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December 22, 2006
Mari-Beth O’Neil
Assistant Vice President Special
Services
5580 Centerview
Drive
Raleigh, NC 27606
Re: Standard
Revision Ballot
Dear Ms. O’Neil:
On November 2, 2006
the American Rottweiler Club
submitted to its membership for
vote, a ballot to approve or reject
a revision to the Rottweiler
Standard relating the Standard’s the
tail provision. The proposed changes
were approved by the AKC Board of
Directors prior to submittal to
ARC’s membership.
The current portion
at issue of the Standard reads:
Tail: Tail
docked short, close to the
body, leaving one or two
tail vertebrae. The set of
the tail is more important
than length. Properly set,
it gives an impression of
elongation of the topline:
carried slightly above
horizontal when the dog is
excited or moving.
The proposed
Standard revision read:
Tail: The
Rottweiler is a docked
breed. Tail is docked short,
close to the body, leaving
only one or two tail
vertebrae. A properly set
docked gives an impression
of elongation of the topline
and is carried slightly
above horizontal when the
dog is excited or moving.
Any deviation from a docked
tail is to be severely
penalized.
Voting closed with
ballots postmarked by December 12,
2006.
A total of 684
members submitted a vote. Of those,
439 voted to approve the proposed
Standard revision and 245 voted
against the proposed Standard
revision. Thus, the proposed
Standard revision did not receive
the requisite 2/3 approval by the
voting members.
The Board of
Directors of the American Rottweiler
Club would like to thank the AKC
staff and the Board of Directors for
their help and consideration in this
matter.
Sincerely,
Deborah Shibley
ARC Secretary
cc: ARC Board of
Directors
Peter Piusz, AKC
Delegate
Denise Gross
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