SAY NO TO THE AKC'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE AMERICAN BULLDOG!

": I feel that recognition of the AB by the AKC would be detrimental to the breed and I do not support it!!!"

": Would like to keep our AB's the way they are."

": Against AKC"

": akc has ruined enough breeds and I don't want the AB to be next"

": I want it left out of bad show intented breeding."

": No. "Big politics" won't help the AB."

": This is not the way to go. NO TO THE AKC."

": AN AMERICAN BULLDOG IS JUST THAT, AMERICAN. I DON'T WANT OUR FUTURE AS OWNERS OF THIS GREAT BREED TO INVOLVE HAVING TO GO TO EUROPE TO AQUIRE AN "AMERICAN BULLDOG" THAT IS WORTH ANYTHING. THE AKC HAS FORCED US TO DO JUST THAT IF WE WANT A WORKING GERMAN"

": I think the AKC would just ruin another breed."

": As a certified ABA, NKC and ABNA conformation judge, I can say beyond a doubt that trying to box this breed into one standard is a travisty. This breed is split into two distinct catagories with many dogs falling between the two. This breed is far from "

": WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER BREED RUINED BY THE AKC AND THEIR SUITS. THE ONLY REASON FOR ANYONE TO PURSUE THERE ACCEPTENCE WOULD BE FOR ANOTHER MARKETING PLOY AND OR FOR THE RECOGNITION OF BEING THE BREEDER TO OPEN THE DOOR. UNFORTUNATELY THAT DOOR ONLY LEAD"

": Please stop AKC recognition it will only ruin the working ability of our breed!!"

": I will not register a single dog with the AKC."

": AB Owner. I've had life long experience with labs as field trial dogs. They are sounder, more intelligent and have better temperament than the ones bred for their beauty."

": I've been an AB owner since the early 90's and have watched the changes to the breed some good and some not, but for the most part we have maintained the integrity of the breed the AKC has a history of altering the temperrments of working dogs to suit t"

": Please do not let this breed go down the drain with the AKC like so many unfortunate breeds before them."

": I Vote No!!!!!!!"

": you'll just mess up the breed like you've done to so many other ones"

": i fell the american bulldog is a breed of bull dog that has be a round long anuef to be in the AKC there are menny other breeds of bullgs that i fell the akc sude look at as will . thanks for your time . WILLIE C SULLIVAN"

": SEE http://www.petitiononline.com/cofs1/petition.html"

": NOOOOOOO!"

": these wonderful companions deserve their freedom, you see one Doberman, and you've seen them all. the same fate awaits our beloved breed with akc acceptance"

": JMO"

": NO, I am an officer of a breed club, who was looking for AKC acceptance on my breed, and AKC asked that we send them, our entire stud books. We complied, and before we knew it, in a matter of a few short months AKC put our stud books UP FOR SALE on thei"