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- The ABCA was founded in 1983 by Border Collie breeders who wanted a democratic nonprofit organization to keep accurate records of working Border Collie bloodlines. Since then, it has registered over four hundred thousand dogs making it the largest registry of Border Collies in North America.
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The ABCA exists to register, maintain and verify the pedigrees of Border Collies, to promote and foster in North America the breeding, training and distribution of reliable working Border Collies, and to promote stockdog trials and exhibitions.
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The objectives of this Association are to register, maintain and verify the pedigrees of Border Collies; and to promote and foster the breeding, training, and distribution of reliable working Border Collies in North American. Other objectives of the Association are to organize and promote stockdog trials or exhibitions, whether the Association does...
The ABCA was founded in 1983 by Border Collie breeders who wanted a democratic nonprofit organization to keep accurate records of working Border Collie bloodlines. Since then, it has registered over four hundred thousand dogs making it the largest registry of Border Collies in North America. While the ABCA is primarily a breed registry, the Associa...
Maintaining an accurate registry for the membershipCooperating with affiliated organizations (ISDS, CBCA) for mutual benefitPromoting the Border Collie as a stockdog by supporting individual members as well as regional and national organizations with funding for their trials and educational events.Improving Border Collie health by providing significant support to the ABCA Health & Education Foundation (HEF). The HEF funds studies and basic research on health issues. It also organizes and fun...About the Border Collie. The Border Collie was developed by the farmers and shepherds of Great Britain to manage and control livestock. The modern Border Collie is the result of three hundred years of breeding for working abilities.
In North America, the principal registry for working dogs is the American Border Collie Association, Inc, P.O. Box 100, Cataula, GA 31804. The only registry of Canadian Border Collies is the Canadian Border Collie Association, Tara Dier, Secretary, Box 817, Stirling, ON, K0K 3E0, Canada.
Learn more about the Border Collie including personality, history, grooming, pictures, videos, and the AKC breed standard. Is the Border Collie the right breed for you?
Living with Border Collies was developed in an effort to ensure that people who decide to live with these wonderful dogs understand them and their unique qualities, so that all Border Collies will have homes where they are loved and appreciated.
Over the next 70 years, working Border collies became the mainstay of farmers and ranchers in North America. The largest registry is now the American Border Collie Association; the United States Border Collie Handlers Association sanctions Open level and Nursery trials.
