UKC- The United Kennel Club
With 250,000 registrations annually, the
United Kennel Club is the second oldest and
second largest all-breed dog registry in the United
States.
Founded in 1898 by Chauncey Z. Bennett, the
registry has always supported the idea of the "total
dog", meaning a dog that looks and performs equally
well.
The performance programs of U.K.C. include
Conformation Shows, Obedience Trials, Agility
Trials, Coonhound Field Trials, Water Races, Nite
Hunts and Bench Shows, hunting tests for the
retrieving breeds, beagle events including Hunts and
Bench Shows, and, for Cur and Feist Squirrel and
Coon Events, and Bench Shows. Essentially, the U.K.C.
world of dogs is a working world.
That's the way founder Chauncey Bennett designed
it, and that's the way it remains today.
