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AKC Letter re:Gladstone to CCA
| Dear CCA Member,
Thank you for your communication regarding the
letter sent out by Mr. Gladstone. The AKC Board of Directors did vote
eleven to one to authorize the Chihuahua Club of America to vote on the
proposed breed standard disqualification of merles. In so doing, the AKC
Board approved the Chihuahua Club of America voting on the standard
change.
Any AKC Board member is free to express a personal opinion on a matter
such as this, although it should be made perfectly clear that it is
strictly that individual’s opinion, and in no way reflects the position of
AKC or the AKC Board. Mr. Gladstone clearly made such a disclaimer in the
PS at the bottom of the letter.
Sincerely,
James Crowley,
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Merles in Canada
Subject: FW: Merle Chihuahua DQ
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:44:31 -0400
From: "Mari-Beth O'Neill" <MBO@akc.org>
To: "Bruce Shirky" <bshirky@texas.net>
Here it is -
Mari-Beth O'Neill
AVP Special Services
5580 Centerview Drive
Raleigh, NC 27606
919-816-3594
Elio,
I
appreciate the information. As you may be aware the merle has also
caused quite a stir with the Chihuahua breeders and exhibitors here.
Regards,
Jim
From:
Elio Furlan [mailto:efurlan@ckc.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, September
18, 2007 10:37 AM
To: Jim Crowley
Cc: Joe Mauro; mcleande@nbnet.nb.ca
Subject: Merle Chihuahua
DQ
Dear Jim,
Hope all is well with you.
Our CEO, Mr. Mauro, has asked that I write to you to inform the AKC of a
recent decision taken by the Board of the Canadian Kennel Club, to amend
the Chihuahua breed standard with respect to the “merle” colour.
Effective January 01, 2008, the “merle colour” in Chihuahua’s will be a
disqualification for conformation showing purposes only, this breed
standard amendment does not affect the registration of these dogs.
If you have any questions
please contact me.
Sincerely,
The
Canadian Kennel Club
Elio
Furlan
Director
Events and Operations
416-675-5511 ext. 3322
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Merles in UK
Special Notice from AKC
July 2007:
Patricia Larrissey, Secretary
Chihuahua Club of America.
Dear Ms. Larrissey,
I have received an official notice from
The Kennel Club in England that their General Committee has just voted to ban
the registration of merle Chihuahuas. This action was based upon their concern
for genetic health problems associated with the merle gene in the breed. I did
note that the Parent Club web site does reference a study being done at LSU
regarding the relationship between the merle color and deafness. This will
impact both the import from and export to the UK of merles, as well as the
eligibility of merles to compete in shows in the UK. For example, if a merle
takes a qualifying award at the AKC National Championship or the National
Specialty, it would not be eligible to compete in Crufts. You may wish to
notify your membership accordingly.
Sincerely,
James Crowley
AKC Executive Secretary
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Breeds & Personalities Survey
Parent Club Notice: July 2007
Dear
Parent Club Secretary:
We are writing to ask
you and your fellow club members to participate in an online survey about
"Breeds and Personality." The goal of this light-hearted survey is to
determine what personality types are attracted to and compatible with
certain breeds. We believe the results will be illuminating and
entertaining, and will interest a wide range of news media, much like our
annual registration statistics do.
We need hundreds of responses from owners of each of the 157 registered
breeds in order to be able to include each breed in the resulting
findings. Therefore we'd appreciate you passing this along to as many dog
owners as you can and, in particular your breed fanciers.
The survey is completely
voluntary and your responses will be kept strictly confidential. It will
take approximately 10 minutes. We thank you for your participation and
look forward to sharing the aggregated results with you in the future.
Take the survey!
http://www.akc.org/news/index.cfm?article_id=3270
Regards,
AKC
Communications
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