Current Koolie common type breeding strong 160 years

Current status of the Koolie:
The Koolie club of Australia was established in 2000 by a group of breeders and owners who shared an interest and desire to preserve promote and protect the Koolie breed, we created the first Koolie registers of which now numbers over 500.

We are acknowledge by the NSW and Victorian Canine organizations as the only Koolie representatives who have been granted access to the canine associations Sporting registers, where the Koolie is addressed by its given breed name and may compete in all Obedience and herding disciplines but not conformation.
We are the only Officially acknowledged register of Koolie DNA collection for Genetic Technologies Services of Australia.

It is our aim as with all breed clubs to, through our register provide a strong gene pool from which breeders may contribute or utilize as fits their needs, in the short span of five years we have instilled safer breeding practices which offer greater chances of healthier litters, simply by recommending breeders breed their Merle to solids we have seen a dramatic drop in recorded blind/deaf pups and an increase from diluted colors back to stronger colors and a strengthening of working bloodlines.

The Koolie club of Australia's website is under reconstruction with the adding of new material, but please visit and catch our working Koolies in action, this breed is not a pet as some have referred to it, but an excellent working breed, which deserves respect and if not then silence from those who do not yet know everything there is to know.

Our register is an open register which enables us to accept all Koolies and possible Koolie influenced bloodlines, there are several sections including Section B, foundation dogs-the first Koolies in a line, or those with only one parent registered, Section A, Koolies with both parent registered in Section B or A, Section P, Koolies not considered suitable for breeding but capable of being good working or companion dogs. Section C, known or suspected cross bred Koolies, so that those with good working dogs can breed toward a pure line and have their records verified by the register, this offers the Koolie breed every opportunity to establish a strong diverse gene pool hopefully free from disease unlike many of our pure breeds. Any reference to our breeders or the Koolie Club by other breeders in a slanderous fashion is simply the shocking politics that all breeds unfortunately share. No matter how we would like it to be otherwise.

Koolie DNA program:
The club has undertaken a pedigree assurance program using DNA. Firstly this will be used to verify that the parents registered to each dog is correct, also they will be tested for over 50 listed inherited diseases which will give us the ability to breed away from possible inherited diseases (none of which the Koolie appears to current carry)and the data pooled to search for a Koolie gene. Some breeds have already had their own breeds distinctive gene recognized, one of these is the Australia Dingo. It is also hoped that broad relationships amongst our dogs may be highlighted to help plan future matings. This technology is very new and so is not freely recognized as being available but every day does bring new discoveries and what was impossible yesterday may very well be everyday tomorrow.

To date around 100 samples have been submitted and once results are received analysis and the search for a Koolie gene will begin. It is interesting to note that the Davis university is undertaking a study to find a herding gene, if they have the confidence to undertake such a study surely our quest for a Koolie gene is not so unrealistic.