The Parson in the CKC
Where we are now
On Sept 1 '06 Canadian PRT's started showing in Canada for regular Canadian titles.
One month later we had a total of 5 Canada wide. The CKC National Breed, Club the APRTF, will continue to advocate for full recognition. Until this happens the The Breed Standard is  frozen, and we will be unable to make any change to accommodate any group.  This is all the opponents were able to accomplish. Only PRT's with CKC Misc. certification are able to show in the CKC conformation ring.  Congratulations to our new Canadian Champions.
 

On March 24th,  the CKC Board passed motions to change the "Policy" to allow those breeds approved by the CKC membership to show in the CKC conformation ring. Our breed was approved in the last referendum so we will be able to start showing starting Sept 1, 2006. Go to the APRTF web site and get full particulars www.parsonrussellterrier.net

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 The CKC held both a Breeders vote and a Special referendum. Both were an over whelming success.  Ag Canada under David Trus decided not to recommend recognition of the Parson.  Mr. Trus is wrong, and while this is disappointing, is not devastating since the Parson will be able to show in the Conformation ring for regular titles soon. The CKC Board is minimizing Ag Canada, updating it's Policy regarding showing, and moving into the 21st century. Time and attrition will take care of the problems for us.  It may well be that the future parson breeders and Mr. Trus' successor will be the ones to finish the job. The only impact on our breed is that the CKC is not the sole registering body, which would be the case with full Ag Canada Recognition. We are happy that we got most of what we wanted and are counting this as a victory.

A motion was put forward by Mr. Francois Bernier  to allow breeds that were approved by the CKC membership to show in the Conformation ring in the Regular Classes, and gain Regular CKC titles. The necessary changes will be approved by the BOD at it's March meeting on the 25th. We anticipate an early fall start date.  We will be showing our wonderful terriers in Canada at long last.
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The Parson and Jack are cousins, having shared the same history and the same gene pool until the British took the Parson into The Kennel Club in 1990. 
Since that time only stock that is able to obtain  "kennel club certified pedigrees" is considered pure bred by Kennel Clubs, and the FCI, the European registering body of 200 countries. The Parson and Jack Russell are two different and distinct breeds.  The Breed Standards are very different. Parsons must have Kennel Club registration be that AKC, the Parson Club UK, the Dutch or Belgium Kennel Club or whatever. 

If the breeder you are purchasing the pup from tells you the pup is "pure bred" it MUST have a kennel club registration slip. At this point in time it could be either a CKC or an AKC registration, even both, If you do not get one, you are not getting a pure bred dog, no matter what the breeder tells you.

No club has applied to the CKC for The Jack Russell to be recognized.  Any attempt to start a registry under Ag Canada, by any club,  will be doomed to failure before it is even begun.
 The   Australian Jack Russell is currently on the AKC Misc List of Breeds but is not the same breed standard that the North American Jack Russell uses. 
The Jack Russell was taken off the CKC Misc List in Dec '02.  The sponsoring club the Canadian Jack Russell Terrier Assoc  (CJRTA) lost it's CKC status at that time.  I don't know of any organization that has given it the national breed club status that it proclaims in it's advert in Dogs in Canada Annual 2006.

The Parson Russell was added to the List in March of '03.
Dogs in Canada magazine lists in Breedlines the Parson as being on the CKC Misc. List and the Jack as not recognized by the CKC.
They are listed as two separate and distinct breeds.
Any breed recognized in "a Kennel Club" is considered "pure bred".
Other designations can be "mixed breed" or "non-purebred" to name a few. 
There are many breeds not recognized by KC's but are still pure bred.  
These are "rare breeds" and have their own registering body in Canada called Rare Breeds.

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