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btaylor001@sympatico.ca 905-319 0470
Hello All Sept 2011 The September Board meeting was held over three days in Toronto on Sept 16/17/18 Highlights of the meeting will be found below. Full minutes will appear on the CKC webpage in the near future. HIGHLIGHTS. 1. Dogs in Canada will cease publication at the end of this year. 2.Changes to Herding Rules. 3. Changes to Obedience Rules. 4. Review of Executive Director search. The obedience changes amounted to over 100. Sadly after a lot of soul searching it was recommended by the Board of Apex that Dogs in Canada be shut down at the end of 2011 due to ever increasing losses and no expectation of profit in the foreseeable future. The search for an Executive Director has not as yet provided a suitable candidate for the search committee to bring forward for Board approval. ELECTION YEAR. As you all know this year is election year as well as voting on a large number of ByLaw changes in the referendum that will accompany the ballot for Director in your area. I would encourage everyone to not only vote but also participate in the referendum. PERSONAL After some personal soul searching and family considerations I have decided to let my name stand for re-election as Zone 7 Director and would at this time request your support. As you know being a Director is a three year commitment not to be taken lightly and places many demands on a person who is elected. Issues at the CKC that I feel are important are :- 1. Culture. We must move away from the litigious and punitive culture that exists not only in the regulatory section but also throughout the organisation as a whole. 2. IT. The computor system is on its last legs and will need to be changed in total not just upgraded. 3. Finances. Although we have come a long way from huge loss in 2009 we are far from healthy. (Shutting down Dogs in Canada should however help considerably in this area) 4. Registration and Shows and Trials are down as well as Membership and the CKC and the Membership must find ways to build up these areas. Should you wish I would be available to talk with you and your club or organisation. Please feel free to call or write. Finally I hope I can count on your support to continue the work I have been doing on your behalf. Thanks. Brian. Percentage Registry. Due to the many questions and misinformation circulating shown below is an explanation of percentage registry :-
----- Original Message -----
From: Watson,
Michael
Cc: Leila Bahorie ; Diane Draper
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 7:17 AM
Subject: RE: Proposed Amendment to Section 27.1 of CKC By-laws
Brian
- The way I read Trus's proposed amendment to Section 27.1, it's not breed
recognition that Trus is concerned with, but the issue of the
determination of which specific dogs comply with breed standards and may
therefore be registered.
Since
shortly after I became involved with the CKC many years ago, I became aware of
the unusual and almost Orwellian situation concerning eligibility for
registration under the CKC's By-laws; that is, a litter (and therefore any dog
from that litter) is eligible for registration as a purebred dog of a
particular breed if the dam and sire are registered either in Canada or in a
recognized foreign studbook. In other words, once a sire and dam are in
the registry, then all progeny are also eligible to be registered, whether or
not they comply with the applicable breed standards, and whether or not
successive breeding has caused the progeny to deviate significantly from the
generally accepted breed standards. This has, of course, led to disputes
within various breed clubs (this is all anecdotal to me, because you people
are the dog experts, and I don't pretend to be), because dogs that various
breed experts consider not to be representative of a particular breed AT ALL
are nonetheless eligible for registration as purebreds of that breed simply
because their parents were registered!
This
registration requirement under the CKC's By-laws have nothing to do with
(i) breed characteristics or standards that the Club has established, (ii)
genetic makeup of a particular dog, or (iii) most pointedly, the
requirements of the Animal Pedigree Act. The thrust of the APA
is that a dog is to be considered purebred (and therefore eligible for
registration) if it is traceable back to the "foundation stock" to
the extent of at least seven-eighths. The CKC's By-laws do not even
mention the term "foundation stock". In fact, the whole
concept of "purebred" under the CKC's By-laws is circular.
"Purebred dog" is defined as a dog that is registered or eligible
for registration, but a dog can be registered only if it is purebred, meaning
that its dam and sire are registered. So the rules of elgibility for
registration under the By-laws have nothing to do with foundation stock, and
operate under the implicit assumption that all currently and historically
registered dogs are and were purebred (whatever that means), so that all
future progeny also will be considered to be purebred, whether
or not a particular dog that is eligible for registration actually confirms to
the CKC's breed standards for that dog or has the appropriate genetic makeup.
I
should also say that - apart from its content - the proposed amendment is not
well written and would need some significant revisions to be workable and not
ambiguous.
Michael
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