Which Breeds - Kennel Club Pre 1987

[BJean]

Can someone tell me which breeds are affected by the new ruling

on Pre 1987 KC breed Standards?

thankyou

L:)

2.8 Pre 1987 Kennel Club (England) Standards

With the present political climate and the world wide pressure towards eliminating

exaggeration from breed standards it has been unanimously resolved to cancel the current

ANKC Policy of allowing breeds to adopt the Pre 1987 Kennel Club (England) Standards and

for the ANKC to adopt the current standard from the Kennel Club (England) or from the

Country of Origin/Development.

For those breeds who originally chose to adopt the Pre 1987 Standard

the National Breed Council, Breed Clubs or Owners will be surveyed to choose

between the current Kennel Club standard or the Country of Origin/Development standard.

http://www.vca.org.au/assets/ankc%20conf_oct09.pdf

Breeders of the breeds affected, have you received a survey or any correspondance from your CC about the change?

Edited February 6, 2010 by lilli

[WreckitWhippet]

I've not read anything about this . I must go through some journals as this is the first I've heard

[alotanewfs]

This is the first I've heard about it (and am a club secretary) our breed uses the pre 1987 standard.....doubt many (if anyone) would vote to adopt country of origin as it eliminates a whole accepted colour in the breed. Have sent it on to the other club secretaries for my breed.

[BJean]

I dont think it is in the VIC or NSW journals ... (maybe it will be next month???)

I only found out today that the ANKC were going to reamalgamate Anatolian and Kangal back to one breed - the Anatolian -

and apparently they already have:

the policy was effective from 1st January 2010 -

how's that for a surprise

neither myself or any other ASD/KD breeders had heard anything about it ...

until today when a breeder member from QLD read it in the CCCQ Journal.

I thought it might be a print error

but it is published in the CCCQ journal and VCA website.

2.3 Kangal Dog and Anatolian Shepherd Dog

Delegates resolved that the ANKC try to resolve the situation with the Kangal Dog and the

Anatolian Shepherd Dog by sending a letter to all registered Kangal Dog and Anatolian

Shepherd Dog owners outlining the following:

6.1 The ANKC resolve to have all Kangal Dogs DNA tested to ascertain if it is a

separate breed to the Anatolian Shepherd Dog. If the DNA test shows that the

Kangal Dog and the Anatolian Shepherd Dog are the same breed, the ANKC

resolve to declare that the Kangal Dog and the Anatolian Shepherd Dog are the

same breed. All Kangal Dogs to be re-registered as Anatolian Shepherd Dog and

recognised as a single breed (not even as two varieties of the same breed) and

treated as a single from 1 January 2010. The standard for the breed, to be the

current Anatolian Shepherd Dog standard.

6.2 The two breeds to remain as two [2] separate breeds. Should the DNA test show

significant differences between the two breeds, then the ANKC resolve to declare

that the Kangal Dog and the Anatolian Shepherd Dog are two [2] separate breeds

with no inter breeding between the two breeds. To resolve that a moratorium of

five [5] years be declared before this policy can be reconsidered.

Kangal breeders are to be advised that failure to respond by 30 June 2010 may result in the

Kangal Dog no longer being an ANKC recognised breed.

[BJean]

Edited February 6, 2010 by lilli

[rajacadoo]

This was also in the Tassie Gazette for Feb/March, and I was also wondering about exactly which breeds were going to be affected ???

[BJean]

This is the first I've heard about it (and am a club secretary) our breed uses the pre 1987 standard.....doubt many (if anyone) would vote to adopt country of origin as it eliminates a whole accepted colour in the breed. Have sent it on to the other club secretaries for my breed.

Would it significantly change the way the breed is judged in Australia? ie by placing different emphasis on certain colours, or other physical attributes? Would dogs that are winning/losing now, win/lose under a new breed standard?