{"id":1680,"date":"2026-03-06T14:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T13:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/?page_id=1680"},"modified":"2026-04-03T16:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:18:17","slug":"why-isws-registrations-are-not-accepted-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/history-of-the-silken-windhound\/global-presence\/recognition-of-the-silken-windhound-breed\/why-isws-registrations-are-not-accepted-everywhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Why ISWS Registrations Are Not Accepted Everywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Many people assume that once a country recognizes Silken Windhounds, ISWS (International Silken Windhound Society) registrations will automatically be accepted.
In reality, the situation is often more complicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is one of the most misunderstood aspects of how new breeds are introduced internationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even if a country eventually recognizes the Silken Windhound, this does not necessarily mean that all existing dogs can be registered there.

Whether ISWS-registered dogs are accepted depends entirely on how national kennel clubs choose to handle newly recognized breeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The practical consequences of this can vary significantly between countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a concrete example of how this plays out in practice, see:
\u2192 Are there Silken Windhounds in Australia?<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2190 Back to Recognition of the Silken Windhound breed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Susann Stjernborg<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Silken Windhounds since 1998<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Whether ISWS-registered dogs are accepted depends entirely on how national kennel clubs handle newly recognized breeds. This page explains why recognition alone is not enough, and how different systems affect what is actually possible in practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":940,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"longpage-signature","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","slim_seo":{"description":"Why are ISWS-registered Silken Windhounds not accepted everywhere? This page explains how kennel club systems work, and why recognition does not automatically allow existing dogs to be registered in a new country.","title":"Why ISWS Registrations Are Not Accepted Everywhere"},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1680","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_src":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1680"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2762,"href":"https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1680\/revisions\/2762"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}