Kennel Club Awards

The new Stud Book Bands are effective between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2025 and will be reviewed in 2026 and then at four-yearly intervals. 

You can only gain a Stud Book number if your breed has CC status.

By gaining a Stud Book number your dog is automatically qualified for Crufts for life. (Every year). And you get a Certificate from the Kennel Club. 

You can gain a Stud Book number by getting a Junior Warrant with your dog or at a Championship show, if you win a CC or Res CC. However, there is an easier way. You may also be able to gain one by just getting 3rd in an Open class. 

Different breeds have different Stud Book Banding and the criteria is different. Banding is below.

If you were looking to judge dogs, one of the criteria to award CCs, is that you need to have gained Stud Book numbers with 3 different dogs, in the same breed. 

If you are still waiting for your Stud Book Number to be issued by the Kennel Club, there is a backlog. You can check what date they are up to on the button below. If they have gone passed the date you gained your stud book number and your MY KC account has not been updated, contact the KC or find them at a Champ Show. 

HOUND GROUP: Basset Fauve de Bretagne, Basset Griffon Vendeen (Grand), Bloodhound, Finnish Spitz, Greyhound, Ibizan Hound, Norwegian Elkhound, Otterhound, Pharoah Hound 

GUNDOG GROUP: Brittany, German Wirehaired Pointer, Retriever (Chesapeake Bay), Retriever (Curly Coated), Spaniel (Clumber), Spaniel (Irish Water) 

TERRIER GROUP: Australian Terrier, Cesky Terrier, Fox Terrier (Wire), Glen of Imaal Terrier, Irish Terrier, Kerry Blue Terrier, Lakeland Terrier, Manchester Terrier, Norwich Terrier, Sealyham Terrier, Skye Terrier, Welsh Terrier, Jack Russell Terrier

UTILITY GROUP: Shar Pei 

PASTORAL GROUP: Australian Cattle Dog, Belgian Shepherd Dog (Gronendael), Belgian Shepherd Dog (Malinois), Collie (Smooth), Hungarian Puli, Norwegian Buhund, Polish Lowland Sheepdog, Swedish Vallhund 

WORKING GROUP: Bouvier des Flandres, Mastiff 

TOY GROUP: Lowchen (Little Lion Dog), Maltese 

HOUND GROUP: Basenji, Basset Griffon Vendeen (Petit) 

GUNDOG GROUP: Bracco Italiano, Irish Red & White Setter, Large Munsterlander, Spaniel (American Cocker), Spaniel (Field), Spaniel (Sussex), Spanish Water Dog 

TERRIER GROUP: Airedale Terrier, Bedlington Terrier, Dandie Dinmont Terrier, Fox Terrier (Smooth), Scottish Terrier

UTILITY GROUP: Akita, German Spitz (Klein), German Spitz Mittel, Poodle (Toy), Schipperke, Schnauzer

PASTORAL GROUP: Belgian Shepherd Dog (Tervueren), Briard, Lancashire Heeler, Pyrenean Mountain Dog 

WORKING GROUP: Giant Schnauzer, Portuguese Water Dog, Tibetan Mastiff 

TOY GROUP: Pekingese  

HOUND GROUP: Basset Hound, Borzoi, Dachshund (Long Haired), Dachshund (Miniature Wire Haired), Dachshund (Smooth Haired), Deerhound, Irish Wolfhound, Saluki

GUNDOG GROUP: Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla 

TERRIER GROUP: Bull Terrier, Bull Terrier (Miniature), Cairn Terrier, Norfolk Terrier, Parson Russell Terrier, Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier, West Highland White Terrier 

UTILITY GROUP: Chow Chow, Japanese Shiba Inu, Japanese Spitz, Keeshond, Poodle (Miniature), Poodle (Standard) 

PASTORAL GROUP: Australian Shepherd, Finnish Lapphund (from A), Old English Sheepdog, Welsh Corgi (Cardigan) 

WORKING GROUP: Leonberger, St Bernard 

TOY GROUP: Affenpinscher, Bichon Frise, English Toy Terrier (Black & Tan), Griffon Bruxellois, Havanese, Italian Greyhound, Miniature Pinscher, Yorkshire Terrier 

HOUND GROUP: Dachshund (Miniature Long Haired), Dachshund (Miniature Smooth Haired), Dachshund (Wire Haired), Rhodesian Ridgeback 

GUNDOG GROUP: English Setter, German Shorthaired Pointer, Gordon Setter, Hungarian Vizsla, Italian Spinone, Retriever (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling), Spaniel (English Springer), Spaniel (Welsh Springer), Weimaraner

TERRIER GROUP: N/A 

UTILITY GROUP: Boston Terrier, Lhasa Apso, Miniature Schnauzer, Shih Tzu, Tibetan Spaniel 

PASTORAL GROUP: German Shepherd Dog, Samoyed, Welsh Corgi (Pembroke)  

WORKING GROUP: Alaskan Malamute, Bernese Mountain Dog, Bullmastiff, Dobermann, Dogue de Bordeaux, Great Dane, Newfoundland, Siberian Husky 

TOY GROUP: Chinese Crested, Japanese Chin, King Charles Spaniel, Pomeranian

HOUND GROUP: Afghan Hound, Beagle, Whippet 

GUNDOG GROUP: Irish Setter, Pointer, Retriever (Flat Coated), Retriever (Golden), Retriever (Labrador), Spaniel (Cocker)

TERRIER GROUP: Border Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier

UTILITY GROUP: Bulldog, Dalmatian, French Bulldog, Tibetan Terrier

PASTORAL GROUP: Bearded Collie, Border Collie, Collie (Rough), Shetland Sheepdog

WORKING GROUP: Boxer, Rottweiler

TOY GROUP: Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Chihuahua (Long Coat), Chihuahua (Smooth Coat), Papillon, Pug