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The Australian National Kennel Council is the peak body for Australia's state-based kennel clubs, which are: [2] Australian Capital Territory Canine Association Inc (Dogs ACT) Canine Association of Western Australia Inc (Dogs West) Canine Control Council (Queensland) (Dogs Qld) North Australian Canine Association Inc (Dogs NT)
A kennel club (known as a kennel council or canine council in some countries) is an organization for canine affairs that concerns itself with the breeding, showing and promotion of more than one breed of dog.
The Fédération Cynologique Internationale (French pronunciation: [fedeʁɑsjɔ̃ sinɔlɔʒik ɛ̃tɛʁnɑsjɔnal]; FCI; English: International Canine Federation) is the largest [1] international federation of national kennel clubs and purebred registries.
In the United States, some working dog breed organisations, such as the American Border Collie Association and the Jack Russell Terrier Club of America, have tried to fight to keep their breeds from being recognised by the AKC and some other kennel clubs, [19] as they thought that the introduction of their breeds to the show ring would lead to ...
A kennel club manages all these aspects of the dog breeds it claims to represent, either directly or through its member bodies. Today's kennel clubs specialize in working dogs or conformation show dogs. In today's parlance, dog clubs for mixed-breed dogs are gaining ground and are now sometimes categorized as kennel clubs. The original purpose ...
The Lancashire heeler earned recognition from the U.K.'s The Kennel Club in 1981. The breed became part of the AKC’s FSS in 2001, and the United States Lancashire Heeler Club was formed in 2007.
Each kennel club has its own criteria to follow in qualifying for a championship. Examples: For the Royal Kennel Club (UK) championship, a dog must gain 3 Challenge Certificates (CCs) from three different judges, one of which must be awarded when the dog is over 12 months old, or as of 1st July 2023, two CCs and five RCCs (Reserve CCs). There ...
Show Kelpies are registered with the Australian National Kennel Council, which encourages breeding for a certain appearance and limits acceptable colours. The wide standards allowed by the WKC mean that many Working Kelpies do not meet the standard for showing. In the US, the Kelpie is not recognised as a breed by the American Kennel Club (AKC ...