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ACA American Kennel Club. For a fee American Kennel Club will register any dog.
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ACA is the American Canine Association, not American Kennel Club. (Not trying to start anything, just want to make sure the OP knows the difference.)
Many breeders have gone to clubs other than AKC because they do not require the DNA testing and to register a litter it is cheaper than AKC. CKC, Continental Kennel Club, (not Canadian) does not charge the breeder anything to register a litter. The cost is all passed onto the buyer of the puppy. Many breeders have found these alternate registries as a way to cut costs.
My dogs are not registered with AKC, because they are not accepted yet, not because I try to cut costs. They are registered with Germany though, and that tends to cost a lot more than AKC registration. Will I switch to AKC when we are allow? You bet ya!!!
I do know that CKC will allow the Biewers to be registered, as I sold a girl as a pet to a lady and she registered her with CKC and was going to breed her. CKC would not give me the papers, even though I still had the girl's German papers. I did not ask about it when I got her back. CKC papers are basically worthless to me.
CKC, APRi and others will register animals from mixed breedings and also will register a dog as a purebreed dog if you send pictures and a couple of signatures. The dog may be a mix that looks like a yorkie and you could get yorkie papers on it! Not credible in my book.