What sets the AKC apart from other dog registries? Plenty!
- AKC is the world’s largest all-breed dog registry and dog sport organization.
- AKC has more than 5,035 local and breed-based dog clubs throughout the U.S.
- AKC sanctions over 29,000 dog events per year with more than 3.5 million entries, including breed conformation, agility, obedience, field trials, and more.
- AKC events can inject on average more than $2.15 million into the community during each event.
- Nationwide, AKC dog events can generate more than $2.7 billion a year in local spending.
- AKC’s Detection Dog Task Force works to help address the shortage of high-quality U.S. -bred and -trained explosive detection dogs to protect public safety and national security.
- For more than 15 years, AKC Humane Fund has provided grants to shelters that house victims of domestic abuse with their pets.
- The AKC Museum of the Dog preserves, interprets, and celebrates the role of dogs in society and educates the public about the human-canine bond through its 1,700-piece rotating collection and 4,000-volume library.
- AKC Pet Disaster Relief program helps local Emergency Management provide animal care services immediately following a disaster, including a donation of a trailer stocked with essential supplies to house over 65 pets in the critical first few days following a disaster. To date, more than 114 emergency relief trailers have been donated to communities around the nation.
- AKC Canine Health Foundation funds research projects that focus on all aspects of the physical, mental, and social well-being of dogs. AKC CHF’s more than $75 million in grants has resulted in over 1,214 research grants, countless canine health projects, and over 1,033 peer-reviewed publications.
- AKC Reunite has reunited more than 700,000 lost pets with their owners, donates microchip scanners to shelters, and helps reunite pets displaced by storms and other disasters. The Adopt A K9 Cop Program has donated funding for more than 800 police K-9s.
- AKC’s Rescue Network provides financial assistance to non-profit rescue groups. More than 450 AKC Rescue Network groups are located across the U.S.; the largest rescue network in America.
- AKC has a dedicated team of field agents who visit and inspect kennels to educate breeders and ensure proper care and conditions of AKC-registered dogs and accurate record keeping. Since 2000, AKC field agents have conducted over 83,000 inspections nationwide.
- AKC created the Canine Good Citizen program – A 10-step test that encourages and certifies dogs who have good manners. Over 1,287,000 dogs have earned CGC certification.
- AKC provides teachers nationwide with academically rigorous lesson plans and activities that incorporate core subject areas for grades K-12 and teach about responsible dog ownership.
- AKC, in 2023, created the not-for-profit Purebred Preservation Bank (AKC PPB), an endeavor to assist in the preservation of purebred dogs, maintain genetic materials and continue the breeding of healthy litters.
- And much more!