RALEIGH, NC–(Marketwire -12/16/11)- The AKC Canine Health Foundation (CHF) has been named the target of the deduction from sales of the official print for the Westminster Kennel Club (WKC) 136th Annual Dog Show.

“The AKC Canine Health Foundation is intensely unapproachable and respected to be chosen by the Westminster Kennel Club as this year’s customer of the deduction from their print sales,” pronounced CHF Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel Terry Warren. “This poignant donation is furthering our funding of sound, systematic research and the distribution of health information that is assisting dogs live longer, healthier lives.”

Each year, WKC selects a canine-related charity or classification to receive deduction from the prestigious show’s print sales. WKC conducts a contest, sponsored and judged by the New York Academy of Art, to design the official poster.

Chris Duke, an achieved illustrator from New Hartford, Conn., written the 2012 pen, ink and watercolor poster, which was comparison tip preference out of twenty-three entries. The 2011 WKC Best in Show leader GCH Foxcliffe Hickory Wind, a Scottish Deerhound improved well known as Hickory, served as Duke’s impulse for her winning entry, which also facilities other breeds in their respective judging groups.

“I outlayed a whilst with Hickory’s photos on my sketch board. I fell in love with her countenance and bearing,” pronounced Duke, who owns a Boston Terrier declared Lucy. “I motionless to underline Hickory executive [in the design] surrounded by groupings of 7 breeds. I also motionless to underline a stage of the winning impulse when Hickory was awarded Best in Show.”

Duke is quite unapproachable that sales of the print will benefit all canines. “I love the joining of the AKC Canine Health Foundation to the health of dogs and to the critical research they foster,” pronounced Duke, who plans on in attendance the arriving show.

Posters can be systematic at www.akcchf.org/how-you-can-help/donate/wkc-poster.html. They also will be available for squeeze at the WKC 136th Annual Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Feb. 13-14, 2012.

“The print makes a good holiday or personal gift,” Warren said. “Plus, it is a good approach to await the Foundation’s ongoing investigate and preparation efforts that assistance prevent, provide and heal dog diseases.”

If meddlesome in creation contributions directly for dog health investigate and education, visit the CHF website at www.akcchf.org and click on the “Donate Today” symbol or content “dog” to 20222 to make a $5 donation.

For more on Duke and her artwork, together with portraits of dogs, visit her website at www.ChrisDukeArt.com.

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About CHFThe AKC Canine Health Foundation (CHF) is a non-profit classification dedicated to assisting dogs live longer, healthier lives by funding investigate that helps prevent, provide and heal dog disease. Established in 1995, CHF’s goal is to allege the health of all dogs and their owners by appropriation receptive to advice systematic investigate and ancillary the distribution of dog health information. Through the inexhaustible await of the American Kennel Club, Nestlé Purina PetCare, Pfizer Animal Health, dog clubs and dog owners worldwide, CHF has dedicated more than $33.2 million to dog health investigate projects and preparation programs. Visit CHF online at www.akcchf.org for more information.

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