AKU All Breed Show
June 23-24, 2007 
Venue: PCCI Activity Center Marikina
Judges: Sadao Kobayashi (JAPAN)
Hideo Tateyama (JAPAN) (click for more)

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNER OF THE 

SDCPI's 1ST CANINE SUPREME CLASSIC  
 A SHIH-TZU 

OWNED BY HENSON AND ALEX TAN 

OF ARTEMIS SHIH-TZU

Breaking News 

‘Dog fight’ club busted in Antipolo
Operator, 3 Thais, 10 Filipinos arrested

By Kristine L. Alave, Inquirer (more)

 entire 4-session programme. That boils down to P250 per session, though everyone is required to pay the P1000 upon registration. That includes prizes and other freebies they may get. For those interested in this event ( pre- registration/volunteering visit (PAWS)  

Written by Peggy Adamson
Text of a speech given before the Annual Symposium of the "National Dog Owners and Handlers Association" in Feb. 1969; and published in their newsletter.

The breeder is the mainspring of the dog world. Without the breeder, there would be no dogs. Without the dogs, there would be no kennel clubs, no dog shows, no judges, no handlers, no trainers, no dog food companies, no dog publications. 

Despite their importance, the breeder represents a very small segment of the dog world, which in turn, creates the dog business. Furthermore, they are the ones who seldom, if ever, make a profit, even in the most popular breeds; and since they cannot take a livelihood from their breeding activates, they must be able to rely on some other source of income.

Why then, do people ever become Breeders???

A breeder has, in his mind, a perfect dog that he someday hopes to create. He presses on to breed his ideal dog, unfettered by desires to be a conformist, or to pander to the buying public. Like the artist or sculptor, he is activated by a creative, inner drive which is totally unaffected by considerations of what will sell or what won't. Unlike the sculptor however, he is working with living flesh and is constantly fighting time. He can never put his work away and come back to it later. The raw material on which he labors is constantly changing - sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse; sometimes as a result of his efforts and sometimes in spite of them. Nature and Time are his greatest adversaries, yet when he least expects it, (more)

Rabies Bill Passed!

(copied on dogengine.com)

After months of lobbying by DA, BAI, DOH, NMIS, CAW, veterinary groups and animal welfare NGOs, the Rabies Bill (or "an Act Providing for the Control and Elimination of Human and Animal Rabies, Prescribing Penalties for Violation Thereof and Appropriating Funds Therefore got its final reading at Congress yesterday, February 20, 2007.

ALL SMILES.Photo taken minutes after the final reading of the Rabies Bill at Congress yesterday, Feb 20, 2007 at 4.20pm.(L to R) Dr. Minda Manantan of the NMIS, Dr. Teodulo M. Topacio, Jr., Chairman of the DA National Advisory Committee for Animal Disease Control &Emergency (NAC-ADCE), author of the bill Congressman Yapha, and Anna Cabrera (PAWS)

Highlights of the said bill, aside from giving a budget for the purchase of vaccines, are as follows:
1. Dog electrocution is prohibited
2. Reiteration of RA 8485's "prohibition of trade of dogs for meat"
3. Registration of all dogs
4. Discounted registration fee for spayed or neutered dogs (Dog population control).
5. Penalties for irresponsible pet owners
6. Agencies tasked to implement the anti-rabies program shall seek the assistance and participation of NGOs re: education, community mobilization

We will send the link to the scanned copy of latest version - Senate Bill 2541 - adopted by Congress - for everyone's reference.

Thanks to volunteers, organizations and officials who lobbied for this bill, we are all gradually working towards educating more people about responsible pet ownership and eradicating rabies.

-The Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)
"Responsibility, Not Cruelty."