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Originally Posted by Sbyork  I agree with everyone here. After 29yrs of AKC showing you have to have a dedication and want to stay with it, BUT an AKC Championship is the Gold standard. Through the years I have seen many people thinking they can buy a dog and go in and win their first show, they fail too and end up leaving AKC shows. I think AKC says that something like 80% of newbies are gone before a year is out, They fail to understand the work and dedication it takes. Most of these other clubs have been started out of a need to give people a chance to show without the need to compete with the best of the best AKC.
Stick with AKC, The experience of an AKC Championship is priceless!
Try to find a mentor(AKC has a new program) and have fun!  
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Based on personal experience, you are so right. I guess when I started out the only registery I knew was AKC...I knew nothing of the others.....so, that's where I went. Yes, there are the politics, and it's a long hard haul, but the reward of finishing your first Champion and then taking a win in th Bred By Class is pure elation.