National Kennel Club (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The National Kennel Club is an all-breed dog registry in the United States. It was founded in 1969. It has been criticized by many breeders as being a "paper mill"; that is, it will issue registration for any dog, for any breed, with no rigorous proof of ancestry or determination as to fitness for breeding. For example, a stray dog that looks at least something like a Shetland Sheepdog could be registered unconditionally as a Shetland Sheepdog. This registry along with the CKC = Continental Kennel Club, APRI = American Pet Registry Inc.and the ACR = American Canine Registry are a few of the registries that just provide papers without any proof of purebred ancestry or verification of pedigree.