Dogs in Canada is a monthly magazine

Magazine

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, which includes 12 monthly issues along with an annual edition, typically released in mid-November. This publication founded in 1889 is Canada's oldest continually-published magazine. It was started as a newsletter

Newsletter

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 for the CKC Canadian Kennel Club

Canadian Kennel Club

The Canadian Kennel Club is the primary registry body for purebred dog pedigrees in Canada. Beyond maintaining the pedigree registry, the C.K.C...

, and is owned by Apex Publishing Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of The CKC. The magazine features articles about dog

Dog

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s, and though it originally focused purely on Pedigree dogs and dog show

Conformation show

Conformation shows, also referred to as breed shows, are a kind of dog show in which a judge familiar with a specific dog breed evaluates individual purebred dogs for how well the dogs conform to the established breed type for their breed, as described in a breed's individual breed standard.A...

s, it has evolved to become a more general interest dog magazine.

This change in tone has not been without controversy, especially because a subscription was previously included in the price of membership of the CKC, and some CKC members believed that if the price of subscription is included in the fee, than the magazine should focus solely on purebred dogs. Now, the magazine is a CKC member benefit and members who do not like the more mainstream content can elect not to receive the magazine. However, with recent changes in editorial staff, the magazine now appears to have bowed to pressure from the CKC, and the its focus has returned to promoting the interests of pedigree breeders generally, and CKC members in particular.

Columns & Departments

• Nutrition
• Citizen canine
• Behaviour
• Brushing up
• Health basics
• Barks
• Breedlines
• Feedback - Letters to the editor

Features focus

• Health
• Animal welfare
• Sporting activities
• Human-animal bond
• Travel
• Lifestyle
• Training & behaviour
• Breeding
• History & the arts