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Originally Posted by scrapindee  Do you care whether your pet-only dog is registered with a recognizable registry (AKC, UKC, IBC) or is any registry acceptable to you?
We had an interesting discussion last week about getting your puppy's papers when that was part of your purchase; got to thinking about whether any registry will do?
This would include any of us who purchase other dogs besides Yorkies (I know there are a few other breed owners on this forum. I have an AKC registered Havanese--he is neutered but it was important to me that he be AKC registered.)
What's your thoughts? |
Kind of an apples and oranges thing going on here... Of course, the most recognized registries here in America are AKC and UKC -- and at least in the past, they were very respected registries. Unfortunately, you can get puppymill dogs who are AKC registered now (I don't know about UKC) and I'm sure you know that a lot of puppymill dogs aren't always "top quality" dogs. Also there are many "Breeders/Greeders" who know they can charge more money if they have AKC registries... whether the dog is quality or not...
Now, you throw in the initials IBC and the majority of people here in America don't have a clue what that is. Obviously to those who know, it's a German registry that a lot of Biewers are registered under. As far as the quality of dogs and respect of the registry, we Americans can pretty much only go on what other people tell us -- and there are very differing opinions, both here and in Germany. From what I've heard, there are several registries in Germany that will register the Biewers -- and I'm sure some are like our "other" registries over here in the good old U.S. And some are like our AKC and UKC registries over here. I believe Michael brought up several in another thread earlier...
"DRV, DHS , ERV , WRV, DRS and there are many many other Clubs"
Lots of initials that don't mean a whole lot to us Americans, right? Far be it from me to throw stones at those initials when I don't know shinola about them... got to go to the Germans and find out from them, right!
As far as a pet registration? Well, my first yorkie was supposed to be AKC -- but I never sent in the papers. She was 5 lbs, didn't have the attitude to show, but had bad knees and I didn't have a clue about confirmation back then, so to me she was perfect! Didn't need the paper for me to love her! Now with Toby -- he was advertised as AKC... he's 6.5 pounds, definitely has the attitude for the ring, has bad knees, and used to have 1 floppy ear that in the past couple of months has gone up... and I've been told he has pretty good confirmation. Again, I never sent in the papers... didn't need the paper for me to love him! Sneaker's breeder was probably on the verge of a wannabe puppymill -- or just a breeder that had a whole lot of dogs and was out to make money. Toby's breeder was a backyard or hobby breeder. Had 4 dogs that I saw in her house. Were they show/breed quality -- NO. But they were AKC... hmmm -- does it really matter???
Well... you asked for "my thoughts" and here they are...