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Cathy,I drafted a proposed letter for members to send to the AKC in opposition of the Q registration. It was approved in July 2010 and noted in the minutes of January 2010. The January 2010 reference is vague and is clearer when the official notice came out in July. I have sent the proposed letter to Cynthia and she is submitting it for consideration/modification at the June board meeting.Regards, Lynn--- On Fri, 5/20/11, CathyYak@aol.com <CathyYak@aol.com> wrote:From: CathyYak@aol.com <CathyYak@aol.com>Subject: [GSPParentClubDiscussion] Q RegistrationsTo: gsp-l@shorthairs.netCc: GSPParentClubDiscussion@yahoogroups.comDate: Friday, May 20, 2011, 1:19 PM Ran into Dennis Sprung (AKC President) today and asked him about Q Registrations, which were discussed at the GAPCA Annual Meeting in WI. He had no clue what I was talking about and put me on the phone with a guy from AKC named Dave. He let me know that this has been in effect since 2005. He said that out AKC delegate was well aware of it as he was an AKC board member when it was implemented. I don't know why the GSPCA never was made aware of it, or if we just missed it in meeting minutes. The first I heard of it was at the meeting two weeks ago. In any case, Dave said that crossbreeding is not considered to be an issue as the dog needs to appear to be purebred. I agreed that might not be an issue in some breeds, but that a GSP and a Pointer can be crossbred and still look like a poorer representative of the GSP breed if it's tail is docked. He had no answer for that.I asked if the GSPCA sent an official letter to the AKC protesting this policy and asking that it be disallowed for our breed would it make a difference. He said that letter would need to be sent to the AKC Board of Directors. So hopefully the board can get that agreed to and in the works for the June board meeting.If you are appalled by the idea that crossbred GSPs or GSPs with "unknown parentage" can get full registrations after three generations, please contact your GSPCA director and let them know you would support a letter being sent to the AKC board of directors asking that "Q" registrations not be available to GSPs!Cathy IacopelliCladdagh KennelsGerman Shorthaired Pointers _CladdaghKennels.com_ (http://www.claddaghkennels.com/) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed][Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (2) Recent Activity: New Members 1 Visit Your Group Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use . __,_._,___
Cathy,I drafted a proposed letter for members to send to the AKC in opposition of the Q registration. It was approved in July 2010 and noted in the minutes of January 2010. The January 2010 reference is vague and is clearer when the official notice came out in July. I have sent the proposed letter to Cynthia and she is submitting it for consideration/modification at the June board meeting.Regards, Lynn--- On Fri, 5/20/11, CathyYak@aol.com <CathyYak@aol.com> wrote:From: CathyYak@aol.com <CathyYak@aol.com>Subject: [GSPParentClubDiscussion] Q RegistrationsTo: gsp-l@shorthairs.netCc: GSPParentClubDiscussion@yahoogroups.comDate: Friday, May 20, 2011, 1:19 PM Ran into Dennis Sprung (AKC President) today and asked him about Q Registrations, which were discussed at the GAPCA Annual Meeting in WI. He had no clue what I was talking about and put me on the phone with a guy from AKC named Dave. He let me know that this has been in effect since 2005. He said that out AKC delegate was well aware of it as he was an AKC board member when it was implemented. I don't know why the GSPCA never was made aware of it, or if we just missed it in meeting minutes. The first I heard of it was at the meeting two weeks ago. In any case, Dave said that crossbreeding is not considered to be an issue as the dog needs to appear to be purebred. I agreed that might not be an issue in some breeds, but that a GSP and a Pointer can be crossbred and still look like a poorer representative of the GSP breed if it's tail is docked. He had no answer for that.I asked if the GSPCA sent an official letter to the AKC protesting this policy and asking that it be disallowed for our breed would it make a difference. He said that letter would need to be sent to the AKC Board of Directors. So hopefully the board can get that agreed to and in the works for the June board meeting.If you are appalled by the idea that crossbred GSPs or GSPs with "unknown parentage" can get full registrations after three generations, please contact your GSPCA director and let them know you would support a letter being sent to the AKC board of directors asking that "Q" registrations not be available to GSPs!Cathy IacopelliCladdagh KennelsGerman Shorthaired Pointers _CladdaghKennels.com_ (http://www.claddaghkennels.com/) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed][Non-text portions of this message have been removed]