SAYING IT, HOW I SEE IT ....

It would appear that I am just outright bagging the ABS, but my intentions are not to  discredit  them. My intentions are to highlight the need for a more thorough process in registration of pups.
This is why we cannot have anymore societies or Associations popping up at this point, because a certain percentage of people are being fooled into thinking that because you are heading for Canine Affiliation, and because you have a committee where people vote, that this makes it all official.
Voting is fine, if the people voting, know what they are talking about.

We have always sourced our information from breeders and professionals that already have experience in the area of interest.
A voting process sometimes allows a high percentage of individuals to vote on things that they might not  have any knowledge of, but they still vote anyway.
The ABS is necessary for the continuation of pup registrations, because there are far too many litters being born, not to keep track of them.

We have seen our methods condenmed by the ABS in the past,
For example: There was a real big smear campaign against percentages, where they allowed the words " SMOKE AND MIRRORS OF PERCENTAGES"
to be written as a global announcement on the WA forum. Now these exact people are quoting percentages  on their websites. Go figure!

We have continually been hounded by the ABS about the use of BBD , and yet they currently have stud dogs on their ABS site and owned by their breeders that are  registered by the UABA and  are sired by a BBD. Go figure again!

We recently had an ABS breed certificate turn up here, and because Tina and I personally knew the breeding behind the dogs on the certificate, we were able to establish that the photo of the dog accompanying the certificate seperately, was not the right dog.
There wasn't any photo ID on the cert, and once we had researched this ABS certificate, it was made clear that the female Aussie was from a foreign ancestry, and had absolutely nothing to do with Nobes dogs.
Photo ID is very important, and so is the new owners details on a breed certificate, so it is a lot easier to track down previous owners or current owners in a situation like this.
When we have an issue to put forward with the ABS, we are informed that it will go to meeting. I believe they only have these meetings a few times a year, and if we are in need of an immediate answer, we have to wait sometimes months, which is bloody ridiculous.
Bagging the ABS again Noel!

Not bagging them, just highlighting again,  the difficulties that arise from a tea party committee dealing with issues  that should be dealt with in the future when things are a bit more stabilised. A simple answer over the phone or via email the same day, would do the trick.
Pip has good intentions, thats for sure, and I would like very much to continually work in with the ABS where necessary, but if they don't have a vote or something soon, on the seriousness of the issues raised here, then they will find  themselves standing at the gates of the canine in 20 or 30 years time, with a motley crew.
One thing I have noticed about dogs bought by ABS breeders,from UABA breeders is that they are always well above 80%, and this is not a coincidence. I am pleased they are actually taking into consideration the percentages of their breeding stock, but once they breed it to an ABS registered dog, then the percentages are dissolved.
Imagine what could possibly happen if you throw away an important guideline to breeding an Aussie bulldog that is suppose to be around 80% BBD. How will they know.
In the earlier stages of breeding when Tina, myself and Pip were working together to produce a greater number of Aussie bulldogs. I found myself doing all the calculations of percentages for our dogs and Pips dogs, sometimes I wonder whether this is now the reason that the ABS does not calculate Percentages.

My thoughts long term for the Aussie bulldog, is for the ABS and the UABA to work together with breeding and pup registrations,until we believe that we have ample enough breeding stock, nation wide.
At the moment, it is only a one way street, It seems as if the pups produced by the UABA, can easily be slipped into the ABS system, but not the same for ABS dogs going into the UABA system.
This is a concern, not only for us, but also for people that purchase an ABS dog or bitch, and want to be a registered UABA member. We are happy to accomodate ABS dogs, but it gives Tina and myself the extensive task of calculating the ABS dogs percentage, and this sometimes means going back 6 or 8 generations to the beginning of the introduction of BBD.

If the ABS kept continual records of percentages, and made sure that each breed certificate had the pups photo on it and the new owners details at the bottom, then I believe the ABS would be worth joining for the long term.
At the moment, all the ABS is doing is keeping a record of names of dogs that Pip produced up to ten years ago. They are not taking this program to the next level.
The UABA's next level,  when all the developmental stages are complete, is to put forward all of our written and photographic information to the ANKC, and then see if they would like to have an impressive new Australian breed of dog brought into their system.

I am not contradicting myself or the ABS on the ANKC plight. I am just being realistic in explaining to people, not to get too enthusiastic too early, because it is something that could happen in 30 years, or it might never happen, and how disappointed are breeders going to be then.
The best thing to be keen about, is the next great litter of pups, and the next potential planned mating, or new edition to your breeding program.

Yes, another long winded article by myself.
You should get me on the phone  

Noel Green 14/08/08

Copy of original document sent to the ANKC by ourselves and Pip Nobes when the UABA was initially formed,15/10/2003 signed by all parties.


Copy of the letter from the ANKC, in reply to taking the Aussie Bulldog and UABA into consideration as a development register for the breed .

The UABA has been sending portfolios, documenting the Aussie Bulldogs bred within the Association, to the ANKC every two years, and will continue to do so.

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