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What Is Next? Miscellaneous Class. The more dogs you The American (AKC), Guidelines For Registering a record with the FSS®, the more committed is a not-for-profit organization New AKC believes the fanciers are to achieving established in 1884 to promote the full recognition. If the national study, breeding, exhibiting, and If the goal for your breed is AKC recognition, has not submitted its for advancement of purebred dogs. In ® The AKC please consider the action items below after entry into FSS , the club is required to do October of 1995, the AKC your breed is in the FSS®. The recognition so when moving to the Miscellaneous Class. Service became process begins with admission of the breed to • Stay in contact. The AKC moves forward operational. The Foundation Stock Foundation the Miscellaneous Class. with recognition of whose fanciers Service is an optional record- want the breed to be recognized. keeping service. Recording of a dog in the ® ® Stock Service Form a strong national breed club and Maintaining regular contact with FSS Foundation Stock Service does not encourage fanciers nationwide to join and staff will show your enthusiasm for and constitute AKC recognition. get involved. A national breed club with commitment to AKC recognition. Program representative membership of about 100 Mission Statement active households is expected for a breed to Normally breeds remain in the Miscellaneous The American Kennel Club is dedicated to be placed in the Miscellaneous Class. The Class one to three years. However breeds upholding the integrity of its Registry, ® amount of active households needed may with 1,000 or more dogs enrolled in FSS® promoting the sport of purebred dogs and vary depending on the number of dogs may be evaluated after six months in breeding for type and function. Founded in recorded in the FSS®. Miscellaneous; these breeds will remain in 1884, the AKC and its affiliated organizations the Miscellaneous Class a minimum of 18 advocate for the purebred dog as a family months. Breeds with less than 1,000 dogs will • Create a that conforms to companion, advance canine health and well- be evaluated at the end of each year in the Guidelines for Writing Breed being, work to protect the rights of all dog Miscellaneous. When all criteria are met the Standards. Final approval is made by the owners and promote responsible dog ownership. AKC Board at the time the breed is information is presented to the AKC Board approved for full recognition. of Directors for approval to move to full AKC recognition and breed conformation • Form some active committees such as a competition. rescue committee or a health committee, put on shows, and publish a quarterly newsletter. A committed AKC liaison is also keeping AKC updated on the club’s various activities provides documentation of the 8051 Arco Corporate Drive, Suite 100 fanciers’ dedication to full AKC recognition. Raleigh, NC 27617-3390 Meeting The Needs Of Today’s Current officer and membership lists must be on file with the AKC. (919) 233-9767 Fanciers… For more information visit our web site: • Encourage other fanciers to record their www.akc.org/reg/fss_details.cfm dogs with FSS®. A minimum of 300-400 dogs with complete three-generation [email protected] pedigrees, owned by many different individuals residing in various parts of the nation, must be recorded as part of the criteria for approval to move to the GDFSS1 (5/08) GDFSS1_5_08 4/17/08 11:31 AM Page 2

Goals of the Foundation The Benefits of Enrolling How Breeds Enter the FSS® Stock Service® in FSS® The American Kennel Club considers requests to enter FSS® from breed clubs or The AKC is committed to taking the necessary The Foundation Stock Service® allows individual fanciers of a breed. Those wishing action to ensure the continuation of purebred purebred rare breeds to continue to develop to pursue recording with FSS® must: dogs. In accord with this objective, the AKC® while providing them with the security of a created the FSS® record-keeping service to reliable and reputable avenue to maintain • Fill out a questionnaire for new breeds. allow rare breed fanciers to continue their their records. • Provide a written breed history commitment to the improvement of their documenting the distinct breed over a he American Kennel Club created T breed. Foundation Stock Service® is a requirement period of many decades. This should for fanciers of a breed who want to achieve include details on any foreign and/or ® ® the Foundation Stock Service (FSS ) One of the most serious concerns for any full AKC recognition. domestic organizations that register the breed is the integrity of its pedigree and breed. The source of the historical to answer the needs of today’s rare ownership records. For many fanciers, the FSS® breeds may now compete in Companion information must also be provided. ultimate goal is full AKC recognition. There Events and in Performance Events that AKC • Provide an official written breed standard, indicating the origin of that standard. If the breed fanciers. The Foundation Stock are several criteria that must be met in order determines to be applicable. Breeds must standard differs from the official breed to achieve this plateau. Often, the biggest have dogs with three-generation pedigrees standard in the breed country of origin, hurdle is creating and maintaining accurate recorded in the FSS®, a breed standard, and Service ® is an optional record-keeping please specify those differences. records. an active breed club in order to compete. • Provide photographs of the breed, Recording your dog in FSS® can help cata- service for all purebred breeds not including puppies and adults, as well as With the FSS®, the AKC staff of experts will pult your breed into AKC competition. both dogs and bitches. If there are maintain the pedigree and ownership records different accepted types in the breed, currently registrable with the in addition to a stud book. The AKC has While the recording of a dog in FSS® does photographs of each type should be more than 100 years of experience protecting not guarantee eventual full AKC registra- included and labeled as such. American Kennel Club®. the integrity of registries for purebred dogs. tion, it does provide the avenue to compete in the exciting world of Companion and The AKC only considers adding new breeds ® Fanciers who record their dogs with the FSS® Performance Events. to the FSS or its registry upon request. The can rest assured that the AKC will maintain breed must be recognized by an acceptable quality stud books for their breeds. Eligibility for Performance Events is subject foreign or domestic registry. to approval by the Performance Events The FSS® is not open to “rare” breeds that are Department upon review of the historical a variation of an AKC-registrable breed or the function of the breed or involvement in like result of a combination of two AKC-recognized events. breeds. This includes and is not limited to differences such as size (over and under), coat type, coat colors, and coat colors and/or types that are disqualifications from Conformation Events by AKC breed standards.