American Kennel Club
Purebred dog organization
The American Kennel Club is the largest registry of purebred dogs in the United States, founded in 1884.
It maintains breed standards, sanctions dog shows and competitions, and registers pedigrees.
AKC registration is often cited as a mark of a dog's breeding quality: an AKC-registered golden retriever.
Often abbreviated AKC.
- AKCCanine breed registry
- purebredOf single breed ancestry
- pedigreeRecord of descent
- dog breedDistinct variety of domesticated canine
- breedCultivated variety of animal
breed standard · registration · Westminster · dog show · conformation · handler · kennel · show dog · champion · reserve champion · bloodline · papers · standards · judging · best of breed · best in show · grooming · ring
- Dog ClubsAKC, Westminster, kennel club, breed club, rescue club
- dog showsdog shows, show ring, handler, show dog, show dogs
- breed registriesstud book, stud books, pedigree, pedigree papers, AKC
American Kennel Clubmutts
Mixed-breed dogs
mongrels · crossbreeds · crossbreeding · shelter dogs · rescue dogs
American, America, Americas, kennels, kenneled, kenneling, clubbed, clubbing