The Large Munsterlander Association of Canada (LMAC) has a 30-year-old organization standing behind it, the Large Munsterlander Club of North American (LMCNA). LMCNA was founded in 1977 by Joe & Sheila Schmutz, with encouragement from Verband Grosse Munsterlander of Germany. For 34 years, LMCNA operated as a cooperative group of owners and breeders who believed in its performance-based registry as
the sole registry for Large Munsterlanders throughout North America. However, in 2012, two daughter organizations were formed, one of which was LMAC. LMAC was formed to continue the long tradition of breeding only proven hunting dogs. "The Large Munsterlander Association of Canada (LMAC) will continue to maintain the LM in Canada and the United States. LMAC strives to participate on an international basis in maintaining the essential hunting form and function of the Large Munsterlander as originally conceived in 1919. breeders to participate in the breed's future and can offer the proven coordination and protection of the Animal Pedigree Act of Canada." (Sheila Schmutz, March 2012)
