AKC and the Dutch Shepherd - Page 1

Could you see them changing the Dutchie like they did the German Shepherd? I personaly do not want to see this breed ruined.  IMPO

EK

They're not recognized because the Dutchie is a rare breed in the United States and rare breeds are often overlooked by the AKC. Aside from that many owners and breeders do not want the Dutch to be an AKC breed because of what EK said, once a breed is recognized breeders tend to breed for looks instead of working ability, and the working ability of the Dutch Shepherd is part of why people love them.

While the Dutchie is a rare breed in the US, the AKC typically has to find their market for any dog before they will start considering it for recognization in its registries. With that being said they main reason AKC or most other registries for that matter don't recognize them is because they all have been crossed with something else at some point in the pedigree. Even the FCI registered breeders in Europe now have started pulling in some of the KNPV lines to breed to. Every imported Dutchie I've seen has mal and some even have GSD in their bloodline somewhere.

The AKC and the CKC have no interest in the working dog. Ask any working Border Collie person what they think of the AKC. Some WBC trials wont let an AKC registered dog even enter the trial.

The onus is on the parent club to get the breed accepted into AKC registry.  The AKC itself will not go out of its way to pick up another breed without the parent club jumping through the right hoops.

Personally, I would rather the big registries stay off the Dutchies. Too many breeds have been screwed up because somebody thought they were doing everything "for the betterment of the breed" and that usualyy starts with someone getting a bee in their bonnet about getting paperwork. I have yet to meet a true working dog enthusiast who thinks paperwork means anything. If someone wants paperwork before they buy a dutchie, they probably don't even know what a dutchie is and if you want paperwork so you can breed/sell dutchies then you more than likely don't need to breeding what you've got. Paperwork is a selling point for the breeder nothing more. Most buyers of any type of dog think they can justify the price in their own minds if they can tell their friends that the dog is registered. Fortunately  for the dutchies, the vast majority of them go to working homes, police depts. places like that. I guarantee you that PD's are going to pay way more than any individual and they don't give a rat's butt about if it's registered or not. They want something that can do the job. At one time the Canine Developmental Health Registry had a Dutch Malinois program and now you can register one through the SDA databse.