What is the difference between the Universal Kennel Club and the American Kennel Club?
Never heard of the "Universal" Kennel Club, although there is a United Kennel Club. In America, the American Kennel Club is the gold standard for dog registrations and record maintenance. It's not a perfect system, but it's the best in the U.S. I would only buy a purebred dog with A.K.C. papers, unless it is a rare breed that the AKC doesn't recognize. www.akc.org
What's the difference between the AKC and the ACA dog clubs ?
The AKC is the American Kennel Club. It has tracked the registrations of dogs in the USA for a very long time. Having a dog registered with the AKC does not mean anything as far as health or temperment, just whether the dog is bred from two dogs of the same breed. There is also a slight chance that a dishonest breeder could fake these records. The AKC though is very concerned about that and has doubled and tripled it's checks making sure that breeders stay honest about whether they are breeding purebred dogs to each other and exactly who the sire and dam are of the puppies are. As soon as the AKC started these major checks to determine that people are being honest about who they are breeding, including DNA tests on multi-used sires, many of the dishonest or large facility/careless breeders found that litters of theirs were being rejected by the AKC as not bred by the dogs they said they were bred by.....so the ACA, ConKC, and many other easy registries were born. These registries are based on the idea that their breeders don't lie, that all dogs they say are purebred are, no proof necessary. If someone says their litter of puppies are beagles, they register them as beagle, even if they're 100 lbs or covered in bushels of fur. The AKC is not a guarantee of anything, but that the puppies are the right breed to the best of their knowledge and they try very very hard to make sure of it. The ACA means even less. In fact it means nothing at all.
Kennel clubs: ukc, akc, adba ? what is the difference?
AKC does not register Pit Bulls....There's nothing wrong with ADBA, UKC is really no better. Sorry but most registries are jokes nowadays it's so easy to get fake papers through any of them (yes even AKC) When it comes to Pit Bulls UKC and ADBA are really the only decent choices. FYI about 95% of "blue pits" are nothing but mutts with alot of skin problems, and with fake papers. The color "blue" in real APBT's is very rare to come by and is actually a fault...talk to any real Pit Bull breeder and they will tell you the exact same thing. If you want to do weight pulling get a real APBT, those blue bully mutts couldn't pull in a real competition if they wanted to, they tire way too fast and do not have the drive for it. If you get a pit that is UKC you can have it dual registered with ADBA also, which means you can enter into shows through any of those registries. ADD; ok well as long as you know, good luck on finding one I've been around this breed my whole life and i am yet to see a real blue Pit Bull.
How does the Continental Kennel Club registry differ from the American Kennel Club registry?
The TRUE Kennel clubs- the AKC and the KC (UK) for example, have key dog protection and dog standard duties-to preserve breedsto discuss and improve dog healthto promote good dog citizenshipto recognise dog breeders that breed dogs in good conditionsto promote dog welfareand finally, to register dogs bred and born in a pedigree linethrough these things, they bring out (with some controversy) the beat in dogs. They promote awareness of canine issues, including health, puppy mills, etc.Then there are the places people go when they can't go to the AKC or the KC>to go to the KC or AKC, you have to have credentials. They are run by experts who (again, sometimes controversially) promote dog standards.to go to one of the new "Kennel Clubs" you need a checkbook. They are run by people who saw a gap in the market, and who exploit people's lack of knowledge and desire for certain kinds of dogs to make a bloody mint on the suffering of poor living creatures who we claim to love. Puppy mills, dog traffickers.... well, you get the idea. That's the difference. Go to the KC and ask them if they will look at your dog registered thru one of the pay-as-you-go kennel clubs, and they won't even speak to you.... If you want an awesome dog- look at a mongrel. Get a rescue. no dog needs a pedigree to be a good pet...
What's the difference in NKC & AKC?
My friend and I were talking and she said her American Kennel Club reg. pomeranian was a better dog because of it's papers, than my National Kennel Club reg. Chihuahua. Is there a difference in the different kennel clubs? Of course I don't care about papers on my dog, I'm just curious about whats so different about them? Thanks for the help.
What is the difference betweent the NKC and the AKC?
I just want to know what the difference is betweent the American Kennel Club and the National Kennel club. My dog is reg. with the NKC. is that a lessor version of the AKC Restration?
Continental kennel club and American kennel club?
Continental Kennel Club = A scam registry used by backyard breeders and puppy mills to make their puppies sound special and important. American Kennel Club = Legitimate registry used by legitimate breeders who produce actual purebreds as verified by a legitimate pedigree. And there's nothing wrong with mutts, just with people who intentionally produce them in order to make money. **Added** Yes, a dog could be theoretically registered in both but there's no point. The only reason to get a CKC registry is if the dog isn't AKC eligible. In order to be registered in the AKC the dog must have been born from AKC-registered parents, and so on back until the beginning of the line or the line's admission into the registry. In order to get registered with the CKC you have to send a picture of the dog saying "This is a Chihuahua/Greyhound/Giraffe" with some witness signatures - it means nothing!
What is a CKC dog and how is it different from an AKC dog?
CKC may stand for Canadian Kennel Club, in which case, it is equivalent to an AKC dog except born in Canada.However, it usually stands for Continental Kennel Club. That CKC is a for-profit business that was created so that puppy mills could “register” their mongrel, abused, puppies and sell them for higher prices. As such, any breeder using such a registry is at best ignorant, and any dog that is CKC registered is at best of questionable pedigree.Internationally, the kennel clubs that are reputable are the American Kennel Club, The Kennel Club (UK), and the Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) member clubs in their respective nations. Any other registry is suspect, and a dog registered with any other registry will rarely be considered purebred by any other registry.