AMERICAN DUTCH SHEPHERD ASSOCIATION, INC.
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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.  

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AKC Mission Statement

Board Members

President
Kent Rupprecht
bubozda@att.net
 
Vice President
Cindy Coombs
ccoombs1@msn.com

Secretary
Jan George 
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Treasurer
Brenda Cannon-Lelli
beechtrfrm@aol.com
 
Director and EU Advisor
Nellie Nugteren

kennel@loksterland.eu

Committees

Long 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


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