What does AKC mean…?
The American Kennel Club (or AKC) is a registry of purebred dog pedigrees in the United States. Beyond maintaining its pedigree registry, this kennel club also promotes and sanctions events for purebred dogs, including the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, an annual event which predates the official forming of the AKC, the National Dog Show, and the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship. Unlike most other country’s kennels clubs, the AKC is not part of the International Canine Organisation, Fédération Cynologique Internationale. The AKC is not the only registry of purebred dogs, but it is the one with which most Americans are familiar. For a dog to be registered with the AKC, the dog’s parents must be registered with the AKC as the same breed, and the litter in which the dog is born must be registered with the AKC. Once these criteria are met, the dog can be registered as purebred by the AKC. Registration indicates only that the dog’s parents were registered as one recognized breed; it do
A lot of puppy ads proudly proclaim that their puppies are “AKC” puppies. The initials “AKC” stand for American Kennel Club. The AKC is the leading breed registry in the United States of America. The assumption, often by both the seller and the buyer is that if the puppy is an “AKC” puppy it must be of high quality and healthy. It could be a wrong assumption, as the AKC explains on their web site at http://www.akc.org/registration/index.
