UKC single registration for the APBT is closing! WHOO HOO!

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Posted on 04/15/2010
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April 15, 2010, Kalamazoo, Michigan. The United Kennel Club announced today that effective April 30, 2010, the Single Registration process will be closed to American Pit Bull Terriers. Accordingly, the only APBTs that will be eligible for UKC Registration after April 30, 2010 are those who come from a UKC Registered Litter. All applications for APBT Single Registrations that are postmarked or hand delivered after April 30, 2010 will be denied. Also, effective April 19, 2010, TLs (Temporary Listings) will no longer be issued to APBTs.

Decisions to open or close Single Registrations for each breed are made after careful consideration and input from the breed associations. It is important to note that this requirement is in no way unique to APBTs; in fact, the majority of UKC’s most popular breeds have been closed to the Single Registration process for decades.

In all cases, these decisions are made with the breed’s gene pool in mind. For example, UKC may decide to keep a breed with a small number of registrations eligible for Single Registration to broaden the scope, health and vigor of a breed’s gene pool. However, when a breed’s gene pool is vibrant and plentiful enough for responsible breeders to have a large enough base of quality dogs to use in their breeding programs, it becomes a candidate to be limited to littered registered pups.

The American Pit Bull Terrier has a historical and well-established gene pool. It was one of the fifteen breeds originally registered by the United Kennel Club when it was established in 1898. UKC founder Chauncey Bennett’s own APBT, Bennett’s Ring, represented one of the first dogs to be registered with UKC over a century ago. At this time, we owe it to this magnificent UKC breed to close the APBT Single Registration process, not for the benefit of UKC, but for the benefit of the breed.

Established in 1898, the United Kennel Club is the largest all-breed performance-dog registry in the world, registering dogs from all 50 states and 25 foreign countries. More than 60 percent of its 14,000 annually licensed events are tests of hunting ability, training, and instinct. UNITED KENNEL CLUB prides itself on its family-oriented, friendly, educational events. To find out more about registration and events, call or visit our website. Phone: (269) 343-9020; Fax: (269) 343-7037; www.ukcdogs.com.Established in 1898, the United Kennel Club is the largest all-breed performance-dog registry in the world, registering dogs from all 50 states and 25 foreign countries. More than 60 percent of its 14,000 annually licensed events are tests of hunting ability, training, and instinct. UNITED KENNEL CLUB prides itself on its family-oriented, friendly, educational events. To find out more about registration and events, call or visit our website. Phone: (269) 343-9020; Fax: (269) 343-7037; www.ukcdogs.com.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

 

um thats great, but mine are adba registered anyway. LOL

 

So what does all this mean? Can't be bothered to read it lol

 

Interesting that they change the standard then close the books. You would think they would allow more ADBA style dogs in and weed out the bullies.

So much for the weight pull next month, never got mine UKC reg & I'm not rushing out to do it.

 

I read the whole thing,and still don't know what this all means.Can anyone please explain?It sounds to me like a dog cannot register with both ADBA and the UKC (?)

 

it means you will no longer be able to take an apbt from another registry and register it with the ukc. only dogs bred down from ukc apbts may be registered with the ukc.

 

Personally, I think that leaves the UKC gene pool pretty shallow. I've participated in UKC events for 15+ years, but I expect my next dogs will be ADBA registered only. I would have liked the opportunity to compete in UKC events w/them as well, but apparently not.

 

ah,alot of hte ukc dogs ive seen are shallow dogs,bunch of re crap

 

Am Stafs will no longer be allowed to be registered as APBTs.

Does ADBA still allow that?


Dreamer

 

Are there many ADBA people that really ever WANTED to register their dogs with UKC?

Dreamer

 

NOT I said the cat.

 

Not sure what you're asking but if you're asking if ADBA allows AMSTAFFS to be registered as APBTs, as far as i know they never have.

 

really? surely you jest.

 

Maann this is the first im hearing about this... i thought the damn adba considered amstaffs as less than an apbt now to hear that they allow them to be registered as one???? i REEAAALLLYYY dont think i'll register the other dogs i get.

 

Yeah, Am Stafs have been able to be registered with ADBA as Pit Bulls for as long as I can remember. (Or did that change when it went all-breed?)

I was just wondering that since UKC says they will no longer register Am Stafs as Pit Bulls, I am wondering if ADBA will do the same? (if they haven't already).

Dreamer

 

The adba will reg amstaff. But it shows on the ped as akc stock. As far as the ukc closeing there books I could give a hoot.

 

I hate the ukc I register with adba. ukc is stuck on them stuffy bull looking pits not the real pits

 

Am staff registry for the adba says akc stock

 

Plus the adba shows are grated on the real pitbull standards not on am staff standards like the ukc