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CKC Updates Policy Regarding Permanently Registered Kennel Names

Protecting Breeder Legacies

Following a kennel name status review earlier this year and related feedback from members, the CKC Board of Directors approved an amendment at its June 2026 quarterly meeting to strengthen protections for permanently registered kennel names, effective immediately.

The updated policy states:

"Other than being legally willed or transferred to another, permanently registered kennel names shall be held in perpetuity and can never be appropriated by any person or persons."

This means that permanently registered kennel names will remain protected and cannot be appropriated by another individual or entity unless they have been legally transferred or willed to another person.

For many breeders, a kennel name represents decades of dedication, careful breeding, achievement, and reputation within the Canadian purebred dog community. This change helps ensure those names remain connected to the individuals and legacies that established them, unless they are legally transferred to another person.

This update reflects CKC's ongoing commitment to supporting breeders and preserving the legacies they have worked hard to build. Changes to Chapter 4 (Registration, Section O) of the Policy and Procedures Manual on the CKC website will be made in the coming weeks. For more information, please contact r[email protected].
 

FOR REFERENCE:

14.12 – Policy and Procedures Manual, Chapter IV. Registration, Section O, Kennel Names (6) Permanent Registration of Kennel Name

Policy and Procedures Manual, Chapter IV
Registration, Section O, Kennel Names

Amendment

(6)          Permanent Registration of Kennel Name
     (a)          Permanent registration of a kennel name is not automatic. It must be applied for on the appropriate form provided upon request by The Canadian Kennel Club and all sections of the form must be completed to the satisfaction of the Head Office.
     (b)         A member of The Canadian Kennel Club may apply to the Club for the permanent registration of a kennel name, but such application shall be considered by the Head Office only if:
          (1)          Applicants have been members in good standing of The Canadian Kennel Club for a minimum period of ten (10) consecutive years.
          (2)          Applicants are able to satisfy Head Office that they have bred purebred dogs for a minimum period of ten (10) years and that they have bred or owned not less than five (5) dogs registered individually in the Club’s records, to each of which The Canadian Kennel Club has granted a title.
          (3)          The application for permanent registration sets forth the following information with regard to each of the five (5) dogs referred to in (2) above: its breed, its registered name, its registration number and the year (or thereabouts) in which it gained its title.
          (4)          The registered name of each of the five (5) dogs referred to in (2) above includes, as part of its registered name, the kennel name for which permanent registration is sought.
          (5)          Applicants have not, during the term of their membership, been subject to disciplinary action which resulted in them being suspended, deprived, terminated or expelled.
(c)          The Board shall have the authority to direct that any kennel name, the registration of which has expired, be placed on the permanent list of reserved kennel names.
(d)         The Club shall not be required to conduct any research in order that a person may decide whether they are eligible to apply for permanent registration.
(e)         There shall be a fee charged for permanent registration of a kennel name.
(f)           Other than being legally willed or transferred to another, permanently registered kennel names shall be held in perpetuity and can never be appropriated by any person or persons. 
 
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