CaroleBoaz wrote:I think I read that in The Netherlands, you can provisionally register a DS without a pedigree, but it has a special code, and offspring are not considered "pure" until there are three generations. Maybe some of the Netherlanders on the forum can confirm this. I don't remember where I read it.
No, I dont think that is correct.
IF that were true, the dog would have to be approved by the NHC
(and trust me, that is not going to happen) and then it's offspring would, if they all passed the bar, be eligeable for full FCI papers in 3 generations.
Currently, they even have severe issues with allowing the varieties to interbreed (!) and give papers to the offspring. The pups would have nothing but DS on the pedigree, all FCI, but nope....not allowed.
The long hair and the rough hair are so close to extinction its probably too late for them anyway (to maintain a healthy genepool of 'pure' bred dogs) but still, the door is closed for new blood. They would sooner consider approved out-breed crosses (like Tervuren or Laekenois) than to allow breeding within the breed, but with different coat varieties.
The provision to enter KNPV line dogs into the stud books
was open until the 70's.Then, the studbooks closed in Holland, and some (prevalent short hair) breeders did their own thing, but under false names from there on.
The short hair genepool has not changed in 100 years, or that's my own opinion anyway, but the labels sure have.