What will Miniature Australian Shepherds be registered as in the UK?
This depends on each dogs pedigree and what registries they are already registered under in other countries so I can only answer this question for Dunnellon Mini Aussies that I personally own or breed. Dunnellon Miniature Australian Shepherds that we breed are all registered on the Kennel Clubs Activities register as Australian Shepherds. They will not be registered on the Kennel Clubs breed register. They will be eligible to compete in ABC Agility classes. The Kennel Club does not currently recognise the Miniature Australian Shepherd as a size variety so they could not be recorded as such. Our Miniature Australian Shepherds are not crossbreeds so registering them as such would have been false. Miniature Australian Shepherds are Australian Shepherds – just of a smaller size. In neither the KC/AKC/ASCA breed standards is there a size disqualification in the Australian Shepherd therefore if an Australian Shepherd is under the breed standard (as Miniature Australian Shepherds are) then it
