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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…

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Are you ready for a dog?
Breeds
Where to get your puppy
How to know your dog is registered with the JKC
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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.

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The JKC registration process
Health and veterinary care
Everyday care
Training and behaviour

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.

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Before you breed
Register a litter
Kennel affixes
How breed standards work

Events and activities

Shows, obedience trials and fun days — the part of the club that happens on grass rather than on paper.

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Show calendar
How a dog show works
How obedience trials work
Enter a show

Membership

Membership is what makes the register work — and what makes breeding and showing affordable.

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About us

The Jamaica Kennel Club is the national register of purebred dogs and the body that governs showing and breeding on the island.

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Breeding

Before you breed

Health tests, age limits, and the questions to answer honestly first.

Breeding

Before you breed
Kennel affixes
How breed standards work

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Kennel affixes

What an affix is, how to apply for one, and why every puppy carries it.

How breed standards work

A breed standard is a written description of the ideal specimen. Every judgement in the ring traces back to one.

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Getting a dog
Breeds
Owning a dog
Breeding
Events and activities

The club

About
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Rules & regulations
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Registration

Verify a dog
Register a litter
The JKC registration process
Kennel affixes
How to know your dog is registered with the JKC

Events

Show calendar
How a dog show works
How obedience trials work
Enter a show

Membership

Join the JKC
My JKC
Member benefits
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