Great Lakes Area Shows
Upcoming UKC Sanctioned Shows
Members, please click here for the complete listing of Upcoming UKC Conformation Events. To access the listings please click the blue arrow to the left of each month listed. This will provide a complete listing Nationwide for each month that you access. To access the entire month use your scroll bar that is usually located on the right side of your browser page.
The UKC does a professional job of maintaining this list of shows. If you have any questions please feel free to contact either the UKC office - Dog Events or you may contact Char Luthy for assistance in locating events nearest you.
United Kennel Club
100 E Kilgore Rd Kalamazoo MI 49002-5584
Office hours: 9:00 to 4:30 p.m. (E.S.T.) Monday through Friday.
Phone: 269-343-9020
Fax: 269-343-7037
About the United Kennel Club
The United Kennel Club was established in 1898, and is the largest all-breed performance-dog registry in the world. The United Kennel Club registers dogs from all 50 states and 25 foreign countries. There are more than 13,000 licensed events held each year. The UKC prides itself on being family-oriented, friendly, and educational which is in concert with our Great Lakes Kangal Club purpose and Mission Statment.
The UKC has supported the "Total Dog" philosophy through its events and programs for over a century. This philosophy is a departure from registries that place emphasis on a dog’s looks, UKC events are designed for dogs that look and perform equally well. This philosophy is very important as the PRIMARY focus regarding our Kangal breed is to maintain it's precious working ability and fantastic temperament.
"The mission of the UKC is to be the world's best registry of purebred dogs, to offer our customers the most efficient and creative services possible, to use our data to help our customers breed the best dogs in the world and to create a wide spectrum of performance and conformation events in which those dogs can prove their instincts and heritage.
The UKC offers programs in the following areas: Obedience Trials, Agility Trials, Weight Pull Events, Terrier Races, Earth Work Events, Total Junior Program, Dog Sports (including Family Obedience), Coonhound Field Trials, Water Races, Nite Hunts and Bench Shows, Hunt Tests for retrieving breeds, Pointing Dog Events, Beagle Events (including Hunts and Bench Shows, and Cur and Feist Squirrel and Coon Events and Bench Shows.
Rounding out the 'Total Dog' package, UKC Conformation Events are among our largest growing events. UKC dog shows are family events designed by and for the breeder-owner-handler. Professional Handlers are not eligible to exhibit dogs for others at UKC Conformation Events. At UKC dog shows, the emphasis is on the DOG, not the SHOW.
It is the firm belief of the United Kennel Club that the right balance between performance and conformation results in healthier happier dogs for everyone. The UKC world of dogs is a working world. That's the way it was developed over a century ago, and that's the way it remains today."