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Originally Posted by yorkiekist  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. |
The AKC isn't a law enforcement agency, all they can do is take the breeders off the AKC registry if they are not abiding by the law, and contact local authorities. Many governmental agencies didn't even do inquiries if the breeder was AKC registered, and this left it up to the AKC to do all inspections. While many puppymills have been dropped from the AKC registry, alterative registries are popping up that will register anything even "designer dogs". Many people don't understand the difference in registries and don't care as long as their dog is "registered". Others don't understand that registering your dog isn't a status thing, but a way to help keep breeders honest. It's less than $20.00 to register your dog for life, I wish more people would support the AKC, by registering their dog, and get involved in making it a better organization.