The 2004 CBCA–ISDS pedigree recognition agreement

Key facts

Statement date

February 2004 [source]

Core subject

Recognition of qualifying CBCA parent pedigrees [source]

Administrative distinction

Organisations retained separate systems [source]

Read the statement as a dated agreement

The Canadian Border Collie Association publishes a joint statement dated February 2004, with explanatory background from ISDS. Its central change concerned acceptance of CBCA-recorded sire or dam pedigrees for registering offspring in the ISDS studbook. That historical date matters. Figures, document requirements and contextual discussion in the statement should not be presented as current statistics or current transaction instructions without checking later rules. The document is valuable precisely because it records what was agreed and why at a particular time.

Recognition does not mean registry merger

The statement says that the organisations retain their existing membership and registration systems. It also explains that an adult CBCA dog would not receive a duplicate ISDS number merely because its pedigree was recognised for this purpose. Preserve the original issuing authority and identifier instead of translating a Canadian number into an invented British one. A database can link the relationship between records without pretending that two separate registers have become a single universal numbering system.

Parents and offspring are different records

Recognition of a parent’s pedigree can support an offspring application under the applicable rules. It is not identical to registering the parent again or awarding an offspring the parent’s achievements. When researching an imported family, document the parent’s exact identity, the authority that recorded it and the registry that issued the offspring’s record. Matching only a call name can attach the wrong dog, especially where popular names recur across several countries and generations.

Use the history to ask the right current question

For a live application, consult ISDS’s current registration rules and provide the actual documents to the registrar. For a historical article, cite the 2004 statement and preserve its original wording in a permitted reference rather than an undated paraphrase that sounds like a guarantee. This distinction helps readers follow international working Border Collie pedigrees while keeping recognition, application, confirmed registration and individual sporting performance accurately separate. It also allows later rule changes to be recorded without erasing the historical agreement.

Common questions

Sources & further reading

References for this guide. Rules and services can change; check the responsible organisation for current details.

• CBCA and ISDS: February 2004 agreement (opens in a new tab)
• ISDS: registration rules (opens in a new tab)

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