The Kennel Club International Agility Festival concluded four impressive days of agility excellence on Sunday 13 August 2023. The festival saw thousands of dogs and their handlers, from across the UK and overseas, compete in over 200 competitions at Rutland Showground, Oakham. The festival, supported by Skinner’s, welcomed dogs of...

Jeff Webster from Essex, and his dog, Beauden, are set to compete at the world’s largest dog agility competition, The Kennel Club’s International Agility Festival, for the very first time this August, having overcome the odds. Beauden had a sad start to life before his agility career after being found...

The Kennel Club would like to congratulate Agility Team GB on topping the medal table at the European Open Agility Championships in Hoersholm, Denmark - (21 – 23 July 2023). Agility Team GB competed over three days at the Championships, with handlers and their dogs showing an impressive level of skill...

Emma Bryden, aged 31 from Kilmarnock, Scotland, and her Bearded Collie, Shahla, are set to compete at the world’s largest dog agility competition, The Kennel Club’s International Agility Festival, for the very first time this August. Emma got into dog agility four years ago to help one of her rescue...

The world’s largest international dog agility festival is returning to the Midlands next month, from 10 – 13 August 2023. The Kennel Club International Agility Festival, supported by Skinner’s, will see thousands of dogs and owners, from the UK and abroad, competing across four days at Rutland Showground. The Kennel Club invited...

Deaf owner’s hearing cat Zebby named National Cat of the Year 2023 An intuitive moggy who became a hearing cat for his owner despite having no formal training has been named National Cat of the Year 2023. Zebby beat thousands of other entries to be named overall winner in the nation’s...

The Young Kennel Club (YKC) Agility Team GB made history this weekend after winning five gold, five silver and two bronze medals at the Junior Open Agility World Championships, which were held in Southam, Warwickshire between 14 – 16 July. 10-year-old Isabella Taylor and her English Springer Spaniel, Twiglet, from...

Crufts, organised by The Kennel Club, is excited to announce a new and unique partnership with Asda, which will celebrate pets and support pet owners. The collaboration, which began this week, will help celebrate pets and support all pet owners through an educational hub on the Crufts website, which provides...

The Kennel Club International Agility Festival will take place from 10 - 13 August 2023. Online entry is now open for The Kennel Club International Agility Festival, the world’s largest agility festival for dogs and their owners, which will return to Rutland Showground, from 10 – 13 August 2023. During the festival,...

The Kennel Club has announced that the London Discover Dogs event will not be taking place in 2023. It will take a break for a year, with the aim of bringing it back with a refreshed and reinvigorated new look in 2024.  Discover Dogs has been a feature at Crufts since...