You're welcome. Yes, it does matter. In order for your dog to compete at the upper levels of the UKC hunt trials the dog must be registered with the UKC. It's not a real problem to register with them, then you'd be double registered. I did it with my dog. You just fill out a questionaire, a short pedigree, and send them some pictures of the dog.
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