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Good to know, I'm not sure but I think ppl have been suggesting the original breeder can re-open the books and fully register as well. So Limit Register pups that are campaigned by good owners, and earn Obedience Titles, paying kudos to their breeders at the same time, can still rise to serve... so to speak.

Read up what happened to the Shar Pei breed after it was introduced to the west in the 1970's. I think it's in Wikipedia, otherwise google Shar Pei. That's a warning along lines that support your breeder concern over consumer 'craze' driven selection. With the recessive gene traits that a blue coat endows what dreams may come, or is the coat color a single gene trait (not a whole raft of 'em)? Personally, I also think it's a mistake to restrict limited vca registration dogs/bitches from Obedience/Agility events and any titles thereat - the same argument about trait selection above is inverted and you effectively now filter 'discernment' of temperament and intelligence performance from the useful genetic record. Personally I'm not a big fan of Fawn + white but Red + white looks great, especially with an athletic physique (gotta take it easy on the white though) I think dark brindle against a black mask looks especially 'villainous'. A white chest blaze looks great on black coat too. But if I was walking a blue dog on lead and somebody came and asked 'what sort of dog is it?' of course I'd instantly fire back he's a Weimeraner rescue..I think some distance ought to be maintained between the 'American Stafford Terrier' and the Stafford Bull Terrier breeds but already a lot of confusion is created between the two when one is wrongly dubbed the other. One guess which way 'round the mulberry bush that goes..