The Northwest Arkansas Kennel Club is an AKC licensed club established in 1969. Altogether, our members have over 100 years of experience in dog related interests, such as behavior, breeding, raising, training and showing of dogs. Their participation in dog sports and activities include: obedience, conformation, tracking, agility, herding, earthdog, carting, therapy dogs, lurecoursing, search & rescue and hunting tests.

Although as a licensed club our primary function is to promote pure-bred dogs and AKC dog sports, our first love is the dog itself as an unsurpassed companion animal. Some of our members have thirty years involvement in the purebred dog world; others are newcomers to the fancy, while some don't own a purebred dog. What we do have in common is our love of the dog and an interest in promoting responsible dog ownership.

MEETINGS: NWAKC has regular meetings on the 2nd Wednesday of every month, held at Petersen Granite 800 Sanders in Springdale. We have several programs each year on subjects of general public interest such as first aid for dogs, responsible pet ownership, and selecting an appropriate breed for you and your lifestyle.

Some of our members teach conformation classes (how to show your dog) and puppy pre-school (how to get off on the right foot!). We hold a licensed dog show and obedience trial every year and during the year hold sanctioned matches and Canine Good Citizen Tests. In the future, we hope to add agility trials to our list of activities.

If you love dogs and want to learn more about them, please join us at our next meeting. AKC dog sports are a wonderful family activity. We have an excellent junior program for those 17 and under and there is surely something of interest for every dog lover. Those who would like to help out in any of our activities are especially welcome!

Membership is open to those persons willing to abide by the NWAKC principles and practices.