Welcome!

The Anoka County Minnesota Kennel Club (ACMKC) is a club dedicated to furthering the advancement of American Kennel Club (AKC) registered purebred dogs.  We also welcome companion dogs to join us in our events.  We’re just a short trip to Anoka, north of the Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN).Find us directly at acmkc.com or acmkc.org

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                                               Our Mission

We are an AKC club, which works toward the betterment of purebred and companion dogs through a variety of competitive events, training, and promotion of the health and safety of dogs throughout the area.

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Our club members participate in many AKC events and Canine Performance Events (CPE) including agility, barn hunts, conformation, obedience, rally, weight pulling, and other competitive events.  We partner every June with the Cambridge Minnesota Kennel Club for the Summer Solstice Cluster of Dog Shows.

Our club members enjoy taking part in a wide range of canine events like these:

Agility Trials

You have an active dog?  Many agility trials are racing around the Twin Cities including our Agility Trial the first weekend of December!

Agility – Teeter

Agility – Tire

Agility – Jumps

Agility – Weave Poles

 

Conformation Matches including Junior Showmanship

There are many Conformation shows and Junior Showmanship events our members attend including our Summer Solstice Cluster of Dog Shows the third weekend in June!

Judge Reviewing Structure

Conformation Stance

Best in Show

Junior Showman

 

Obedience Trials

Sit.       Stay.       Attend our Summer Solstice Cluster of Dog Shows in June and our Obedience Trial in September!

Obedience

Jump

Retrieval

Sit. Stay.

 

Rally

Steer your way through the courses to Rally events hosted at Summer Solstice Cluster of Dog Shows in June and our Obedience Trial in September.

Sit….2….3….

Wait….

Heel

Rounding the Dog

 

Barn Hunt

Where’d that rat go?  Sniff it out at Barn Hunt events. Bales and Tails Barn Hunt hosts an event at the Summer Solstice Cluster of Dog Shows every June!

Searching

Over. Under. Where is it?

Tunnel Edge

Found one!

 

Dock Diving

Make a Splash! North American Diving Dogs hosts an event at the Summer Solstice Cluster of Dog Shows every June!

Dock Diving

How Far?

Splosh!

Got It!

 

UpDog Challenge

Disc time!  Take your pup and play the field! Up Dog Disc Dog hosts an event at Summer Solstice Cluster of Dog Shows every June!

Going…..

Almost…..

Caught!

Coming Back

 

FastCAT

Racing the clock more your dog’s style?  Try FastCAT!  Greater Twin Cities Afghan Hound Club FastCAT hosts an event at Summer Solstice Cluster of Dog Shows every June!

Run Full Out

Run it out

Finish Line

Grab It!

 

But There’s More….

We also hang out with our furry friends.  Our pups are hard workers, friendly, playful, silly, and more…..

Herding	Weight Pulling	Hanging at the Pool	Hanging at MN State Fair!
Snowmobiling	Hanging with Santa	Playing in the Snow	Taking Each for Walks
Playing Fetch	Chewing on Stuff	Watching the Sunsets	Hanging in the Backyard
Snuggling	Soaking up the Attention	Playing with Toys	Giving a Helping Paw
	Napping	Watching the Game

 

And…. PUPPIES!!!!

Sleeping is Hard	Nap time	Awwww Mom….	Food Time
Making New Friends	Climbing over Each Other	Learning with New Family

 

Giving Back to the Communities

Our club and our members are active in trying to help out wherever we can.  Some of the latest charitable events include:

MPDBA Gives Back 2020

The Minnesota Purebred Dog Breeders Association has created a fundraiser for Feeding Furry Friends in association with Dog Food Direct to help dog and cat owners in need across Minnesota.  This pet food bank services multiple pet charity organizations and people food banks.  This fundraiser is currently looking for donations from Nov 1 – Dec 7.  For each dollar contributed equals one pound of food.  The goal is $5,000.

For more information, please visit GiveMn.Org.

 

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

Summer Solstice Cluster of Dog Shows

This year’s Summer Solstice Cluster had been RESCHEDULED to:

Sept 10-13, 2020

We had a great year and hope to see everyone again in 2021.

 

Down Time with Our Crew

 

Re-Unite Trailer

Our volunteer crew worked with the AKC Re-Unite Trailer on making it fully prepped and ready to go in the event of an emergency.  Interested in learning more?  Check out our page on the Trailer: AKC Disaster Relief Trailer

Interested in scholarships? We have a program for students living in Anoka County.

 

 

Become a member? Looking to join our club?

We are currently holding monthly meetings via teleconference on the third Wednesday of each month.  Updates on joining these meetings will be posted as more information comes available.

 

 

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