Joel Corinth
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X Bred
X-BRED is coming Jan 1
Yes Gentleman, A X-bred category is to be implemented on January 1,2015. This was unveiled at the presidents meeting at Autumn Oaks. Basically the plan is to give the breeder the ability to register all his pups without having to fudge that they meet the breed standards. If you breed B&T to B&T and have 6 pups that meet standards they can be registered B&T but you have 2 pups that are off color they can go into the X-bred category. Realize that this X-bred category just deals with color and nothing else in the breed standards. Also this plan is to give the ability to actually cross breed your dog with one of the 7 established breeds of hounds and have the ability to register the pups as X-bred. It also provides and avenue back to being pure bred after a dog gets back to being at least 80% of the particular breed. For example, B&T to Walker= 50% B&T,Walker. Breed 50% B&T,Walker to B&T= 75% B&T,Walker. Breed 75% B&T,Walker to B&T= 87% B&T,Walker. This 87% B&T,Walker would be able to be registered as a full B&T as long as the ABTCHA has given permission for the registry to be open at that time. Single registration is gone and we were told to hold off with any for the rest of the year. The ABTCHA as well as all other UKC chartered breed organizations will be able to open or close said registry once a year in January. Now for dogs that are currently registered as B&T and don't meet breed standards as applied to color only, once UKC receives notification that a dog is in this category they will make a decision concerning the status of this dog. The dog can be moved to the X-Bred category on a case by case basis. Puppys registered prior to the status change would remain registered B&T. Puppys registered after status change would be registered X-Bred. All X-Bred dogs will be able to participate fully in UKC hunting events. They will not be able to participate in showing events as they are not a breed but a category of dogs. There are still many questions about this change and UKC has committed fully to listen and make changes and improvements as the program evolves. I believe this is at the very least a step in the right direction. It gives the purist the ability to keep his dogs as pure as possible but also give the breeder that wants to mix it up a little an avenue to do so. Also the breed organization has the power to allow or not allow these X-bred dogs into the registry by opening or closing the books. The debates about this dog or that dog meeting breed standards in the color category only can now be put to bed. I for sure don't know all the answers concerning the new program.
Big Game hunters
Will this option get you interested in registering your X Bred dogs now so you can compete in water races and field trials?
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