FCI

In 1988 AKDC Officers told KC representatives that they had heard rumors that ASD followers were attempting to have the breed ASD recognized by the Federation Cynologique Internationale (FCI) with a totally different standard.  They were concerned that this would seriously damage the development of the Breed in Europe .   Mr. Sinnatt (KC Secretary) replied that any actions by the FCI were of no interest to the KC and would have no bearing on the situation in UK and were therefore not the concern of the AKDC.

An ASD member from UK then arranged that dogs she had bred & their offspring would be viewed by the FCI in order to have the bread recognized by them.  Incredible as it may seem, the FCI failed to follow it’s own criteria for recognizing a Breed.  This criteria demands that where a new breed is recognized, all information must originate from the Country of Origin.

The FCI did indeed recognize the ASD as a breed and gave it a standard based on the dogs viewed (just five) which called for varying coat lengths, a domed skull (such as the Pyrenean Mountain Dog) and any color.    It is possible that even now, if Turkish Authorities wrote to the FCI and explained the views from the Country of Origin and how important it is to Turkish people to have their dogs correctly identified maybe the FCI would listen.

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