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Originally Posted by BamaFan121s  In regards to THIS particular situation, what AKC will or won't do should be irrelevant. Your original agreement with the breeder was not to pay the extra for the AKC registration--it's unfortunate that you lost contact with her, but until you regain it, you should honor that agreement. To go behind the breeder's back years later and try to register the dogs anyway is underminded and shady, IMO.
I say this because if I were the breeder and found out, I would be FURIOUS! And that's only IF everything was what the breeder claimed it to be...for all you know, the breeder never had breeding rights on the dogs to begin with, and therefore, neither should anyone owning any offspring they produced. |
A bit confused. Did the breeder sell this dog as a pet and want to charge this person extra for AKC papers. Or is is this person stating that she wants breeding rights. If the former is true shame on the breeder. If the later is true, and there is a contract that the dog was sold as a pet.....well then the new owner is expected to honor the contract. I know I've had people in the past come to me for a pet and then later come back at me to change the registration to open. Well that wasn't gonna happen. If I didn't deem the dog an exceptional representation of the breed to keep it in my breeding program, I for sure wouldn't allow someone else to breed it. I'm sure that other breeders have encountered this problem too and that is why they are opting to spay/nueter before the pup leaves their home.