KC Judges Development Program

The Kennel Club Judges Development Programme

Eligibility to attend a Judges Development Programme

Judges wishing to attend a JDP Breed seminar must have:

• previously awarded CCs to at least three breeds within the relevant Group (i.e. the same group as the host Group) or
• previously awarded CCs to two breeds within the relevant Group (i.e. the same group as the host Group) and at least one CC in another Group, or
• been previously approved by the Kennel Club to judge a Group at Championship Show level.

Judges listed as having a Kennel Club Judges Development Programme Breed Credit meet the above criteria and have received a Breed Credit certificate.
These judges are, by virtue of their 'Breed Credit' exempt from Kennel Club regulation F(1)b.(1) (b) which require judges to be included on a breed council/club B judges list or above in order to judge more than three breed classes for the breed in question. This applies to open shows and to breeds without CCs at a championship show.