Okay I have some thoughts and feelings about the crap UKC gets and sorry but y'all are gonna hear about it.
I have yet to see a standard for a breed both clubs recognize that isn’t almost word for word identical. I know maybe one or two judges who only judge in the UKC, most of the time judges judge both UKC and AKC. Anyone and their mother can register their dogs in either club with little to no difficulty.
And yet… I see people alllll the time shtting on UKC and telling people they aren’t a reputable club?? I call bullshit. And you know what I’ve noticed the biggest differences are in the club? UKC events tend to be cheaper. UKC puts a lot of focus on hunting trials and bench shows, weight pull, etc. The UKC recognizes a lot more breeds and the founder of the UKC bred APBTs, the FIRST dog, with the UKC registration number 1, was an APBT.
You can go in the ring in UKC in a t-shirt, flip flops, with a normal collar on your dog and still win. There’s so much less focus on the handler to the point it isn’t allowed to pay someone to take your dog into the ring. At least it wasn’t when I was showing.
In general, at least in my area, at AKC shows it’s a bunch of white middle aged people, and I’m not saying the UKC didn’t get a lot of that too, but I noticed a lot more minorities at UKC shows that’s all I’m saying.
Of course everyone has different experiences but the only snotty people I met at UKC shows were AKC people who wanted to cross title their dogs.
I’d also like to point out that most byb in my area register their dogs with the AKC and use it as a selling point.
And in the working dog world that I’m familiar with, the AKC has a bad reputation about messing with good working dogs and a fair amount of breeders breeding dogs not recognized by the AKC have no desire for their breed to be recognized. (Dutchies, APBTs, American Bullies, etc. )
It seems to me the AKC treats dogs as an abstract idea, whereas the UKC treats dogs as dogs. Does that make any sense?
I’m not saying one club is better than the other, but I think people who think the UKC isn’t a reputable club might need to take a look at their prejudices and why they have that opinion.
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