American Kennel Club registrations have declined 75 percent over the last 30 years, even as the population of the U.S. has increased and the number of dogs (both total and per capita) have also increased.
The AKC has added dozens of new breeds in an attempt to pad out its sagging membership numbers, but these breeds tend to be rare, and so things are not much improved.
- Bull Terrier (Colored) 1877
- Bull Terrier (White) 1877
- Dandie Dinmont Terrier 1877
- Fox Terrier (Smooth) 1877
- Manchester Terrier (Standard) 1877
- Scottish Terrier 1877
- Skye Terrier 1877
- Pointer 1877
- Retriever (Chesapeake Bay) 1877
- Setter (English) 1877
- Setter (Gordon) 1877
- Setter (Irish) 1877
- Spaniel (Cocker) Black 1877
- Spaniel (Field) 1877
- Spaniel (Irish Water) 1877
- Beagle 12 In. 1877
- Beagle 15 In. 1877
- Dachshund (Smooth) 1877
- Foxhound (American) 1877
- Greyhound 1877
- Harrier 1877
- Scottish Deerhound 1877
- Great Dane 1877
- Mastiff 1877
- Newfoundland 1877
- Saint Bernard 1877
- English Toy Spaniel (B&PC) 1877
- English Toy Spaniel (KC&R) 1877
- Italian Greyhound 1877
- Japanese Chin 1877
- Pug 1877
- Bulldog 1877
- Dalmatian 1877
- Poodle (Standard) 1877
- Collie (Rough) 1877
- Spaniel (Clumber) 1878
- Bloodhound 1878
- Yorkshire Terrier 1878
- Irish Wolfhound 1879
- Chihuahua (Smooth) 1879
- Maltese 1879
- Airedale Terrier 1881
- Irish Terrier 1881
- Fox Terrier (Wire) 1883
- Chow Chow 1883
- Bedlington Terrier 1884
- Basset Hound 1884
- Pomeranian 1886
- Welsh Terrier 1888
- Collie (Smooth) 1888
- Old English Sheepdog 1888
- Borzoi 1891
- Foxhound (English) 1891
- Schipperke 1891
- Whippet 1893
- Spaniel (Sussex) 1895
- Boston Terrier 1895
- French Bulldog 1897
- Spaniel (Cocker) A.S.C.O.B. 1899
- Spaniel (Cocker) Parti-Color 1899
- Poodle (Toy) 1900
- Brussels Griffon 1902
- West Highland White Terrier 1906
- Papillon 1906
- Samoyed 1907
- Pekingese 1907
- Belgian Sheepdog 1907
- German Shepherd Dog 1908
- Otterhound 1909
- Wirehaired Pointing Griffon 1911
- Doberman Pinscher 1911
- Sealyham Terrier 1912
- Cairn Terrier 1914
- Boxer 1914
- Spaniel (English Springer) 1916
- Kerry Blue Terrier 1922
- Retriever (Labrador) 1923
- Norwegian Elkhound 1925
- Standard Schnauzer 1925
- Manchester Terrier (Toy) 1925
- Retriever (Curly-Coated) 1926
- Retriever (Flat-Coated) 1926
- Miniature Schnauzer 1927
- Afghan Hound 1927
- Shetland Sheepdog 1927
- Retriever (Golden) 1928
- Saluki 1928
- Briard 1929
- Border Terrier 1930
- Dachshund (Wirehaired) 1930
- Giant Schnauzer 1930
- Miniature Pinscher 1930
- Dachshund (Longhaired) 1931
- Keeshond 1931
- Bouvier des Flandres 1931
- Poodle (Miniature) 1932
- Siberian Husky 1933
- Bullmastiff 1934
- Great Pyrenees 1934
- Lakeland Terrier 1935
- Brittany Spaniel
- Pointer (German Shorthaired) 1935
- Kuvasz 1935
- Rottweiler 1935
- Welsh Corgi (Pembroke) 1935
- Alaskan Malamute 1936
- Lhasa Apso 1936
- Welsh Corgi (Cardigan) 1936
- American Staffordshire Terrier 1937
- Norwich Terrier 1937
- Spaniel (English Cocker) 1937
- Puli 1937
- Affenpinscher 1938
- Komondor 1940
- Weimaraner 1943
- Bernese Mountain Dog 1943
- Spaniel (American Water) 1945
- Basenji 1946
- Black and Tan Coonhound 1947
- Chihuahua (Long) 1951
- Spaniel (Welsh Springer) 1953
- Rhodesian Ridgeback 1957
- Pointer (German Wirehaired) 1960
- Silky Terrier 1960
- Australian Terrier 1961
- Belgian Tervuren 1961
- Vizsla 1962
- Belgian Malinois 1967
- Shih Tzu 1970
- Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier 1974
- Akita 1974
- Bichon Frise 1974
- Tibetan Terrier 1974
- Staffordshire Bull Terrier 1976
- Bearded Collie 1978
- Norfolk Terrier 1979
- Ibizan Hound 1980
- Australian Cattle Dog 1981
- Pharaoh Hound 1985
- Portuguese Water Dog 1985
- Tibetan Spaniel 1985
- Finnish Spitz 1989
- Petit Basset Griffons Vendeen 1992
- Chinese Crested 1992
- Miniature Bull Terrier 1993
- Chinese Shar-pei 1993
- Shiba Inu 1994
- Australian Shepherd 1994
- Greater Swiss Mountain Dog 1996
- American Eskimo Dog 1996
- Border Collie 1996
- Cavalier King Charles Spaniel 1997
- Canaan Dog 1998
- Anatolian Shepherd Dog 2000
- Havanese 2000
- Lowchen 2000
- Parson Russell Terrier 2001
- Spinone Italiano 2001
- Polish Lowland Sheepdog 2002
- Retriever (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling) 2004
- German Pinscher 2004
- Toy Fox Terrier 2004
- Glen of Imaal Terrier 2005
- Black Russian Terrier 2005
- Neapolitan Mastiff 2005
- Plott 2008
- Tibetan Mastiff 2008
- Beauceron 2008
- Swedish Vallhund 2008
- Dogue de Bordeaux 2009
- Bluetick Coonhound 2009
- Boykin Spaniel 2009
- Irish Red & White Setter 2009
- Norwegian Buhund 2009
- Pyrenean Shepherd 2009
- Redbone Coonhound 2010
- Cane Corso 2010
- Icelandic Sheepdog 2010
- Leonberger 2011
- Cesky Terrier 2011
- Entlebucher Mountain Dog 2011
- Finnish Lapphund 2011
- Norwegian Lundehund 2011
- Xoloitzcuintli 2012
- Russell Terrier 2012
- Treeing Walker Coonhound 2013
- Chinook 2013
- Portuguese Podengo Pequeno 2013
- Rat Terrier 2014
- Coton de Tulear 2014
- Wirehaired Vizsla 2015
- Bergamasco 2015
- Berger Picard 2015
- Boerboel 2015
- Cirneco dell’Etna 2015
- Lagotto Romangnolo 2015
- Miniature American Shepherd 2015
- Spanish Water Dog 2016
- American Hairless Terrier 2016
- Pumi 2016
- Sloughi 2018
- Grand Basset Griffon Vandeen 2018
- Nederlandse Kooikerhondje 2019
- Azawakh - 2019
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TDD - I agree with you about the AKC. After researching an AKC/BHCA breeder for my new pup I decided to go with the VP of the BHCA. 15,000.00 dollars later in vet bills my eyes were opened wide. My pup, however, has lost hers to primary glaucoma.
At the Basset Hound Club of America Nationals this year (2009) my pup's Mom was awarded 3rd place in the veteran's class. That really confused me. Everyone had to know that Ch BoBac First Light CDX. HM 95802907. 05-29-01. Breeder: Richard & Sharon Nance. By Ch Birnam’s One Mo’ Thyme Magumn – Ch BoBac Domino Effect Of HobHl CD, has passed glaucoma throughout the breed. Heck, another judge has Emma's sister and she has glaucoma. How could all of the judges not know?
Owner: Susan Warren & Sharon Nance.
Her breeders, BoBac Bassets, knew that my pup had bilateral, abnormal drainage angles which pre-disposed her for primary glaucoma.
This was just wrong on so many levels.
So very many levels. The AKC? Fools. Richard Nance, now a basset hound judge. Go figure......
Cat, Chaps and Emma
Patrick,
One thing to keep in mind has been the change in attitude toward breeding and spay/neuter over the last 20 years. The AKC has responded if at times grudgingly to those changing attitudes.
The AKC implemented "Limited Registration" which allows a dog to compete in Obedience, tracking, etc, but the dogs cannot show in Conformation nor can their get be registered. The only problem was that owners who had agreed to alter their animals purchased on limited registrations could simply take those papers to the UKC and get full registration allowing for breeding UKC registered dogs.
The AKC strengthened Limited Registration by changing the "Rules Applying to Registration and Discipline" to allow breeders to withhold papers until proof of spay/neuter are provided by buyers provided that's spelled out in a written agreement signed by both parties, upfront.
One of the consequences of limited registration and supporting breeder spay/neuter contracts has been loss of registrations. If you're not going to breed or show why register? As a result, fewer than 1/2 of eligible dogs from eligible litters end up being registered. I've never had an owner balk at spay/neuter. Quite often, though, when I get a spay/neuter Cert back, the owner will just say, 'don't bother sending the puppy papers.'
The AKC has been pushing discounted pet health insurance as an incentive along with incentives to breeders to register their whole litters up front.
I cringe when I see the "parson" and border collie on that list...
Dear lord, what the hell is that grooming table on which that Norfolk is standing? Or did I miss the memo for some new technique to teach the "Stand for exam" placement?
Oh yes, blocking up a dog by making it stand on spools like that is quite the system, I am told. Such rigs are even sold commercially. Both pics were Westminster 2009, by the way.
P.
Is there any statistical correlation between the length of time in the registry, population and popularity of the breed, and amount of diseases and inbreeding?
They device in the second photo is a training tool called "Happy Legs." They cost about $200 depending on the size. The box is magnetized as are the bottom of the spools (they're movable) to keep the posts from slipping under the dog's weight. The tops of the spools have traction stuff to keep the dog from slipping off.
Tt's used to teach a dog to stand still for exam with their feet in the correct position. You set the posts in the desired position and then stack the dog on top. Dogs won't step of them because of the way their depth perception works. The dog learns to stand still for a minute or more without moving his feet around, basically.
There are different sizes for different sized dogs. I don't use them, myself, for several reasons, but they don't hurt the dogs.
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