Kennel Club Campaigns

The primary objective of the Kennel Club is 'to promote in every way, the general improvement of dogs'.

The Kennel Club was founded in 1873 and is able to offer dog owners an unparalleled source of information, experience and advice on dog welfare, dog health, dog training and dog breeding.

We are actively involved with a variety of political issues, including the Dangerous Dogs Act, Electric Shock Collars, and puppy farming. Further information about all our campaigns can be found at http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/item/244

KC Dog is a Kennel Club initiative that has been established to help dog owners protect themselves by; keeping participants informed about local policies that may affect their rights, assisting participants in lobbying at a local level and keeping participants updated about KC Dog activity across the country. KC Dog was launched at Crufts 2006 and now has over 1000 members to join KC Dog please visit http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/item/295

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01 Oct 2008 07:01

Anna Farlow

I am sure that many people will have seen the BBC programme about pedigree dogs shown recently. These are my comments posted on another forum:

The Kennel Club has all the power they need to stop irresponsible breeding: they can refuse to issue Pedigrees to negligent breeders. Without a Pedigree the dogs cannot be shown. Many people will not buy pedigree dogs without the KC´s official Pedigree. End of breeder´s ability to show or sell. I´m sure we all know people who have found their pedigree puppies to have some genetic problem and have, in all innocence, contacted the breeder to inform them of their discovery. The breeder will tell them "I´ve never had that in one of my dogs before". The owner, knowing full-well that this is probably an out-and-out lie and frustrated at the response, then contacts the KC - imagining that they will be interested. Wrong. All that the KC is interested in is collecting the fees for issuing Pedigrees. It´s the 21st century. Computer data is commonplace. It would not be in the least difficult for the KC to generate a system of recording complaints against breeders and a system for investigating that breeder with a view to (a) witholding Pedigrees and (b) informing potential buyers of the complaints registered. The KC in many European countries do this as a matter of course, and have done so for many years, which is why so many people who know a particular breed well are rigorous in investigating the family lines of potential purchases so that they can be sure that the pups are from a line brought in from Europe. It is also, perhaps, not such a good idea to have so many breeders as show Judges and officers of the Kennel Club. The words "poacher" and "gamekeeper" spring to mind.

In addition, I think that many people are wondering why the Kennel Club has not been more active in encouraging breeders NOT TO DOCK tails. Breed descriptions and advice to Judges should be far more specific about the requirement to give preference to dogs who have not had their tail amputated.

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