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Originally Posted by jeanietoo  Yes, AKC had a great deal to do with the puppy mills starting here in Lancaster, PA amoung the amish. I think that's why they were so quick to send a letter to Oprah to be included in the show and I noticed it wasn't mentioned on the show. I know just 10 years ago most of the puppies coming out of Lancaster puppy mills were still AKC registered. So much for those inspections being done. It still all comes down to the bottom line. |
What seemed to be a good idea back then is not the case today.(thank God) AKC didnt do inspections back then or if they did, it was minimal. Everything comes down to the "bottom line". Do you expect AKC to do their services for free? And why wouldnt they register those dogs? If they are registerable, then they have no recourse but to register the dogs. It would be very discriminitory not to. Where would the line be drawn? It would be like this: We wont register your dogs because you have 100, but we will register your dogs because you only have 99. Or, we wont register your dogs because you have purple hair, but we will register your dogs because you have yellow hair.Or lets say that dog showing and agility were not in the good graces of the majority of the public and considered inhumane. Does that mean that it is ok for AKC to refuse to register the dogs that are showing, even though they were registerable the previous year? This year only gun dogs will be elegible for registration.
So if you must give AKC a black eye, then you must give ALL the other alternative registries a black eye plus ALL the companies that make $$$ off the puppy mills. These would be the dog food companies, wholesale pet supply companies, pet stores, trucking companies, veterinarians, and a whole list of others.
AKC is not perfect and never will be. They are a business and businesses make money. If they dont, they go out of business. But hands down, they are better than any of the alternative registries.