About Kennel Clubs
Posted by admin on January 4th, 2009The major, most-widely accepted kennel clubs for various countries are: American Kennel Club (United States) The American Kennel Club (or AKC) is the largest registry of purebred dog pedigrees in the United States.
The AKC registered just over 900,000 dogs in 2003. Beyond maintaining its pedigree registry, it also promotes events for purebred dogs, including the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, an annual event which predates the official forming of the AKC, and the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship.
The Kennel Club (UK) The Kennel Club (“KC”) in the United Kingdom is a kennel club based in London, England. It the oldest of the world’s all-breed kennel clubs and one of the most prestigious. It is also the largest in the United Kingdom. It was the first official registry of purebred dogs in the world, and its annual registrations in the early 2000s average 280,000. The club was founded on the 4 April 1873.
The club’s signature event is the prestigious and world-famous Crufts dog conformation show, held annually since 1948, which attracts competitors from all over the world. It also holds the much-smaller Scruffts for nonpurebred dogs.The Kennel club’s official objective is “to promote in every way the general improvement of dogs”.
Australian National Kennel Council The Australian National Kennel Council (ANKC) is the peak body in Australia responsible for promoting excellence in breeding, showing, trialling, obedience, and other canine-related activities and the ownership of temperamentally and physically sound purebred dogs by responsible individuals across Australia.
Canadian Kennel Club The Canadian Kennel Club (or C.K.C.) is the primary registry body for purebred dog pedigrees in Canada. Beyond maintaining the pedigree registry, the CKC also promotes events for purebred dogs.
C.K.C. is not the only Canadian registy of purebred dogs, but it is the one most Canadians are familiar with.
For a dog to be registered with the C.K.C., the dog’s parents must be registered with the C.K.C. as the same breed, and the litter in which the dog is born must be registered with the C.K.C. Once these criteria are met, the dog is eligible to be registered as purebred by the C.K.C.
Kennel Union of Southern Africa The Kennel Union of Southern Africa, formerly the South African Kennel Club, is the national kennel club for the republic of South Africa. It was founded in 1891 through the merging of the Southern African Kennel Club of Port Elizabeth (founded 1883) and the South African Kennel Club of Cape Town (founded 1889), ranking it among the world’s oldest kennel clubs.
According to the official website, KUSA is a fully federated member of the Federation Cynologique Internationale and has reciprocal agreements with bodies such as the Kennel Club, London and the American Kennel Club, which are not members of the FCI.
KUSA has nearly 200 affiliated breed clubs. KUSA currently promotes two developing South African breeds, the Africanis and the Boerboel.
United Kennel Club (United States) The United Kennel Club (or UKC) is the second oldest all-breed registry of purebred dog pedigrees in the United States and the second largest in the world. According to the website, the club records 250,000 registrations annually. (By contrast, according to American Kennel Club records that club registered just over 900,000 dogs in 2003.)
Verband für das Deutsche Hundewesen (VDH) (German Kennel Club) Verband für das Deutsche Hundewesen (VDH) is Germany’s Kennel club for dogs and represents the world federation Fédération Cynologique Internationale.
The VDH is for the protection of interests of dog owners in Germany. As the country wide controlling body, the VDH represents 167 member organizations with more than 650,000 members. In addition, there are over 250 different breeds of dog in the VDH, which are under the strictest breeding controls.
Written by: Kevin Hart