Editing American Kennel Club (section)

==History==
In the early 1800s, the English became concerned with the beauty of dogs as well as their function.<ref name="Derry2003">{{cite book|author=Margaret E. Derry|title=Bred for Perfection: Shorthorn Cattle, Collies, and Arabian Horses Since 1800|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hvx4a1wwPwUC&pg=PA58|access-date=June 20, 2013|date=October 7, 2003|publisher=JHU Press|isbn=978-0-8018-7344-7|pages=48–|chapter=Producing Beautiful Dogs}}</ref> This fad spread to North America, and in 1877, the [[Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show]] began.<ref name="Derry2003" /> Soon after, the need for a regulating body became obvious. The National American Kennel Club, which had been founded in 1876, began to publish and make publicly available its studbook in 1879.<ref name="Derry2003" /> This organization, however, had more vested interest in [[field trial]]s than in [[conformation show]]s, and eventually changed its name to the National Field Trial Association and stopped hosting conformation shows completely.<ref name="Derry2003" />

In 1884, a group of 13 [[breed club]]s, 10 American clubs and three Canadian clubs founded the American Kennel Club.<ref name="Derry2003" /> These 13 clubs pledged "to do everything to advance the study, breeding, exhibiting, running and maintenance of purity of thoroughbred dogs."<ref name="terrible" /> The AKC differed from [[The Kennel Club]] in that individuals could not directly join the AKC; they became members of smaller, individual breed clubs, which were themselves members of the AKC.<ref name="Derry2003" /> When arguments began to develop between the American and Canadian breed clubs in 1886, the Canadian clubs pulled out from the organization and established their own kennel club two years later, the [[Canadian Kennel Club]].<ref name="Derry2003" />{{Clear}}

In 1894, the American Kennel Club began to refuse to allow Canadian dogs without an American pedigree to participate in its shows, following the prevailing trends in American purebred cattle organizations.<ref name="Derry2003" /> In 1906, the U.S. Department of Agriculture ruled that any dogs imported to America who were not registered with the AKC would have to pay a duty charge; this was later changed in 1911, allowing any dog registered with a kennel club in its home country duty-free entry into the country.<ref name="Derry2003" /> Soon after the AKC, CKC, and KC produced agreements that made any dog eligible to be registered with the club in its home country, eligible for registration in the remaining two clubs as well.<ref name="Derry2003" /> In 1909, the group moved to New York and became [[incorporation (business)|incorporated]].<ref name="Derry2003" />

On July 1, 2012, the AKC began to recognize certain titles issued by the North American [[Flyball]] Association. These titles are Flyball Champion (FDCh), Flyball Master (FM), and the ONYX title.<ref>{{cite journal | title=First Things | journal=Dog World |date=September 2012 | volume=97 | issue=#9 | page=10}}</ref>