How do breeds become recognised by the kennel club?

Question

Is it now a closed shop, or could new breeds still become registered?

I suspect that a breed standard would have to be drawn up and that the dog would have to breed true to it. Would there be any other requirements or criteria to be fulfilled?

For the record, I am not a breeder, nor do I ever intend to be, I'm just curious to know.

Answer 1

The Kennel Club General Committee will consider an application for recognition of a breed once there are specimens of it resident in the UK. In general, an application should consist of:

Names & addresses of UK owners/importers
Total number of dogs of the breed in the UK
Copies of pedigrees of UK dogs – at least 3 generations
Recognition status in the country of origin
Details of Registration body in country of origin
Breed Registration statistics in country of origin and other countries
Show entry statistics in country of origin and at international level
Details of any inherited conditions prevalent in the breed
If the breed has been crossbred, when the registry closed
Brief history of the breed & photographs
Breed Standard from country of origin and date of first internationally recognised standard
For Working Breeds – details of activities.
Recognition of a breed allows registration on the Imported Breeds Register, although the breed would not be eligible for exhibition until such time as an Interim Breed Standard is published. This is not considered at the same time as recognition, as it is the Kennel Club’s policy to allow the breed to develop slowly before show participation is permitted.

Breed recognition is at the discretion of the Kennel Club General Committee. The policy on the recognition of new breeds is currently under review and therefore additional information may be requested and further criteria may be introduced.

Answer 2

The rules for the Kennel Club in the UK may differ from the AKC.The AKC has a closed stud book.No new dogs can be mixed into breeds once they are developed in the AKC. Developing a breed I think it has to be bred true to a standard for 5 or so generations but there are many other factors also. Therefor it will not happen that a mix of 2separate breeds will become a new breed unless they are only breed together. In other words, a cross of 2 different breeds cannot make a new breed in the first generation. IE a cockapoo which is a first generation cross of a cocker and a poodle ill not become a breed. However a mix of breeds could become a breed once new specimens have stopped being introduced to the mix, and a club is formed etc.. It does take quite a lot for recognition.

Answer 3

The AKC has brought quite a number of new breeds into the registry in the past decade. The overwhelming majority are breeds that have been around for centuries but had too few dogs in the US for the AKC to notice. I think the most recently developed is the parson Russell terrier and its Just over a century old so "breeding true" has been well proven. The prospective breed has to have an official standard approved by the individual breed club, and they are first taken in as "miscellaneous breeds" a sort of limbo where they are an AKC breed but not quite until the AKC is satisfied that there is enough interest to admit them. This time may be a few years or a few decades. The Border Collie was miscellaneous from 1955 to 1995 the Parson Russell Terrier only from 1998-2000 and they got a name change from Jack Russell to distinguish the AKC dogs from the performance dogs that didn't join AKC.

Answer 4

Usually a small number of interested individuals will start importing a foreign breed. As interest builds up they might establish a Breed Club. They may then gain interest in the breed and the Club could approach the KC. The KC would consider the Club’s infrastructure, the breeds health, the number of breeders etc and then a breed could be established.

Answer 5

To be recognised as a breed dogs must breed true to type over several generations unfortunately not enough attention has been given to temperament an exception is the Border Collie which has been selectively bred for intelligence and temperament as far back as anyone can trace.

Answer 6

The breed itself needs to be common like Labrador retriever
but if the breed is uncommon like labradoodle once was it is NOT considered as a dog worthy of kennel club standards!

Answer 7

First of all Mrs. McUpperClass goes (parish councillors wife) come over and has tea with scones. Shes has herself a good peroose of your dog and a feel stopping just short of jacking it off. If she likes what she sees you get a little piece of paper saying you are part of the SnootyarseholeDogSniffers club (aka kennel club)

Answer 8

I think new breeds were added this year !?

Answer 9

I don't know, who's to say that they are right, maybe they're wrong. Will we ever know the truth!!!!!

Answer 10

inuits or eskimo i think ive got inuit dogs :)