You know, I don't care either. My dogs are AKC but that's never meant any thing to me. I just bought a Yorkie who is CKC. A friend who has a female inquired about breeding sometime in the future and her girl is AKC. I didn't know if there was a rule or not. I do no that people are hung up on the AKC group rather than CKC. I'm like others who have posted, I love my dogs no matter what their initials are.