Overview
China's FCI member kennel club. It has handled Laizhou Hong registration since 2017, held a conformation assessment in Laizhou and the breed's first specialty show in Weifang in 2017. Since September 2018 the breed has competed in Group 11 (non-FCI breeds).
What we could verify
How it works
- Native breed conservation club (中国原生犬保育俱乐部), set up in April 2017 within CKU.
- 30 May 2017: seminar and conformation assessment of Laizhou Hong dogs in Laizhou, in the town of Chengguo.
- 15 December 2017: first specialty show for the breed, in Weifang.
- Since 1 September 2018, the Laizhou Hong has competed in Group 11 (non-FCI breeds) at CKU CAC shows.
- Standard: CKU publishes a bilingual breed standard. The breed is not recognised by the FCI. CKU itself notes that the FCI requires five generations of pedigree, eight bloodlines and about a thousand registered dogs.
Worth knowing
- In February 2018, CKU stated that it had no partner club for native breeds, so any club claiming to be its official partner should be checked.
- Since 2020, dogs are no longer livestock under Chinese law. There is therefore no state conservation farm for any dog breed, and the CKU registry is the only official framework for the breed.
- CKU has published no native-breed news since late 2018, and the number of registered Laizhou Hongs is not public.
- Sources: official CKU pages (native breeds, standard, show groups).
Information gathered on 18 Oct 2026 from public sources (kennel website, social media, registries, directories). No kennel has been visited. Do you represent this kennel and want to complete or correct this profile? Write to us.
Before you buy
Whatever the kennel, ask for the documents listed in the health checklist: official hip and elbow X-rays of both parents, a DNA test for degenerative myelopathy, CKU registration, and a contract stating that the puppy has no FCI pedigree.