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Dogs no longer have to be registered purebreds to compete at dog shows. In fact most organizations now offer awards, competition and titles to mixed breed and unregistered purebred dogs. All dogs, of any breed or mix, registered or not are eligible to take AKC’s Canine Good Citizen test, the TDI and Delta Therapy Dog tests and the ATTS Temperament test. So if therapy work is what you are interested in don’t let your dog’s unknown background stop you! The United Kennel Club (UKC,) in recent years has allowed spayed and neutered mixed breeds to compete and receive titles in all events except conformation with “Indefinite Listing Privilege or ILP numbers. The United States Dog Agility Association (USDAA) which is the oldest American agility club has always welcomed mixed breeds to compete at their trials for agility titles. The North American Dog Agility Club (NADAC) also has always had a “mix breed friendly” policy. Both the United Schutzhund Club of American (USA) and DVG America Schutzhund club allow all breeds to be registered and compete for titles in schutzhund as well as titles in Obedience only and Tracking only. Mixed breeds have also proven themselves as real working dogs herding livestock on farms, finding lost people as search and rescue dogs, assisting handicap owners as service dogs and any other dog job you can think of. The AKC continues to have a purebred dogs only policy for all of it’s competitions. However the AKC does offer ILP numbers for unregistered dogs which appear to be purebred. Like the UKC’s ILP program, this allows your dog to compete in performance events. Performance events include: Obedience, Agility, Tracking, Herding and Hunting. How Do I Get Started? For more information:
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