American Kennel Club Groups
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The American Kennel Club has an 8 Group System. This is a system shared with many other non-Fédération Cynologique Internationale Kennel Clubs, however it adds an extra group. All of these groups but one have breeds with a common original purpose in.
8 Group System
The American Kennel Club's 8 Group System is shared with many other non-FCI members, but with one extra group. They all contain dogs that were bred for a specific purpose. These groups are a less broken down than the FCI. This is the hierarchy:
Example Breed: Norwegian Buhund
- Group: Herding Group
- Breed: Norwegian Buhund
Groups
The American Kennel Club Groups are as follows:
- Hound Group
- Terrier Group
- Working Group
- Herding Group
- Sporting Group
- Non-Sporting Group
- Toy Group
- Miscellaneous Class
Realignment
In October 2007, the AKC Board of Directors formed a committee to look at possibly expanding it groups to better serve the sport.[1] An initial proposal by the realignment committee was made in 2009 for the March 2010 Delegate Meeting but was sent back to the Board by the committee before a vote was made on it.[1] The Board then reformed the committee to study a new proposal based on new information.[1] On November 14, 2011, the Board accepted a new proposal to be sent to the delegates for a vote in March 2012.[2] Among the proposed changes are a split of the Sporting and Hound groups into two separate groups and the working into three separate groups.[3]
See also
- American Kennel Club
- Canadian Kennel Club Groups
- Fédération Cynologique Internationale Groups
- Kennel Club Groups
References
- 1 2 3 "Memorandum for AKC BOD and AKC Delegates - Subject: Group Realignment - The time has come" (PDF). akc.org.
- ↑ "Proposal of the Group Realignment Committee". akc.org. Archived from the original on 2011-11-20.
- ↑ "Suggested Breed List" (PDF). akc.org.
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