American Dutch Shepherd Association, Inc.
The ADSA was formed in January of 2010 as a group of seven people with imported FCI registered Dutch Shepherds from Europe when they saw that there was no organization to represent the breed in the USA. At first, the name of the club was Dutch Shepherd Club of North America. The name was changed January 2013 to comply with AKC rules for breed clubs.
Several of our members have decades of experience with the breed. One member was instrumental in helping the Long-Hair Dutch Shepherd gain recognition in Ireland, and owns the first Irish registered Dutch Shepherd. In addition, many of our members are also members of the Nederlandse Herdershonden Club, the founding breed club, to stay abreast of current issues, events, and changes to policy. Our members are the breeders of all but one rough-hair, and 7 of the 10 long-hair litters born in the United States. We hope that in the future there will be free exchange of bloodlines between the United States and Europe.
Since it's inception, the ADSA has grown in numbers as more people with purebred Dutch Shepherds found us, and others joined us after becoming interested in this versatile and beautiful breed.
The mission of the ADSA is to protect the original herding temperament and working abilities of the Dutch Shepherd dog, and to promote the awareness and knowledge of the breed as one breed with three distinct varieties: long hair, short hair and rough hair. We voluntarily adhear, as closely as possible, to the rules set forth by the Nederlandse Herdershonden Club, as long as those rules do not conflict with the AKC and it's mission(1) to promote purebred dogs.
Additionally, the ADSA is the only breed club in America to adopt the official international FCI breed standard as our standard, as we work towards AKC recognition of the Dutch Shepherd in the United States of America, to maintain a single worldwide breed-type.
As of January 2017, there are over 230 Dutch Shepherds registered in the AKC FSS database.
(1) AKC Mission Statement
Several of our members have decades of experience with the breed. One member was instrumental in helping the Long-Hair Dutch Shepherd gain recognition in Ireland, and owns the first Irish registered Dutch Shepherd. In addition, many of our members are also members of the Nederlandse Herdershonden Club, the founding breed club, to stay abreast of current issues, events, and changes to policy. Our members are the breeders of all but one rough-hair, and 7 of the 10 long-hair litters born in the United States. We hope that in the future there will be free exchange of bloodlines between the United States and Europe.
Since it's inception, the ADSA has grown in numbers as more people with purebred Dutch Shepherds found us, and others joined us after becoming interested in this versatile and beautiful breed.
The mission of the ADSA is to protect the original herding temperament and working abilities of the Dutch Shepherd dog, and to promote the awareness and knowledge of the breed as one breed with three distinct varieties: long hair, short hair and rough hair. We voluntarily adhear, as closely as possible, to the rules set forth by the Nederlandse Herdershonden Club, as long as those rules do not conflict with the AKC and it's mission(1) to promote purebred dogs.
Additionally, the ADSA is the only breed club in America to adopt the official international FCI breed standard as our standard, as we work towards AKC recognition of the Dutch Shepherd in the United States of America, to maintain a single worldwide breed-type.
As of January 2017, there are over 230 Dutch Shepherds registered in the AKC FSS database.
(1) AKC Mission Statement
Board MembersPresident
Kent Rupprecht bubozda@att.net Vice President Jan George Secretary Tracy Kaecker Treasurer Tracy Kaecker trakagsd@yahoo.com Director and EU Advisor Nellie Nugteren kennel@loksterland.eu |
CommitteesLong Hair
Kent Rupprecht bubozda@att.net Rough Hair Cindy Coombs ccoombs1@msn.com Membership Director Cindy Coombs ccoombs1@msn.com Health Director Anita Arnold ranchowellen@yahoo.com |
