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The Foundation Stock Service (FSS) Program is a breed registry of the American Kennel Club in which breeders can record the birth and parentage of a rare breed they are working to establish in the United States. These dogs provide the foundation stock from which an AKC fully recognized breed might result. These breeds cannot participate in AKC events until at least 150 individual dogs are registered. Thereafter, provisional competition in various events is allowed.

Current FSS Breeds

As of 2018, 67 breeds are recognized in the Foundation Stock Service (FSS) Program.^[1]

Dogs in the American Kennel Club Foundation Stock Service are:

	American Leopard Hound		Appenzeller Sennenhund		Australian Kelpie
	Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog		Basset Fauve de Bretagne		Bavarian Mountain Hound
	Biewer Terrier		Bolognese		Bracco Italiano
	Braque du Bourbonnais		Braque Francais Type Pyrenean		Broholmer
	Carolina Dog		Catahoula Leopard Dog		Caucasian Shepherd Dog
	Central Asian Shepherd Dog		Croatian Sheepdog		Czechoslovakian Vlcak
	Danish-Swedish Farmdog		Deutscher Wachtelhund		Drentsche Patrijshond
	Drever		Estrela Mountain Dog		Eurasier
	French Spaniel		German Longhaired Pointer		German Spitz
	Hamiltonstövare		Hanover Hound		Hokkaido
	Hovawart		Jagdterrier		Jindo
	Kai Ken		Karelian Bear Dog		Kishu Ken
	Kromfohrländer		Lapponian Herder		Mountain Cur
	Perro de Presa Canario		Porcelaine		Portuguese Pointer
	Portuguese Sheepdog		Pudelpointer		Pyrenean Mastiff
	Rafeiro do Alentejo		Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog		Russian Tsvetnaya Bolonka
	Schapendoes		Segugio Italiano		Shikoku
	Slovakian Wirehaired Pointer		Slovensky Cuvac		Slovenský kopov
	Small Münsterländer		Spanish Mastiff		Stabyhoun
	Swedish Lapphund		Taiwan Dog		Teddy Roosevelt Terrier
	Thai Ridgeback		Tornjak		Tosa
	Transylvanian Hound		Treeing Tennessee Brindle		Working Kelpie
	Yakutian Laika

Breeds rejected by FSS

Volpino Italiano^[2]

In the summer of 2006, the AKC/FSS rejected inclusion of the Volpino Italiano, citing similarities with the American Eskimo Dog. The Volpino is recognized internationally by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale and its member kennel clubs. In the United States, the breed is recognized for conformation showing by the United Kennel Club and the American Rare Breed Association.

See also

• Miscellaneous Class

References