The national register
Verify a dog
Buying a puppy? Check the registration before you pay. Enter the number and the date of birth exactly as they appear on the card.
Two fields, on purpose. A register you can simply browse is a gift to anyone forging a card.
Where to start
Everything the club does
Getting a dog, living with one, breeding responsibly, and competing. Plus the two things people most often come here to do.
Getting a dog
A dog is a twelve-year commitment on a small island where the sun is hot and the vet bills are real. Start here, before you start looking.
Explore →Owning a dog
The club’s job does not stop at the register. Health, training and care are where most of a dog’s life is actually lived.
Explore →Breeding
Breeding a litter is a responsibility to the puppies, to their buyers, and to the breed. The club exists partly to hold that line.
Explore →Events and activities
Shows, obedience trials and fun days — the part of the club that happens on grass rather than on paper.
Explore →Verify a dog
Confirm a registration number and date of birth against the national register.
Open →Register a litter
Submit a litter online, attach the signed form, and get the numbers by email on approval.
Open →Breeds A–Z
Every breed the JKC recognises, with what each one actually needs from you.
Open →Join the club
Members set the rules, elect the board, and register at the member rate.
Open →A pedigree is only worth the record behind it.
The Jamaica Kennel Club has kept the national register of purebred dogs since 1961. Everything else the club does — the shows, the standards, the rules — rests on that record being accurate and being checkable by anyone.
About the clubJoin the Jamaica Kennel Club
Members register litters at the member rate, vote at the annual general meeting, and receive the members’ handbook.