Fri, 11/07/2025 - 11:35am
Editorial: November 7, 2025
Eat, Drink and be Merry, It’s for Charity
As your plans for the end of the year near, that include the AKC National Championship week long cluster in Orlando, take a well deserved midweek break and attend the hugely popular annual Canines & Cocktails gala that benefits the AKC Canine Health Foundation. To be held on Wednesday evening, December 11th at the Rosen Center footsteps from the show venue. Tickets are $150. per person. Donations like yours help fund the research to help improve the health of all dogs. Listed below are the semi finalists for the Inaugural Canine Health Discovery of the Year Award.
The Canine Health Discovery of the Year Award sets out to annually honor the most significant research advancement that transforms the health and well-being of dogs, with $75,000 in potential research funding and a $10,000 cash prize going to the winner.
The advancements and breakthroughs of these five semifinalist research discoveries spoke directly to the mission of CHF and the award. The researchers who performed these studies represent exactly the kind of investigators canine health depends on: ones who challenge conventions and drive innovation.
The eight semifinalists for the 2025 Canine Health Discovery of the Year are:
• Dog Gallbladder Disease has Similarities with Cystic Fibrosis
Dr. Jody Gookin – NC State University
• New Genetic Insight Could Dramatically Reduce Spinal Disease in Dachshunds
Dr. Stacey Sullivan – Auburn University
• New Hope for a Canine Oral Cancer
Dr. Santiago Peralta and Dr. William Katt – Cornell University
• Innovative Cancer Treatment that Shows Promise in Dogs & Humans
Dr. Timothy Fan – University of Illinois
• Large-scale Cancer Trial Reveals New Insights
Dr. Chand Khanna, Dr. Jacob Cawley, and Dr. Samuel Stewart – Ethos Discovery
• Training Dogs to Use the Most Effective Method to Cool Down When Overheated
Dr. Cynthia Otto – University of Pennsylvania
• Some Diets Can Trigger Heart Disease in Certain Dogs by Altering Metabolism, Leading to Harmful Fat-Like Substances in Heart Cells that Show Up in Urine Tests
Dr. Lisa Freeman – Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University
• Newly Identified Genetic Risk for Obesity in Labrador Retrievers (And Humans) Affects Appetite but Can Be Managed by Lifestyle
Dr. Eleanor Raffan – Cambridge University
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Fri, 11/07/2025 - 11:35am