LOL
The AKC doesn’t take over breeds. Breeders come to AKC and jump thru hoops to get their breeds recognized. I know what I’m talking about as I have been involved in a rare breed that was finally accepted in the late 1990s.
No one is forced to show, no one is forced to breed anything. However, it’s very easy to just blame a registering body. If you want to herd with your Aussies or Border Collies, do so and breed for it. No one is stopping you.
The AKC HAS tried to take over Border Collies.
“In December 1994, at a meeting where the Border Collie was not even on its agenda, the AKC Board of Directors voted to recognize the Border Collie, to begin registering it in February 1995, and to begin conformation showing of Border Collies in October 1995. Although AKC had always maintained that it is the parent breed club, intimately familiar with its breed, that adopts the breed standard and sets the policies for its breed, on this occasion AKC did not designate a parent club for the Border Collie. AKC, which of course had no previous familiarity with Border Collies except for issuing them ILP numbers, itself adopted a breed standard that defines what a Border Collie should be and how it should look. AKC did not designate a parent club for the Border Collie until August 1996, when it finally chose the BCSA. Since all the Border Collie registries were opposed to recognition, none of them furnished their studbooks to AKC. Consequently, AKC has been registering Border Collies based on papers sent in by their owners.”
http://www.bordercollie.org/akc.html
Even now, happily, only about 10% of registered Border Collies are registered with the AKC. Please do not say Border Collies worked to get AKC registration. I also remember the battle over Australian Shepherds and the AKC. You could also look at JRTs.