Oh, and those clubs? They are licensed by AKC to hold those trials. “Parent” clubs (specializing in one breed) are members of the AKC. THEY own and write the standard for that breed and THEY are responsible for protecting the breed, not AKC. But neither they nor AKC can stop irresponsible or clueless people from breeding dogs that lack breed characteristics or are not free of genetic disease.
Point your finger at those people for the loss of a given dog’s inability to perform the task for which it was developed.
Good for you.
““Parent” clubs (specializing in one breed) are members of the AKC. THEY own and write the standard for that breed and THEY are responsible for protecting the breed, not AKC.”
Not with Border Collies. The AKC had one made up for them after the real parent club refused.
“In 1991, the AKC recognized the Australian Shepherd over the objections of the Australian Shepherd Club of America (ASCA), that breed’s registry and longtime parent club. Rumors flew that AKC was entering an expansionist phase and would soon recognize the Border Collie...
...In June of 1994 the AKC formally wrote all three Border Collie clubs, asking if they wished to pursue recognition and be designated the AKC parent club. BCSA and the Alliance said yes. USBCC continued to oppose AKC recognition, as did all three Border Collie registries, the United States Border Collie Handlers Association, all state and local Border Collie clubs, and an overwhelming number of Border Collie owners...
...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.”