<p>SCPS OutCross Program</p>		
		<h2 style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; color: #000000; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.1em; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: center; font-family: 'Crimson Text' !important; font-size: 31px !important;">SCPS Outcross Program and Enrollment<br /><em style="position: relative;">(Adding Genetic Diversity)</em></h2> <a style="display: inline-block; background-position: 100% -100px; background-size: initial; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; cursor: pointer; height: auto; transition-duration: 300ms; transition-timing-function: ease-in-out; color: #ffffff !important; background-image: none !important; background-color: #000000 !important; font-weight: normal !important; font-size: 14px !important;" href="https://form.jotform.com/201796778403162?fbclid=IwAR2O5daAd6SfisRqZ6SYK9VsFsifwlcRAygBaBECU_43rHE4RAyj_SZ1Htw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OUTCROSS PROGRAM ENROLLMENT FORM</a> <p><a style="color: inherit;"><img style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.13); position: relative; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="https://www.scottishcolliepreservationsociety.com/uploads/1/1/9/9/119920223/published/gallery-142.jpg?1591993341" alt="Picture" /></a></p>-Definitions for the Outcross Program-<ol style="margin-top: 5px !important; margin-bottom: 5px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-left: 3em !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial !important;"><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">Purebred Scottish Collie: Any registered Scottish Collie that is 87.5% or more Collie.</li><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">Appendix Scottish Collie: Any registered Scottish Collie that is at least 75% Collie, but less than 87.5%; or any registered Scottish Collie that is less than 87.5% Collie and was admitted prior to the 75% requirement.</li><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">Outcross Collie: A dog that is at least 50%, but less than 75% Collie.</li></ol><br />-Summary:  The SCPS Outcross Program is designed to assist in the maintenance of the health and genetic sustainability of the Scottish Collie breed. The program is carefully regulated to ensure that the breed's historical temperament, working ability, structure, and physical appearance do not become watered down during the process of adding outside genes.<br /><br />-Program Objectives: <ol style="margin-top: 5px !important; margin-bottom: 5px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-left: 3em !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial !important;"><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">Provide a way to utilize the genetic diversity offered by Outcross Collies that do not meet the 75% minimum required for SCPS registration.</li><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">Expand the genetic diversity of the Scottish Collie breed, which will, in turn, improve the health and longevity of the breed and of the individual dogs with which the breed is comprised.</li><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">Decrease the Coefficient of Inbreeding of litters.</li><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">Decrease the Average Genetic Relatedness of the Scottish Collie breed.</li><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">Provide increased education to SCPS breeders on how to breed for sustainability:<ol style="margin-top: 5px !important; margin-bottom: 5px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-left: 3em !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-type: decimal !important;"><li style="margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">Train breeders how to utilize Better Bred testing, both when planning a breeding, and when picking a puppy to breed in the future.</li><li style="margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">Offer mentoring to new breeders.</li></ol></li></ol><br />-Program Core:<ol style="margin-top: 5px !important; margin-bottom: 5px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-left: 3em !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial !important;"><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">There are two potential situations in which the Outcross Program may be utilized: <ol style="margin-top: 5px !important; margin-bottom: 5px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-left: 3em !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-type: decimal !important;"><li style="margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">When a member in good standing submits a dog that falls short of the 75% Collie requirement during evaluation, but which is deemed to be at least 50% Collie, according to pedigree, genetic test, and/or the consensus of the members of the Outcross Committee. </li><li style="margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">When a member in good standing who owns a purebred Scottish Collie wishes to breed to an Outcross Collie in order to increase genetic diversity, add more drive, reduce the amount of coat, etc.</li></ol></li><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">In situation 1, as outlined above, the owner of the Outcross Collie must breed to a purebred, genetically compatible Scottish Collie. <ol style="margin-top: 5px !important; margin-bottom: 5px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-left: 3em !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-type: decimal !important;"><li style="margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">An Outcross Litter Pre-approval Form must be submitted to the Outcross Committee before the breeding takes place, in order to ensure that the breeding will move the next generation closer to the SCPS breed standard.</li><li style="margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">Once the breeding takes place, the litter may be advertised by the SCPS, with a clear notation that the puppies will be registered with the Appendix designation.</li><li style="margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">The breeder will be strongly encouraged to utilize Better Bred testing to select a keeper puppy or to place puppies in breeding homes, so that the benefit of the outcross genes is not lost.</li></ol></li><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">In situation 2, as outlined above, the owner of a purebred Scottish Collie may choose to seek genetic diversity and/or other traits to improve the physical type of their line by breeding to an Outcross Collie.<ol style="margin-top: 5px !important; margin-bottom: 5px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-left: 3em !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-type: decimal !important;"><li style="margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">An Outcross Litter Pre-approval Form must be submitted to the Outcross Committee before the breeding takes place, in order to ensure that the breeding will move the next generation closer to the SCPS breed standard.</li><li style="margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">Once the breeding takes place, the litter may be advertised by the SCPS, with a clear notation that the puppies will be registered with the Appendix designation.</li><li style="margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">The breeder will be strongly encouraged to utilize Better Bred testing to select a keeper puppy or to place puppies in breeding homes, so that the benefit of the outcross is not lost. </li></ol></li><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">The progeny of an outcross breeding, which will be 75% or more Scottish Collie, should ideally be bred to a purebred Scottish Collie. The puppies from such a breeding will be 87.5% or more Collie, and will therefore be registered as purebred. </li><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">All of the guidelines regarding health testing, as outlined in the Code of Ethics, should be followed by a breeder utilizing the Outcross Program - eg., a breeder who has a purebred, female Scottish Collie who carries CEA should be sure that the Outcross Collie he or she has chosen as a stud is clear for CEA.</li><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">An Outcross Collie must be at least 50% Collie. It is strongly preferred that the remaining percentage is comprised of herding breeds, with Border Collie, English Shepherd, Australian Shepherd, Shetland Sheepdog, and Welsh Sheepdog being most in line with the goals of the SCPS. Other herding breeds may be allowed if less than 20% of the dog's genetic makeup, and non-herding breeds may be allowed if less than 10% of the dog's genetic makeup. </li></ol><br />Procedure: Applicants for the Outcross Program must submit the following information, along with the Outcross Litter Pre-approval Form:<ol style="margin-top: 5px !important; margin-bottom: 5px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-left: 3em !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial !important;"><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">Six photos of the Outcross Collie:</li><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">Body profile, right</li><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">Head, front view</li><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">Front, full view</li><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">Body profile, left</li><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">Head, side view</li><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">Rear, full view</li><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">Any pertinent details affecting the conformation or physical appearance of the Outcross Collie (injuries, postpartum, etc.).</li><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">Genetic testing results for the Outcross Collie.</li><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">For the first litter, CEA and MDR1.</li><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">For any subsequent litters, CN, DM and VWD-II.</li><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">Signed note from the owner of the Outcross Collie declaring ownership of the dog and giving permission for the use of the dog in the SCPS Outcross Program.</li><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">Pedigree of the Outcross Collie, if applicable.</li><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">Breed identification test (ie., Embark, Wisdom Panel, etc.), if applicable.</li><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">Better Bred testing results, if applicable.</li><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">Optional: scans or photos of titles awarded to the Outcross Collie.</li></ol><br />Further Notes: <ol style="margin-top: 5px !important; margin-bottom: 5px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-left: 3em !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial !important;"><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">Each outcross breeding will be considered on a case by case basis, and must be approved by the Outcross Committee in advance of the breeding. </li><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">The SCPS will maintain a list of Outcross Collies whose owners have expressed a willingness to participate in the Outcross Program. The owner must follow the procedure as listed above, but instead of an Outcross Litter Pre-approval Form, he or she will submit a simple form containing the owner's contact information and the Outcross Collie's name, height, weight, and mix of breeds (if known), along with a statement on why the dog's temperament, working drive, and/or physical appearance make it a good choice as an outcross. </li><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">Outcross Collies will not receive SCPS breeding certification or a registration number.</li><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">Exception clause: in rare circumstances, the Outcross Committee may choose to overrule the percentage requirements and allow an Appendix Scottish Collie to breed to an Outcross Collie. This decision may be considered in the following situation:</li></ol><ol style="margin-top: 5px !important; margin-bottom: 5px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-left: 3em !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial !important;"><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">The particular Appendix Scottish Collie and Outcross Collie in question have been bred previously, and the majority of the offspring demonstrate very good Scottish Collie type and temperament.</li><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">The breeding must otherwise follow the standard procedure as outlined above.</li><li style="color: #000000; margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">The puppies will be registered as Appendix Scottish Collies, and will be eligible to apply for breeding certification at 9 months of age.</li><li style="margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">The proposed breeding must be submitted to the board by the Outcross Committee and approved or disapproved by majority vote of the board members.</li><li style="margin-top: 3px !important; padding-left: 5px !important; list-style: outside decimal !important;">To apply to register a dog for the out-cross program please complete the following form. </li></ol><hr style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: #fff2cc; width: 1286px; visibility: hidden;" /> <a style="display: inline-block; background-position: 100% -100px; background-size: initial; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; cursor: pointer; height: auto; transition-duration: 300ms; transition-timing-function: ease-in-out; color: #ffffff !important; background-image: none !important; background-color: #000000 !important; font-weight: normal !important; font-size: 14px !important;" href="https://form.jotform.com/201796778403162?fbclid=IwAR2O5daAd6SfisRqZ6SYK9VsFsifwlcRAygBaBECU_43rHE4RAyj_SZ1Htw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OUTCROSS PROGRAM ENROLLMENT FORM</a>   6. If you wish to register a dog you do not own, you will need to complete the "Permission to Breed" form before applying for the Outcross Program. To apply for pre-litter registration for an outcross breeding, please complete the following form. <a style="display: inline-block; background-position: 100% -100px; background-size: initial; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; cursor: pointer; height: auto; transition-duration: 300ms; transition-timing-function: ease-in-out; color: #ffffff !important; background-image: none !important; background-color: #000000 !important; font-weight: normal !important; font-size: 14px !important;" href="https://form.jotform.com/201743449827159?fbclid=IwAR2O5daAd6SfisRqZ6SYK9VsFsifwlcRAygBaBECU_43rHE4RAyj_SZ1Htw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PRE-LITTER OUTCROSS BREEDING REGISTRATION</a>  <hr style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.13); border-width: 0pt; border-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-image: initial; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.13); margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; width: 1286px;" /> <table style="position: relative; table-layout: fixed; width: 1316px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0px 15px; width: 628px; border-bottom: 0px !important;"> <a style="display: inline-block; background-position: 100% -100px; background-size: initial; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; cursor: pointer; height: auto; transition-duration: 300ms; transition-timing-function: ease-in-out; color: #ffffff !important; background-image: none !important; background-color: #000000 !important; font-weight: normal !important; font-size: 14px !important;" href="https://www.scottishcolliepreservationsociety.com/scps-outcross-program-faq.html">SCPS OUTCROSS FAQS</a> </td><td style="padding: 0px 15px; width: 628px; border-bottom: 0px !important;"> <a style="display: inline-block; background-position: 100% -100px; background-size: initial; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; cursor: pointer; height: auto; transition-duration: 300ms; transition-timing-function: ease-in-out; color: #ffffff !important; background-image: none !important; background-color: #000000 !important; font-weight: normal !important; font-size: 14px !important;" href="https://www.scottishcolliepreservationsociety.com/scps-out-cross-breeding-gallery.html">SCPS OUTCROSS GALLERY</a> </td></tr></tbody></table>		
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