AMERICAN BRED

At the meeting held in Long Beach, CA on June 21, 2002, the BTCA Board of Directors voted to use the following definition of American Bred in The Purpose and Rules Governing Silverwood.

American Bred is defined as follows: animals conceived and whelped on the North American Continent, Hawaii, or offshore islands.  These animals must be produced as a result of a mating from a bitch that is bred, conceives, and whelps the resulting animals in the aforementioned North America.  The mating can be as a result of a natural mating or by artificial insemination, or any method of breeding that is currently recognized by the American Kennel Club for the registration of purebred dogs.  The sire need not be in North America.

Dr. Dale Schuur,
President, BTCA