Kennel Names
What is a Kennel Name?
A Kennel Name is an exclusive word that is associated with you and your dogs. Known as your ‘breeder signature’, a Kennel Name will set your puppies aside from those of anyone else.
You can include your Kennel Name within the names of your puppies at the point of registration as well as add to an existing name of a dog in your current registered ownership.
Additional Benefits of owning a Kennel Name
By becoming a Kennel Name holder you will be entitled to the following benefits as part of your membership package:
- Register your litters in the comfort of your own home using the Online Litter Registration Service
- Exclusive online homepage, featuring all the dogs in your registered ownership
- Exclusive Membership telephone line, where you will receive a ‘ fast track’ access through to the Registration Department and its services
- Bi-annual Kennel Name newsletter
- Free Puppy Naming Service
- Free Bequest Service for a single holding in a Kennel Name
Application for Kennel Name
To apply for your own unique Kennel Name simply complete an application online or download and complete a Form 10 and return to the Kennel Club with your payment.
A Kennel Name must be one word only, and at least 4 and not more than 12 characters.
The Kennel Name may only be used for the naming of dogs where the ownership of the Kennel Name and the registered ownership of the dog are identical.
Once the Kennel Name has been approved and granted an acceptance letter and certificate will be issued.
Online Kennel Name Application
Kennel Name Approval
The Kennel Name team conduct stringent checks to ensure your requested word is not too popular, too similar phonetically or too close to an existing Kennel Name, a procedure that the team now aims to complete within 14 days. When these checks are complete your Kennel Name is granted and the word is then published in the next edition of the Kennel Gazette for final approval. You can also view the most recently published words on this website, just click on the link below.
Most recently published Kennel Names
The Kennel Club currently protects and maintains over 70,000 Kennel Names and produces a Directory of Kennel Names which may help you select your own unique Kennel Name.
The Directory is available to purchase from the Publications section of our Online Shop.
Annual Maintenance
The maintenance of the Kennel Name (£20) will be due for payment annually on the date the Kennel Name was granted. The Kennel Club will notify you four weeks before the annual maintenance payment is due, however the onus lies with the Kennel Name holder to ensure payment is taken.
To make payments online please click on the link below.
If you would like to set up a Direct Debit for future annual maintenance payments, this method will also give you a saving of £3 off the normal annual maintenance fee (£17 by Direct Debit) please download the following form and return so we can set up the payment request.
Change of name of a registered dog - addition of a Kennel Name
Once your Kennel Name has been approved and granted, you can apply to add your Kennel Name to a existing dogs name in your registered ownership, providing a name change has not already taken place, or the dog is not published in the Stud Book.
To add your Kennel Name the dogs would need to be in the same registered ownership as the Kennel Name.
To attach your Kennel Name to the name of any dog(s) please complete a Form 8 which you can download below.
Varying the ownership of a Kennel Name
If you wish to add a new interest in your Kennel Name, a Form 11 - Variation of a Kennel Name, should be completed, which you can download below.
Online Litter Registration Service
The Kennel Club launched this service exclusively for Kennel Name holders ONLY and it is now the fastest way to register your litter.
Kennel Name Bequest Service
For sole Kennel Name holders. If you hold a Kennel Name in your sole ownership and have worked hard to develop your line over the years, you will not want to let your Kennel Name be consigned to history when you pass away. Do you have a family member or a friend who may like to be associated with it and continue the line you have developed?
This service is free of charge.
Kennel Name Certificates
An attractive certificate is available for you to display, an original will be issued to you once the Kennel Name has been granted.
If you require any additional copies of this certificate you can order these by contacting 0870 606 6750.
You can also order frames with exclusive mounts featuring the Kennel Club logo. To order please visit our Online Shop or contact 0870 6066 750.
Kennel Name Newsletter
The Kennel Name Newsletter brought to you by the Kennel Club's Kennel Name Team. Created in June 2005, the newsletter aims to keep Kennel Name holders up to date with the latest news and developments from the Kennel Club. It is published twice yearly.
January 2008 Kennel Name Newsletter
Kennel Name Cancellation
If for any reason you decide you no longer wish to maintain your Kennel Name the request to relinquish must be made in writing (to the address below).
If the Kennel Name is held in sole ownership we would accept the request by email to kennelname@thekennelclub.org.uk
If the Kennel Name is held in partnership we would require a signed letter by both parties to be issued to:
Kennel Name Team
The Kennel Club
4a Alton House
Gatehouse Way
Aylesbury
Bucks HP19 8XU.
