Patricia A. Lejman (AKC FSS coordinator at the time of the photo, she is now in another position in the AKC)
Celeste R Pongrácz
(AMA President)
Angel (Mudi)
This picture was taken at the AKC headquarters (Raleigh, North Carolina)
June 23, 2005
AKC FSS Recording Information
The Mudi was accepted into the American Kennel Club's Foundation Stock Service (AKC FSS) program in August 2004.
As of July, 2010: 50 Mudis have been recorded in the AKC FSS, 43 have 3 generation pedigrees.
Please register your Mudi today if you have not already done so. If you need help, please contact the AMA.
Recording of Mudi breed dogs by owners is available with the AKC FSS. Application forms are available via download through the AKC's website or via the following link to the AKC webpage directly, or through the AKC Customer Service Department at: 919-233-9767
Please follow the directions carefully provided on the application form and send only photocopies of the dogs pedigree with the application form to the AKC.
Mudis that have registration papers from an acceptable foreign Kennel Club, for example the FCI and MEOE (see the AKC website for the complete current list) or UKC registration papers, will be eligibale for recording with the AKC FSS. The Mudi you wish to record from any foreign registry must have at least a sire and a dam on the pedigree. No full 'B' or 'R' dogs will be accepted.
Anyone can register a Mudi with the AKC FSS program. The owner nor the Mudi must live in the USA, nor be a member of an American Mudi Club. As long as the Mudi has acceptable registration papers, the Mudi is eligible to be registered with the AKC FSS Program.
Additional AKC FSS Information
(New Information is in this color)
02/23/10 – Effective immediately, Foundation Stock Service Guidelines were amended to lower the number of dogs required to request the Miscellaneous Class:
- A minimum of 150-200 dogs with complete three generation pedigrees
According to the AKC's Mari-Beth O'Neill, AVP of SS:
"The minimum enrollment in FSS to be eligible to move into the Miscellaneous Class is 150 as a result of the February Board Meeting. A clarification was requested by the Board and the (AKC) website will be updated shortly. Dogs with less than a complete three generation pedigree will remain in FSS, these dogs may compete in Companion Events. Even once the breed reaches regular stats, the dogs without three generation pedigrees remain in FSS and are still eligible to be bred, progeny that obtain a complete three generation pedigree would be converted to full registration."
AKC Sport Competition for the Mudi
The Mudi breed is eligible to compete in the AKC companion and performance sports as of January 1, 2008! These sports include:
Agility, Rally, Obedience, Tracking and Herding!
Litter/Stud Information
Multiple sires, frozen, fresh extended and fresh semen are able to be used from foreign and domestic studs that are AKC FSS registered if they live in the USA or registered with an accepted foreign registry such as MEOE if they live in Hungary. Special forms and fees apply.
Pregnant bitches are also allowed to be imported and registered in the AKC FSS program. Special forms and fees apply.
Litter recording is available to previously AKC FSS recorded parent Mudi's only. The litter must be born in the USA to be eligible for recording.
The Mudi and AKC
The pictures, history and did you know questions on the AKC website were provided by the Presidents of the AMA and the MEOE MMK.
The Mudi makes it's debut in the AKC Gazette
December 2004 edition.
The FSS Mudi and the World
The following countries Kennel Clubs have reported that they will recognize the AKC FSS recorded pedigree, although they have not been requested to accept any Mudi as of this time:
Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary
These countries reported they will not recognize the AKC FSS recorded pedigree: Belgium, Canada, Latvia, Sweden
If your countries Kennel Club is not listed here and will agree to recognize the AKC FSS recorded pedigree, please email a copy of their acceptance letter to the AMA.
The Mudi and the AKC FSS (2004)
The Mudi has been accepted into the American Kennel Club
Foundation Stock Service Program!!
Mudi owners are now able to send in applications for recording of their Mudi in the AKC FSS program. Please visit the AKC website or the AMA AKC webpage for further information.
This is a wonderful accomplishment by the AMA to protect and preserve an already small gene pool in a rare breed, by being able to record USA born Mudi's with the AKC FSS program, we therefore will have the ability for these USA born dogs to be recognized by many other FCI Kennel Clubs around the world. Mudi breeders in the USA will no longer only be able to take from the worldwide Mudi population, but now also will be able to return genes to the gene pool as well.
The AMA would like to thank the AKC for accepting the Mudi breed into the FSS program and enabling it to have a brighter and more stable future in the USA and the world. The AMA would also like to extend a special thank you to Patricia Lejman, FSS Coordinator, for all of her work to help this goal for the Mudi in the USA to be achieved.
American Kennel Club (AKC)
Foundation Stock Service (FSS)
AKC and FSS Links
AKC FSS Recording Information
Additional AKC FSS Information (New Info)
FSS Link: http://www.akc.org/breeds/fss_breeds.cfm
