King Charles III meets a dog in the crowd

The Kennel Club is officisally relaunching as The Royal Kennel Club (RKC) having been granted the honour by His Majesty The King. To mark the occasion, The Kennel Club commissioned a special ’21-dog salute’ outside Windsor Castle, featuring the UK’s most loved, celebrated and vulnerable dog breeds.

For the first time in its 150-year history, the organisation is also expanding its focus from pedigree dogs to all dogs in the UK, marking the most significant transformation in its history. Central to this evolution is the launch of the UK’s largest-ever Dog Census, the reinvention of Crufts as a year-round community for dog lovers and owners, and the extension of the RKC’s health programmes.

The RKC is inviting every dog owner in Britain to take pa

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