{"id":8,"date":"2009-07-05T17:25:56","date_gmt":"2009-07-05T23:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.malinoisclub.com\/abmc\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-01-16T19:30:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T01:30:52","slug":"about-abmc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.malinoisclub.com\/abmc\/about-abmc\/","title":{"rendered":"About ABMC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The American Belgian Malinois Club is the national parent club for the Belgian Malinois affiliated with the American Kennel Club. The Club is governed by a Board of Officers &amp; Directors and a Constitution &amp; By-Laws. A number of Committees coordinate the various activities of the club.<\/p>\n<p>The ABMC is a relatively young club with general membership starting in 1978 and becoming a member club of the American Kennel Club in 1993. We are working to improve the programs and events that we sponsor. The members are all volunteers, and we love to see new faces at sponsored events.<\/p>\n<p>Annually we have a National Specialty show that is usually held in the spring. Our first independent National Specialty was held in Texas in March 1998.<\/p>\n<p>The club\u2019s objectives: to protect and promote the interests of the breed through the encouragement of good sportsmanship and camaraderie and to promote activities aimed at improving all aspects of the breed.<\/p>\n<p>The club offers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.malinoisclub.com\/abmc\/about-abmc\/abmc-committees\/judges-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Judges Education<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">material<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Member Awards (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.malinoisclub.com\/abmc\/achievement-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Register of Merit<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.malinoisclub.com\/abmc\/achievement-awards\/hall-of-fame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hall of Fame<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The bi-monthly<a href=\"https:\/\/www.malinoisclub.com\/abmc\/about-the-abmc\/abmc-newsmagazine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <em>Performer<\/em><\/a> newsletter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.malinoisclub.com\/abmc\/abmc-breeder-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breeder information<\/a> and link to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.malinoisrescue.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Malinois rescue\u00a0<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Holding and supporting AKC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.malinoisclub.com\/abmc\/events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">events<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.malinoisclub.com\/abmc\/about-abmc\/abmc-membership\/\">Membership Information.<\/a><br \/>\nApplicants must be sponsored by two current members who are from different households and who have been members for at least one year.<br \/>\nContact:<br \/>\nSecond Vice President<br \/>\nSara Andersen<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:sarajane3@twc.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sarajane3@twc.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Belgian Malinois Club is the national parent club for the Belgian Malinois affiliated with the American Kennel Club. The Club is governed by a Board of Officers &amp; Directors and a Constitution &amp; By-Laws. A number of Committees coordinate the various activities of the club. The ABMC is a relatively young club with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":19,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malinoisclub.com\/abmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malinoisclub.com\/abmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malinoisclub.com\/abmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malinoisclub.com\/abmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malinoisclub.com\/abmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.malinoisclub.com\/abmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9755,"href":"https:\/\/www.malinoisclub.com\/abmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/9755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malinoisclub.com\/abmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}