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During its February 2009 meeting, AKC's Board of Directors approved recommendations from the Group Realignment Committee (GRC) that the current seven breed groups be realigned into ten groups. An amendment to the rules to provide for this change will be read at the June 2009 Delegate Meeting for a vote in September 2009, and with a proposed 2012 effective date.
Breeds currently populating the Sporting and Hound groups, would be redistributed as follows: Sporting -- Pointers & Setters; Sporting -- Retrievers & Spaniels; Scent Hounds; and, Sight Hounds.
The Non-Sporting group would be renamed Companion.
GRC also recommended formation of a new group -- Northern. This group would be populated by Northern, or Spitz type, breeds, including: Norwegian Elkhound, Akita, Alaskan Malamute, Siberian Husky, Samoyed, American Eskimo, Chinese Shar-Pei, Chow Chow, Finnish Spitz, Keeshond, Schipperke, Shiba Inu, and Swedish Vallhund.
Working, Terrier, Toy, and Herding would continue as the names for the four remaining groups.
In May 2009, this lovely Chihuahua bade farewell to Charles & Susan Spencer, after only one year of companionship. The Spencers are sharing the tragic circumstances surrounding Pi's death in order to remind everyone of precautions that should be taken when traveling and spending the night in lodging.
The Spencers were in Tulsa, OK for Agility trials. At the motel, Pi ingested something from the floor which had not been cleaned up (or was overlooked) by the housekeeping staff; Pi lived only three hours, then was gone.
We should exercise extreme diligence in checking the premises before allowing pets free access to the room. Inspect along and under the bed and dust ruffles (bed skirts), and all other flooring accessible to the pet.
As members of our families, pets require the same amount of diligence that we exercise with our children and grandchildren in order to protect them. (Note: Remember to take along a flashlight when traveling so you can get a good look at, and under, all furniture.)
