http://www.wane.com/dpp/news/strange/offbeat_dpgo_Weddings_Are_Going_to_the_Dogs_mb_06302009_2591081440</guid><description>If you're going to a wedding this summer, don't be surprised to see a dog in the receiving line. The latest trend in weddings is including dogs (and other pets to a lesser extent) in the wedding party. Pet-loving couples are increasingly including ... </description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:37:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>FAYETTEVILLE : 2 UA police dogs have noses keyed to find explosives - Northwest Arkansas News</title><link>http://www.nwanews.com/adg/News/263363/?FORM=ZZNR2</link><guid>http://www.nwanews.com/adg/News/263363/?FORM=ZZNR2441</guid><description>Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER Jeff Shetlar, a University of Arkansas police officer, takes his dog Dox through scent-tracking exercises last month at the campus police station on Razorback Road in Fayetteville. UA recently purchased two ... </description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:18:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Weddings are going to the dogs - WAVY News 10</title><link>http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/strange_news/offbeat_dpgo_Weddings_Are_Going_to_the_Dogs_mb_06302009_2591081?FORM=ZZNR6</link><guid>http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/strange_news/offbeat_dpgo_Weddings_Are_Going_to_the_Dogs_mb_06302009_2591081?FORM=ZZNR6442</guid><description>If you're going to a wedding this summer, don't be surprised to see a dog in the receiving line. The latest trend in weddings is including dogs (and other pets to a lesser extent) in the wedding party. Pet-loving couples are increasingly including ... </description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:37:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Weddings Are Going to the Dogs - Myfoxnepa.com</title><link>http://www.myfoxnepa.com/dpp/news/offbeat/dpgo_Weddings_Are_Going_to_the_Dogs_mb_06302009_2625002?FORM=ZZNR5</link><guid>http://www.myfoxnepa.com/dpp/news/offbeat/dpgo_Weddings_Are_Going_to_the_Dogs_mb_06302009_2625002?FORM=ZZNR5443</guid><description>(MYFOX NATIONAL) - If you're going to a wedding this summer, don't be surprised to see a dog in the receiving line. The latest trend in weddings is including dogs (and other pets to a lesser extent) in the wedding party. Pet-loving couples are ... </description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:39:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Warren puts pit bull law on hold - Macomb Daily</title><link>http://www.macombdaily.com/articles/2009/06/30/news/srv0000005725147.txt?FORM=ZZNR7</link><guid>http://www.macombdaily.com/articles/2009/06/30/news/srv0000005725147.txt?FORM=ZZNR7444</guid><description>Proposed regulations involving pit bull terriers, including a breeding ban and mandatory muzzling, are on hold in Warren as officials decide how restrictive they want to get while singling out the breed. 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'A lot of the time, we have four or five of them up here on the bed with us,' said Bowles, 42.</description><category>Pets,Guinea Pigs,US Military,US Air Force</category><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Woman works for recognition of rare breed</title><link>http://www.pnj.com/article/20090703/NEWS01/907030329/1006/RSS01</link><guid>http://www.pnj.com/article/20090703/NEWS01/907030329/1006/RSS01455</guid><description>An East Milton woman is working to get the rare Podengo Pequeno dog breed recognized by the American Kennel Club.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:50:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chinese Stocks - Why China Has a Long Investment Potential</title><link>http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1905342/chinese_stocks_why_china_has_a_long.html</link><guid>http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1905342/chinese_stocks_why_china_has_a_long.html814</guid><description>In China today, there are some 100,000 state-owned enterprises. This accounts for about a third of how many such state-owned enterprises there used to be under Mao's rule.</description><category>Financial Markets</category><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:26:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What to do for the Fourth of July weekend - Florida Times-Union</title><link>http://www.jacksonville.com/entertainment/2009-07-03/story/what_to_do_for_the_fourth_of_july_weekend?FORM=ZZNR10</link><guid>http://www.jacksonville.com/entertainment/2009-07-03/story/what_to_do_for_the_fourth_of_july_weekend?FORM=ZZNR10815</guid><description>You can ice skate today and Saturday at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena. You know those "beam me up" transporter things they use in "Star Trek?" One of those would come in pretty handy this weekend if you want to catch all the good Fourth of ... </description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:32:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate Bill 460 seeks to regulate the commercial breeding of dogs</title><link>http://www.petproductnews.com/headlines/2009/07/02/north-carolina-dog-breeder-bill-advances.aspx</link><guid>http://www.petproductnews.com/headlines/2009/07/02/north-carolina-dog-breeder-bill-advances.aspx816</guid><description>North Carolina's Senate Finance Committee has approved an amended version of Senate Bill 460, which seeks to regulate the commercial breeding of dogs.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:00:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dog shows featured in West Springfield through Sunday</title><link>http://www.masslive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2009/07/dog_shows_featured_in_west_spr.html</link><guid>http://www.masslive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2009/07/dog_shows_featured_in_west_spr.html817</guid><description>Dogs, dogs and more dogs from small and elegant looking Yorkshire terriers to family- friends English cocker spaniels to big, hardworking Bernese mountain dogs will turn the grounds of the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield this weekend into "dog city." The "cluster" dog shows they will be competing in begin today with the Holyoke Kennel ...</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:14:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Beware the rockets' red glare</title><link>http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/nrventertainment/wb/210378</link><guid>http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/nrventertainment/wb/210378818</guid><description>Greg Taylor, youth pastor of Victory Restoration Center, sells fireworks as a fundraiser for the church in the parking lot of Wal-Mart in Christiansburg.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:22:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Community Heartbeat</title><link>http://www.wisinfo.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200990702147</link><guid>http://www.wisinfo.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200990702147819</guid><description>The Heart of the Valley Chamber of Commerce will hold a Business over Breakfast seminar Tuesday on bank financing for business growth.</description><category>Little Chute, WI,Kaukauna, WI,Kimberly, WI</category><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Beware the rockets' red glare</title><link>http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/wb/210378</link><guid>http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/wb/210378820</guid><description>Even the quietest of fireworks can cause serious injury if you're not careful. In recent years, safety measures such as longer and glow-in-the-dark fuses have become standard in the products sold by the Victory Restoration Center as a fundraiser, says youth pastor Greg Taylor.</description><category>Christiansburg, VA</category><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:38:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ca SB 250 Moves to Assembly Appropriations Committee: Opposition Needed</title><link>http://www.akc.org/news/index.cfm?article_id=3890</link><guid>http://www.akc.org/news/index.cfm?article_id=3890821</guid><description>Yesterday, CA Senate Bill 250 passed the Assembly Business and Professions Committee by a vote of 6 to 4. The bill will next be heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee on July 15th.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:13:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>City Councilman Learns Firsthand the Folly of Breed-Specific Dog Bans</title><link>http://www.theagitator.com/2009/07/01/city-councilman-learns-firsthand-the-folly-of-breed-specific-dog-bans/</link><guid>http://www.theagitator.com/2009/07/01/city-councilman-learns-firsthand-the-folly-of-breed-specific-dog-bans/822</guid><description>Aaron Rochester, a city councilman in Sioux City, Iowa, who led an effort to get pit bulls banned in the city is now appealing to prevent his own dog from being euthanized after it apparently bit a neighbor.</description><category>Sioux City, IA</category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:14:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PETCO's Fifth Annual National Chihuahua Races Are a GO</title><link>http://finance.yahoo.com/news/PETCOs-Fifth-Annual-National-prnews-258100269.html?x=0&amp;.v=1</link><guid>http://finance.yahoo.com/news/PETCOs-Fifth-Annual-National-prnews-258100269.html?x=0&amp;.v=1823</guid><description>Registration Now Open for Regional Events High-Energy Pint-Sized Racers Begin Training Regimens as they Prepare to Compete for the Coveted Title of Fastest Chihuahua in America Source: PETCO On Wednesday July 1, 2009, 3:00 pm EDT SAN DIEGO, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- On your bark, get set, go! PETCO is calling all pint-sized racers with ...</description><category>PETCO Animal Supplies,Pets,Marketing,Retail</category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:03:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Daily Wag: The Pups Hit the Books</title><link>http://dailywag.marthastewart.com/2009/07/recuperation-and-hitting-the-books.html?rsc=wn_Homepage_Homepage</link><guid>http://dailywag.marthastewart.com/2009/07/recuperation-and-hitting-the-books.html?rsc=wn_Homepage_Homepage824</guid><description>Sharkey told you yesterday that our veterinarian, Dr. Marty, told me that I had to rest because I have lyme disease.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dog show days of summer this week in Ventura</title><link>http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jul/01/dog-show-days-of-summer-this-week-in-ventura/</link><guid>http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jul/01/dog-show-days-of-summer-this-week-in-ventura/825</guid><description>The dogs - big and little - will be out for the Summerfest All Breed Dog Show this week.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:14:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Weddings Are Going to the Dogs</title><link>http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/offbeat/dpgo_Weddings_Are_Going_to_the_Dogs_mb_06302009_2625002</link><guid>http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/offbeat/dpgo_Weddings_Are_Going_to_the_Dogs_mb_06302009_2625002826</guid><description>If you're going to a wedding this summer, don't be surprised to see a dog in the receiving line.</description><category>Wedding,Offbeat</category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:15:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Flagler County Sheriff's Office welcomes new canine officers</title><link>http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Local/newFLAG02063009.htm</link><guid>http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Local/newFLAG02063009.htm827</guid><description>Just the threat of their release can cause fleeing suspects to surrender. They bite, track and chase on command and their keen noses can locate weapons, drugs or people, among other things.</description><category>Flagler County, FL,Palm Coast, FL</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:39:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>American Kennel Club &amp; Cat Fanciers' Association Celebrate All-American Dogs &amp; Cats for 4th of July</title><link>http://www.akc.org/news/index.cfm?article_id=3888</link><guid>http://www.akc.org/news/index.cfm?article_id=3888828</guid><description>Buy Your Tickets to Meet American Breeds and Many More at NYC's Javits Center October 17-18, 2009 at www.meetthebreeds.com With dogs and cats having been domesticated for thousands of years, many of the breeds we know and enjoy today originated in other countries.</description><category>Outdoor Recreation</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:59:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>American Kennel Club and Cat Fanciers' Association Launch Website...</title><link>http://www.akc.org/news/index.cfm?article_id=3887</link><guid>http://www.akc.org/news/index.cfm?article_id=3887829</guid><description>Calling all dog and cat lovers, the world's largest registries of purebred dogs and cats the American Kennel Club and the Cat Fanciers' Association have launched www.meetthebreeds.com , a new website dedicated to the first stand-alone event of the same name which will showcase over 200 dog and cat breeds.</description><category>Social Software</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:58:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Camp Fund exceeds $10,000 with College Club help</title><link>http://blog.nj.com/timesfunds/2009/06/camp_fund_exceeds_10000_with_c.html</link><guid>http://blog.nj.com/timesfunds/2009/06/camp_fund_exceeds_10000_with_c.html830</guid><description>The Trenton College Club, a branch of the American Association of University Women, chal lenged area residents to be generous in donating to the 2009 Camp Fund.</description><category>Trenton, NJ,Ewing, NJ</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:37:09 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>