American Kennel Club

I don't know why, but it's imprinted in my brain that your Black Labs are just a little more superior over the other colors.

Back in my days from AKC and UKC, there was some of that.

I don't know if it was ever proven.

That might just

for whatever, you know, I got one today.

Well, you know, I found you through AKC.

I admire your AKC bread with heart.

I see all your health testing.

You know, these are the people that find me.

don't

love the hoopla about puppy mills and

um well you know i i just like to point out purebred doesn't equal wellbred purebred means nothing I mean people are so like well my dog has AKC registration I'm like well your dog simply does not fit the breed standard I mean, we've talked about this with the coats and all that other stuff.

Again, that's my opinion.

And, uh, you know, the format that, that, that I, that we run is AKC.

I don't know.

I've not been to it.

And it just – the give back is, is pretty impressive.

In my opinion, I don't see any other brand that gives back as much as Joy Dog, Joy Dog Food does.

And, and that's huge from a, from a sportsman, because like you said earlier, you hit on earlier, you know, we go to these competition hunts and in AKC, we hunt for a, for a ribbon and, you know, a rosette and, and that's, and that's it.

And, and, and the pride obviously, but when you got somebody like that, that supports the, our industry, like we support your industry or Joy Dog Foods industry, you know, it just works.

That name changed again in 1999 to simply the Parson Russell Terrier.

In the United States, the American Kennel Club followed a similar path, recognizing the breed under the Jack Russell name in 1997 before eventually shifting to Parson Russell Terrier as well, or simply just the Russell Terrier.

However, the group most closely tied to preserving Russell's original vision, the Jack Russell Terrier Club of America, actually pushed back against full kennel club recognition.

Their concern was that chasing a rigid show standard would slowly strip away the working ability that made these dogs special in the first place.

Although it has been a winding and bumpy journey, these dogs turned into one of the most recognizable breeds on television and in film.

Nevertheless, the same fearless, high-energy, sharp-minded terrier that Parson Russell was breeding in the 1820s is basically the same dog that stole scenes from Kelsey Grammer 170 years later.

As of 2025, the American Kennel Club ranks the Russell Terrier as the 60th most popular dog.

If you have a Jack Russell at home, you already know this dog answers to no one, but you love them just the same, even if they're standing on your head.

These dogs that like have plaques because of tests that they've passed and whatnot, different titles.

And when I got my first short hair, Sally, the one with the spicy butthole right now, she was not NAVDA registered, but I ended up, she was AKC registered.

So I went through that process because I wanted to, be a part of NAVDA.

I wanted a dog that was going to get some plaques.

Like you said, I do also teach scent work classes, and we competed in scent work for quite a long time.

We are finishing up our competition skills in AKC right now.

And then I do also help raise and sit puppies for a service dog program here in New England.

Wow.

And certain breeds work different ways.

So I have a friend who has a Vizsla, who's a very, very good scent work dog.

she won the national not that long ago for AKC when her dog searches she almost dips her head down a little bit and pulls it back up to almost scoop the odor which is a really interesting thing to see and she's a phenomenal dog my dog looks absolutely nothing like her.

And I will watch them work the same problem.