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Originally Posted by yorkiekist  Here is another rumor that I heard from an exhibitor 2 days ago about AKC. Please say it isnt so!!!!!!!!!!! If a breeder sells an AKC puppy with out papers, the person that bought the puppy can still register it with AKC as long as they have a pedigree of the puppy. I about fell on the floor when I heard that. Hopefully AKC isnt that hard up yet!!!!!!!!!!! |
The Pedigree is just a paper with the puppy's family tree. It lists parent, grandparents, great grandparents, and so on, with champions listed in red. Some breeders don't even have it themselves, but you can still get it from the AKC. Years ago, you could just look at a dog, and know it was purebred, and since AKC was the only registry, I suppose some people didn't bother with the pedigree papers. I personally wouldn't get a puppy that was not AKC, and it's the first step in selecting a good breeder, but hardly the only step.