>In many cases being a member of the National Breed Organization is more >important than being a member of the AKC (although the two usually go hand >in hand)
It does depend a lot on the breed. That's excellent that your breed works so hard to maintain good breeding stock. In my own breed, shelties, the national breed club ASSA is very focused on conformation and little else. The folks that work their dogs and do canine sports get little credit or support from the club, and are very frustrated with how the breed seems to be going...too heavy boned and coated to be good for working. Very similar to what happens in a lot of breeds like many retrievers where we end up seeing a split in the breed and you have "show dogs" versus "field dogs". JRTs are very new to AKC and many people in the breed were VERY against it, as was the JRTCA. Similar to the fight when border collies were added. These are two breeds who still are highly prized for their work ability, not their looks, and there was a lot of concern about what AKC recognition would do to the breed. But there are so many great performance events in AKC now, agility being one where JRTs really excel in particularly. They are definitely an extremely active, intelligent breed of dog that can be a wonderful pet....as long as you have a lot of time to keep them busy! --- Mary Jo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:217259 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
