I suppose it's not so expensive for someone who only has a small kennel or raises them in their home...most of mine are AKC and no I don't think registering the litters is that bad. There were just these two particular stories I heard from friends...and these friends are both excellent breeders who can definitely afford the registration fees...that wasn't the issue. It had something to do with all the DNA junk...one sent the same dog's DNA off 4 times because AKC kept losing it and getting it mixed up...and it was at their expense...and they ended up paying like...I don't know $200 or something?
Then the other had a sick mom that couldn't nurse her newborn puppies, and she had placed them on a surrogate mom temporarily...and the AKC man showed up and fined her $500 for not having the babies on the right mom...even though she explained to him that the mom was very ill and couldn't nurse.
I also had another explain something about sending in a litter's papers and AKC investigated them for some odd reason...anyways to make a long story short there was nothing wrong...the puppies had been born to the right parents and were registered that way...and were DNAed to show that...and they had to pay AKC $100 JUST because they investigated them...even though it turned out to be NOTHING.
I mean LIKE I SAID...I'm NOT saying I agree or disagree...just trying to answer the question about affording it. It's not simply the registration fees in these cases...I was just telling a story...not trying to argue. |