Kennel names given out by Kennel Club

gterr

Hi there,
I've recently bought a Labrador pup. His Kennel Club name begins with the word Kenaiteen. I thought this might be the kennel name chosen by the breeder, but they tell me that it was allocated by the Kennel Club when the pups were registered. Now I've found that there are other dogs who also have the kennel name Kenaiteen, and these are various other breeds and have no links to the breeder that I got my Labrador from.


Is Kenaiteen just a generic name given out by the Kennel Club? (Sounds as though it might be a short cut for "Kennel Club registrations in 2018"). I sought-of thought the kennel name affix might be unique to either the breeder, or failing that to the litter that includes my Labrador, but seemingly not. I emailed the Kennel Club but nobody replied. I'm not suggesting that anything is wrong - I'm just curious.


Thanks for your time.

Artytarty

It does read as ken-18 doesn!!!8217;t it?
I think you have answered your own question.
All pups registered by K.C. In that year.
...but I don!!!8217;t know for sure!

takethatfan1978

It basically means the breeder couldn't be bothered applying for their own affix and just let the kennel club chose one of their generic names.


All KC own generic names start with 'Ken'


An affix will be unique to a breeder if they choose, register and maintain one.


Was your pup from a responsible breeder? Breeding for health, temperament and pedigree (assuming not bred for pedigree if using generic KC name)
Fully health tests their breeding dogs hips/eyes/elbows plus dna tested for pra,cnm,eic,sd2?




www.mykc.org.uk is a helpful site where you can look through pedigrees and check out health testing/ebvs etc throughout a generation.

gterr

Thanks for confirming what I suspected.


Yes, I believe the breeders were responsible, though the parents didn't have the full range of tests. Sire had hips, eyes and dna. Dam had hips and eyes but not dna. Field trial champions all through the male line. No champions on the female side.

Pup was crate trained, fully socialised, chipped, vet checked and first vaccination done before we collected him. Lots of info provided by the breeder on diet and exercise limits etc., and life-time support available. A FaceBook closed group just for new owners to post about pups from this breeder, together with news of the parents. Plenty of positive comments. We checked out the breeders before reserving the pup. They checked us out too!

Pup was vet checked again by our own vet when we got him home, and of course vaccinations completed. A great pup with a wonderful nature. We won't be showing him or indeed breeding from him, but he'll be a brilliant pet.

takethatfan1978

They really should have done elbows too, if doing hips there’s not really any excuse not to leave out the elbows. Elbow problems are overtaking hip issues these days. I see far more folks with pups being diagnosed with elbow dyslasia now than hip.

Ideally both parent should be ‘fully’ health tested, not just parents but as many dogs as possible in the Pedigree. You can never guarantee to not have joint problem but good testing with lower the risk. Checking out the EBV’s can be very helpful- gives a good indication of risk on both parents sides.

If field trial champions I’m assuming he is from working stock?
I have two working bred Labrador retrievers, a yellow one (dark red shade) and a black. I just adore working labs


They make fantastic pets- I hope you enjoy your beautiful new addition

gterr

takethatfan1978 wrote: »

If field trial champions I’m assuming he is from working stock?
I have two working bred Labrador retrievers, a yellow one (dark red shade) and a black. I just adore working labs


They make fantastic pets- I hope you enjoy your beautiful new addition

Yes, both parents are working dogs. Mother is a light yellow, almost white. Father a darker caramel colour. Our pup is also darker yellow. He was retrieving from just a few weeks old. Mainly socks and shoes!

teddysmum

The KC used to register for puppy farms, no questions asked, until some breeders pointed out impossible litters.


I do know that cavalier breeders challenged the registration of all four colour combinations coming from parents who could not possibly have produced them.


eg Two red and white (Blenheim) parents can only produce the same colour, but 'farmed' puppies of all colours were being registered to such parentage. (this is not the only impossibility).


However, it took years and pressure from a university genetics department , to get the KC to look at the situation.