Talk:Russian Spaniel

Recognition
This page throws up many interesting questions - what I as a non-dog expert am curious about is its non-recognition. Is it common for official US and UK kennel clubs not to recgonise breeds with little penetration into Anglophone countries? Has there been discussion? What would official clubs call these dogs anyway in the meantime? Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:20, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I remember reading something about it when I was doing a couple of extra bits for the Alsatian Shepalute article, and I just managed to find it here . Apparently the American Kennel Club requires 3 generations of breeding in the United States and 500 dogs before they recognise the dog as a new breed. I imagine that the US Russian Spaniel Club is working towards this, which is why they are pushing for people to register their dogs - to reach the 500 mark. Not sure about the UK Kennel Club, but I expect it's a very similar scenario. Going to go and add that to the article now :). Miyagawa   (talk)  21:19, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Managed to track down the UK Kennel Club requirements which are here: []. Very similar, but does not require the 500 numbers. Miyagawa   (talk)  21:28, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
 * The requirements for registration stated in the article are not an accurate reflection of the requirements stated by either The Kennel Club or the AKC. The AKC can add a breed if they consider such an action justified based on a number of factors, and The Kennel Club wants to see similar evidence, but both require more qualifications than reported and neither state the absolutes featured in the article. Attackofthemoans (talk) 23:25, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Wow, controversy with dog breeds :) All this is fascinating stuff and is really good to add to the article. definitions etc. Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:49, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Well I broke the final paragraph off from the history section and created a new recognition section. In which I've now listed the specific requirements to be recognised by the Kennel Club and the AKC. I had previously not meant to list these as I simply wanted to highlight the factors that the Russian Spaniel will find most difficult to complete prior to being recognised, however it does now show the complete picture. Miyagawa   (talk)  13:37, 16 November 2009 (UTC)