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Originally Posted by yorkielover4lif  My male (Tigger) was AKC reg. and my female (Precious Baby Bella) was ACA. I dual registered them with APRI. I chose to do so because APRI has excellent Customer Service, among other things! APRI REQUIRES a 3 generation pedigree in order to register your dogs & if you are coming from another registry, you must be in good standing with them. APRI also holds Dog Shows & is growing by leaps & bounds.
APRI has another registry (AKR), but it is totally separate. I would strongly suggest you check out their website http://aprpets.org and make up your own mind. You don't even have to register your puppy thru ACA 1st, just send them your paperwork & fees. Then if you do decide to breed, your pups can be registered thru them too. Good luck & don't ever think your yorkie is not purebred just because of who it's registered thru! Precious has way more AKC ancestors than she does ACA ancestors  |
APRI WILL register mixed breeds. I have done it when I was doing the yorkiepoos. Yorkie registered with APRI (dual registered) and poodle with APRI (dual registered) = APRI registered Yorkiepoo. Does not mean they were purebreed, just that they had pedigrees on both sides. AKC has been around a lot longer than APRI.
Registration or lack of registration does not make a pet any better or worse. The love it gives to its owner is the real value of a pet. No paper can make it worth any more or less to its adoring owner.
There is always going to be people that breed just to reproduce and make money whether the dogs are AKC registered or APRI (ACA, CKC, or whatever registery is convenient) What the breeder needs to be thinking of though is does the pairing try to create a puppy that fits the standard of that breed or just any "purebred" puppy regardless of what the standard says?