CKC

[vinjashira]

Originally posted by cali
lol UKC is over here, Blair is UKC registered.

This is UKC in USA
http://www.ukcdogs.com/

and this is UKC in Canada
http://www.ukc.ca

Eventhough the names are the same, they are actually unrelated. UKC of USA was founded in 1898 by C. Z. Bennett for the purpose of emphasizing each breed's individual working qualities. UKC of Canada, on the other hand, formerly called The Ladies Kennel Club of Canada, was founded in 1917 by a group of Montreal women. The name was changed in 1964 to The United Kennel Club when they decided to admit male members.

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sorry I put the wrong link before
the website for UKC in Canada is http://www.ukc.ca

[KYS]

Isn't the FCI pretty much the controlling body of
at least 35 International
kennel clubs? I believe Japan (JKC) and parts of Europe
follow FCI rules?
I remember reading about an Akita breeder who falsely registered a
litter under a different pure bred sire.
(their were two separate pure bred litters at the time).
This person was banned from
AKC. I used to read about Akita breeders being banned
for a time on the quartarly ACA reports
for varies reasons.
Believe it or not the AKC does try to police and try
to keep accurate records.
I would think the official breed clubs have a lot of impute also
on how things are done.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if DNA became the norm.

P.S. I wanted to add, I am not keen on AKC for different reason's.
I think AKC needs to do a lot more than be a record keeping and
information business for pure-bred dogs.
Even thought the Breed clubs along with AKC do some
wonderfull things such as donating money to Vet hospitals for research they need to do more IMHO.
THey need to police and start requirering healthy tests (DNA)
on sire and dams before a dogs litter can be registered.
Might help elimanate some of puppy mills if they have to
make sure their stock passes certain health tests to bred.
It might not be the answer but maybe a start.

[cali]

nope the canadian UKC you posted does not recignize BCs, the one that does most stuff here does, and lost of people here register BCs with them for whatever reason, not for showing lol mostly just for their activitys, and we almost registered Happy with them as well. Blair is registered with the one you called the american version, I have never even heard of that canadian version lol

[Suki Wingy]

Thanks for all the input! I like how the AKC makes sure the dog breed is very recognised and popular before they regester any old breed.