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If
anyone has any comments re the KC's new addition to our colour registrations
for publication on this page - please email us at
collienet2000@aol.com
Thanks for all the emails - we understand
that this is a new KC computer system which will now highlight any colour
that is not one of our three recognised colours listed in the breed standard
[ie sable & white/blue merle or tri-colour] that has been declared
on the registration papers. The forms will be returned to the breeder
to be amended, and if not amended registration will not go through.
Further information
As
you may have gathered, the Kennel Club have issued a Restriction to the
Registration of Colours for the Collie (Rough) Only
> As a member of the Kennel Club Breed Standards and Stud Book Committee
(BSSB) where I represent the Pastoral Group, an item on the Agenda was
the colour registrations of Rough Collies.
> This item submitted by the Rough Collie Breed Council (RCBC) with
full approval of member collie clubs, requested that the KC only recognise
the colours, as listed in the KC Breed Standard, for registration.
> For those of you with long memories, this has always been a request
by the RCBC, going back for many many years and at last it has been recognised.
> On perusal of recent Breed Record Supplements, you will see some
breeders have been submitting colour registrations which are technically
not correct to our Breed Standard, for example: Wolf Grey, Black Brown
and White, Gold and White, Dark Brown and White. Blue/White and Black
- need I go on?
> Therefore, from the 1st January, those breeders who try to register
colours which are not within the Breed Standard,
> i.e. Sable and White, Tricolour and Blue Merle may well have them
returned with the colour listed as NON STANDARD.
> If this happens, the option may be given to re-register to the correct
colour.
> Contrary to all current rumours it does not mean that Non Standard
is a Colour!!!
> It is up to us all, as breeders, to ensure that when we register
your puppies, they are register correctly
> By the way, at present, this only affects Rough Collies, not Smooths
> Also, for your information, Collies are NOT the ONLY Breed to have
requested this change in colour registrations, as if reference is made
to past KC Gazettes, you will find other breeds who have experienced similar
problems
> I hope that this has helped you all to understand the reasoning behind
this issue 207.04.
> Carole Smedley
Hello
Carole,
Thanks
for the clarification, however I have one query which you may be able
to clear up.
If
a person has a Collie with a registered colour as "Non Standard"
would they be allowed to show it?
In all other aspects of the breed standard apart from height it is up
to the individual to decide if a Collie meets the standard or not and
it is acceptable to show it, therefore by allowing registration as a non
standard allows a person to show collies of any colour, something which
I have always thought as permissable, but have often been told that, say
showing a white collie is not allowed.
Best
Regards
Philip |
