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legislative outreach, and community involvement. see if anything has changed and if any airlines are
These documents are shared with AKC member friendlier than others. (We were not optimistic.)
clubs’ delegates and are posted on the AKC
website. Shortly thereafter, I received the following
information from AKC. The link is to Pets Flying
I have also written documents such as “Welcome Cargo 2025 (Domestic)
to the Dog Show,” an informative handout for
spectators at all breed and specialty shows. “Be • Flying Pets in Cargo: What You Need to
Prepared-Plan Ahead” is an article outlining how Know for 2025. (https://www.akcgr.org/blogpost_
to plan for pet care in the event of one’s incapacity petsflyingcargo2025)
or death. This was shared with delegates attending • Pets Flying Cargo 2025 (Domestic) (https://
the committee meeting, printed in the delegates s3.amazonaws.com/cdn-origin-etr.akc.org/wp-
quarterly newsletter, and posted on the AKC content/uploads/2025/05/28151723/Pets-Flying-
website. I have had multiple requests from other Cargo-2025.pdf)
Parent Clubs and All-Breed Clubs to publish
it in their club’s magazines and to share it with Alaskan, American and Delta Airlines have a
club members. It has already been published in lengthy list of Restricted Breeds flying in cargo.
our Chow Life. It was also published in Canine Chows are on the lists. JetBlue and Southwest do
Chronicle July 2025. not currently fly pets in cargo. It is highly unlikely
that Chows and many other breeds will ever be
Throughout the year, I share AKC correspondence able to be flown in cargo on domestic flights.
with the CCCI Board. Sometimes this is
announcement of seminars, webinars, or I hope that this overview will give you an
conferences. Sometimes it is surveys related understanding of my involvement and
to club issues. If a topic is related to one of our commitment to the job of Delegate. I am always
committees, I send the information to that chair. open to questions and will gladly serve as a
AKC has a tremendous amount of information resource if you need help
available addressing all aspects of dog ownership. with an AKC issue.

My latest involvement is participation in a Parent
Club sub-committee called “Targeted Breeds Task
Force.” This group highlights the growing problem,
worldwide, of restrictions being placed on the
breeding of dogs with so-called defects that
are deemed unhealthy and cause suffering.
Raising awareness is important, but clubs
need to be prepared to take action when
anti-breeding bills are proposed. I
am working on a document that our
club could provide to legislators when
such bills are considered. This will
emphasize our concern for breeding
healthy Chows and what, as breeders,
we do to ensure this. The Animal Rights
extremists are not going away.

I was also asked to revisit the issue of
airline restrictions on flying dogs. We
addressed this problem in 2018-19 with no
success. I again contacted Sheila Goffe, VP
Government Relations, and she said she would

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