My English Springer Spaniel’s call name is Eliot. His registered name is KayNDee Sir Thomas Stern Eliot. All this means is that the kennel was KayNDee and the rest is what was decided on for a name. My daughter picked Sir Thomas Stern Eliot after the poet T.S. Eliot. We decided that Eliot was a good call name for him.

Eliot was born in Canada to Ch KayNDee Let Me Be Your Wings (father – call name Comet) and Ch KayNDee Bunny Jolyroche (mother – call name Bunny). Therefore he is registered with the CKC (the Canadian Kennel Club). CKC was formed several years after the AKC.

Kennel names of prominent breeders were first used by the AKC in September 1887. This was to differentiate all the dogs of the same breed that were named “Spot”. It also protected the kennel name. Can you imagine the confusion at the first dog shows without using the kennel name!

In January 1903 the AKC allowed no entries under a kennel name unless the kennel had been registered. Then in February 1934 the rules were more defined. New rules were that the AKC would not “protect any person against the use by any other person of any kennel or trade name as part of the name of a dog or in connection with the sale or showing of dogs unless the permission to use that kennel or trade name has first been obtained from the AKC.” The rule also states that if a kennel does not register any dogs under their name for six years, the ownership of the kennel name shall become expired.

In 1949, the rules were changed to limit the kennel name ownership to five years. After that the kennel had to apply for renewal. These rules still remain unchanged. To read about more of the AKC regulations, see www.AKC.org.

Tags: AKC, CKC, dog call name, dog registery, KayNDee

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