The Royal Kennel Club Reviews 

1,889
TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

4.6

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Considering 159 reviews, reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Customers consistently praise the staff for their exceptional helpfulness, patience, and professional approach, making interactions pleasant and productive. Many highlight the excellent customer service and overall service quality, appreciating the personalized and understanding support from representatives. The user experience is often described as smooth and easy, with efficient processes for various inquiries and registrations. However, some people mentioned experiencing notable long hold times when trying to connect with customer service by phone. A few customers also noted occasional delays in receiving email responses or completing registration processes.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The registration form (form 8) would not work on line. Telephone answered in about 8 minutes by Olivia. She was pleasant, calm, patient, understanding and very professional. There was a history of is... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic experience Ella was very patient and helpful. Guided me through the the change of ownership online as I was having problems with and made clear with her instructions. So big thank you from... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Maria was lovely and so easy to talk too. So helpful and knowledgeable and helped me in so many more ways than I had called up for initially. She guided me to different areas of how the kennel club c... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We had issues with your system when registering our litter. We called in and fortunately spoke to Gloria who was extremly helpful and patient. She was able to correct the error and process our payme... See more

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Company details

  1. Animal Protection Organization

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We are the largest organisation in the UK devoted to dog health, welfare and training. Our objective is to make a positive difference to dogs and their owners. We run the UK's largest registration database for pedigree dogs and an activity register for crossbreed dogs.


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4.6

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolute horrible club

Absolute horrible club, supporting puppy farmers!!
Breeder’s get as many pups as they can from a female , then move the female on.. if that isn’t puppy farming then I don’t know what is!! And the royal kennel club supports this!!
Stay well clear of this club if you care about dogs.
Someone that truly loves their dogs would never get rid of them or use it as a money making machine!!
Royal kennel club support this!!!

July 1, 2026
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Helpful and pleasant

I spoken to Liv who was patient and very helpful.My registration was handled smoothly however I had hoped to enable the 5 week puppy insurance. Once again Liv was extremely helpful , the department line was busy so she left a message for them to contact me. I'm still waiting for that call three days later

July 15, 2026
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Reply from The Royal Kennel Club

Thank you for your review. We are glad Liv was able to help you with your RKC transactions. We are sorry our partner RKC Pet Insurance have not been in touch.

To contact Royal Kennel Club Pet Insurance you can call 03330 30 50 30 or email info@kcinsurance.co.uk

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

The great bit was the Import…

The great bit was the Import registrations customer service ladies, who couldn't have been more helpful in getting my pup's Italian FCI registration information put on the RKC Breed Register.
The downside was the online application form, which kept crashing as I suspect the system could not cope with all the uploads? I tried everything several times but resorted to the telephone, print and email system. Technology sometimes tries to run before it can walk!

July 16, 2026
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Reply from The Royal Kennel Club

Thank you for contacting us regarding your recent import application. We are glad Annie was able to help you with your import application and are sorry you were unable to complete the journey due to our website crashing. We have alerted our Digital team to this issue and really appreciate your feedback.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Ella was incredibly helpful and…

Ella was incredibly helpful and thorough in resolving problems that had made it impossible to complete paperwork online, caused by website tech issues
An absolute pleasure to talk to her.
Thank you

July 15, 2026
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Reply from The Royal Kennel Club

Thank you for your review. We appreciate the time taken.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Extortionate and Greedy

The cost of registering a puppy is extortionate. Moreover the waiting time to have your registration completed and have the documents posted to you is unacceptable. This has been going on for years. It feels like absolute greed and it is the result of having no competition and monopolising the industry. They need to hire more staff. Took 15 minutes to get through to someone over the phone. Fortunately when I did, they (Olivia "Liv") were ace. Hence the second star.

July 14, 2026
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Reply from The Royal Kennel Club

Thank you for your response, we appreciate all feedback from our customers, both positive and negative. We are sorry you believe our registrations prices are driven by greed; our profits are ploughed back into the dog world.

The RKC is a profit for purpose organisation meaning any surplus funds we generate are used to support dog health, welfare, education, and canine research rather than being distributed to shareholders. Much of this support is channelled through our Kennel Club Charitable Trust. The Trust's main aim is to make a real difference to the health of dogs and dog welfare, no matter what their breed or background.

Profits also go towards the support of Royal Kennel Club Breed Rescue is a UK-wide network of breed-specific rescue organisations who help pedigree dogs that need new homes and to connect prospective owners with specialist breed rescues.

As you can imagine we receive many applications annually and register between 150,000 to 200,00 puppies per year.

Each application we receive is registered by hand and is a complex application which takes time to check. The RKC is actively recruiting and training new staff and to ensure the best quality and customer service this process takes time.

We are glad Liv was able to help you on this occasion.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Marie was kind supportive and helpful.

Marie was kind supportive and helpful.. very happy with my experience not only this time but whenever I’ve contacted previously too

July 9, 2026
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Thank you for your review, we appreciate the time taken.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Ella was exceptional and the best help we have ever received

Today we had the pleasure of being connected with Ella due to a problem that the KC site froze half way through -surprise surprise. . We have had over the years some very bad experiences with the KC and the website/staff and expect will continue to have these . BUT exception to the rule this morning and so credit is due to the help we received from Ella as a person for her patience and understanding she is a credit to where she works and needs to be recognised for it .

July 2, 2026
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Reply from The Royal Kennel Club

Thank you for your review, we really appreciate your valuable feedback and the time taken to leave your review.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very helpful

Very helpful; and emailed over important export registration immediately

July 2, 2026
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Thank you.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic experience Ella was very…

Fantastic experience Ella was very patient and helpful. Guided me through the the change of ownership online as I was having problems with and made clear with her instructions. So big thank you from me as I was stress at first and totally relax and enjoyed having someone to help me
I will be recommending people to go through the kennel club

July 1, 2026
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Reply from The Royal Kennel Club

Thank you so much for your review and the time taken to leave it.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing support

Amazing support, really easy and quick to get help with setting up and account and completing the transfer for our puppy. Marie was amazing and quickly sorted my issues.

June 30, 2026
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Thank you for your review, we really appreciate your feedback.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very professional and quickly sorted

Ella was very professional a nd sorted my issue with no problem. A Credit to the organisation.

June 26, 2026
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Reply from The Royal Kennel Club

Thank you very much for your review. We appreciate the time taken.

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