This list may change as more information on newly recognized health conditions associated with the breed emerge and are
approved by the breed club.
Most of the Conformation Standards
used by Breed Clubs were formulated by those owners of working / hunting dogs.
During Word War II (1939 - 1945), there was a concerted
effort by breeding clubs to prevent the breed from suffering because of its Germanic roots.
[16] There have been extensive studies of these conditions, [17] commonly
sponsored by breed clubs and dog registries, while specialised breed clubs provide information of common genetic defects for their breeds.
However, they are not accepted
by the breed clubs of two countries; the American Kennel Club and Canadian Kennel Club for conformation showing (though they can be registered and show in performance events).
Through research
funded by breed clubs and by the AKC Canine Health Foundation (CHF), new genetic tests for carriers of defective genes are continually being developed.
It was decided that rescue activities could be more efficient if there was a stand - alone rescue organization not
encumbered by breed club activities.
The majority of KC registered dogs are not bred by Assured Breeders, although many of these will be
bred by breed club members.
However, due to pressure placed on the
registries by breed clubs, they are registered in accordance with their base coat colours.
Responsible breeders do not sell to pet stores, and are prohibited from doing
so by their breed club guidelines.
CERF - Canine Eye Research Foundation - maintains database of information that is generated by examinations done by ACVO Diplomates and a DNA database of information that is generated by genetic testing laboratories
endorsed by a breed club.
There are two important situations to discuss, firstly the management of clinical elbow disease and perhaps more importantly, the monitoring of elbow
disease by breed clubs.
More research is needed in this area and as far as I am aware, there are no
attempts by breed clubs to tackle the problem of deafness and ear disease.
She is not
recognized by any breed clubs or kennel clubs and is classed as a working dog; unlike the Siberian Husky and the Alaskan Malamute, who are both purebreds, registered with the AKC and CKC and used as a show dog as well as a working dog.
Incentive programs, free diagnostic screening, and genetic testing days are already being
implemented by breed clubs to help identify and diagnose inherited disorders in susceptible dog breeds, but public awareness of the importance of testing needs to be much improved.
The Breed Council was able to use this approval to reinforce further the use of the screening
program by Breed Club members who are expected to comply with its Code of Ethics [32].
«Rescue» is a term we adopted because it was and is the one in general
used by breed clubs to describe what we do: breed education and assistance, general canine welfare, and the placement of abandoned adult dogs in quality, permanent homes.
We call for a unified
effort by all Breed Clubs to be constructive, positive and focused on all canine health related issues that will succeed in protecting the pedigree dog and silencing the unbalanced sound bites of our critics.
This can be accomplished at a «clearing eye clinic»
sponsored by breed clubs or at the Veterinary Ophthalmologist's office.
This registry is used
by all breed clubs and all eye certifications are sent to CERF not OFA.
Included in the breed standard description are externally observable aspects of appearance and behaviour that are considered
by the breed club to be the most important for the breed, and externally observable details of appearance or temperament that are considered by the breed club to be unacceptable (called faults).
Canine rescues are run by individuals, rescue networks, and
by breed clubs.
When a dog has meet all of the CHIC health testing requirements for their breed, they receive a CHIC number to indicate that they have met the minimum testing requirements as set forth
by their breed club.