Welcome to the Rockford-Freeport Illinois Kennel Club website.

We are an all breed club licensed by the American Kennel Club (AKC) whose purpose is to further the advancement of all breeds of purebred dogs and to protect and advance the interests of purebred dogs through the encouragement of training, fostering and encouraging sportsmanlike competition at shows, exhibits and matches, dissemination of knowledge, and information to the general public. To urge members, breeders and judges to accept the standard of the Breeds, as approved by the American Kennel Club, as the only Standard of excellence by which the breeds shall be bred and judged. To conduct licensed and sanctioned specialty shows under the rules of the American Kennel Club.