 With
300,000 registrations annually, the United Kennel Club is the
world’s largest performance dog registry and second oldest
all-breed registry in the United States. Founded in 1898, the
UKC has supported the "Total Dog" philosophy through its events
and programs for over a century. As a departure from registries
that place emphasis on a dog’s looks, UKC events are designed
for dogs that look and perform equally well.
Our mission is to be the world's best registry of purebred dogs,
to offer our customers the most efficient and creative services
possible, to use our data to help our customers breed the best
dogs in the world and to create a wide spectrum of performance
and conformation events in which those dogs can prove their
instincts and heritage.
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The programs at UKC include Obedience Trials,
Agility Trials, Weight Pull Events, Terrier Races, Earth Work
Events, Total Junior Program, Dog Sports (including Family
Obedience), Coonhound Field Trials, Water Races, Nite Hunts and
Bench Shows, Hunt Tests for retrieving breeds, Pointing Dog
Events, Beagle Events (including Hunts and Bench Shows, and Cur
and Feist Squirrel and Coon Events and Bench Shows.
 Rounding
out the 'Total Dog' package, UKC Conformation Events are among
our largest growing events. UKC dog shows are family events
designed by and for the breeder-owner-handler. Professional
Handlers are not eligible to exhibit dogs for others at UKC
Conformation Events. At UKC dog shows, the emphasis is on the
DOG, not the SHOW.
Part of our mission is to have events where all dogs can
compete. In addition to our purebred dog registry, United Kennel
Club offers a Limited Privilege program. The Limited Privilege
is open to all dogs that are spayed/neutered. This includes
mixed breed dogs, purebred dogs of unknown pedigree, and
purebred dogs with disqualifying faults as described in the UKC
breed standards. The programs open to Limited Privilege dogs are
Obedience Trials, Weight Pulls, Agility Trials, Total Junior
Program and Dog Sports (including Family Obedience).
It is our firm belief that the right balance between performance
and conformation results in healthier happier dogs for everyone.
We are proud that we share that same philosophy with our growing
number of dedicated participants. Essentially, the UKC world of
dogs is a working world. That's the way it was developed over a
century ago, and that's the way it remains today.
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