Margaret Poindexter

Why can't the AKC manage to create any consistency in branding and marketing? Read More
For some, now is the winter of our discontent with the American Kennel Club. Read More
From mask deniers to corporate callousness, a lamentation over our lack of compassion. Read More
AKC's delegate body has ceded too much of its power. Read More
A Lab puppy's toy preferences provide an apt metaphor. Read More
Facing some uncomfortable truths about sexual abuse in the sport of dogs. Read More
It's hard to grasp the justification for AKC's layoffs this spring, much less the refusal to bring all of those folks back to work now. Read More
Extraordinary and unprecedented layoffs at the American Kennel Club impact more than one-third of AKC’s employees.    Read More

The breeds for Meet the Breeds don't just come off the shelf -- dedicated breeders must bring them to these AKC events, along with their hard-won expertise.
AKC’s Meet the Breeds is arguably the best event it puts on, in that it gives the dog-loving public what it craves:  approachable, well-bred, well-behaved, dogs of all breeds (including some that the public never gets to see), all in one location, where petting, hugging, and kissing <sorry, my... Read More
Surely, the American Kennel Club must have some big shebang planned for something as remarkable as its 135th anniversary. Or ... not. Read More

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