Are you a Breeder?

The Kennel Club will continually work to improve the health and welfare of all dogs and to represent breeders and dog lovers who care as passionately as we do about their future. Find out below about our plans for the future and how you can help us to succeed with these plans – whether you are a breeder, judge or a dog owner.

What breeders can do

• Work with the KC to develop and address concerns about health within their breed and become part of the Accredited Breeder Scheme. If we all act as individuals then it is impossible for the puppy buying public to distinguish between good and bad breeders but by acting together, breeders help the puppy buying public to make responsible choices. The Kennel Club recognises that you don’t need to be an Accredited Breeder to be a responsible breeder but you do need to be a responsible breeder to be an Accredited one and, by being part of the scheme, Accredited Breeders are helping to push puppy farmers into the cold. As more and more breeders join the scheme the Kennel Club will be able to raise the bar even further to ensure that breeding standards are continually improved. Click on the link to find out more about exciting developments within the Accredited Breeder Scheme, including the establishment of a network of regional advisors


• Have the recommended health tests for your dogs carried out before they are bred from. Find out more about dog health here


• Breed away from exaggeration


• Send in videos and pictures of your healthy, happy and well loved dogs – whether they are show dogs, pet dogs or working dogs - to the Kennel Club’s We Love Our Dogs campaign


• Sign the Kennel Club's online petition in support of the Kennel Club and responsible breeders, which calls on the government for the overall principles of the Kennel Club's Accredited Breeder Scheme to be made mandatory for all breeders