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Originally Posted by jp4m2  I agree that the stock market would have had an effect on their profits, considering the stocks have dropped considerable for all the other investors . The reason I stated that I thought they have seen a decline in profits may have a lot to do with the decline in people registering with them is because of this quote from an investigative article....
"Unable to distinguish itself as the premier registry that we know it is, the AKC found its registrations in serious decline. We have all been bombarded with this news, but suffice it to say that in six years from 1999 through 2006 AKC registrations dropped by 249,428 dogs and 113,066 litters. Those figures are even more significant for our discussion than a simple formula of number of dogs registered times registration fees, since most of the commercially-bred puppies are sold with at least one supplemental transfer fee. During the initial, dramatic drop in these registrations, an officer of the AKC stood before the delegate body and said that although we had lost a significant chunk of the commercial breeders, we really dont need the puppy mill dogs. But someone clearly thought we did."
The reasons for it are probably multiple...... |
Okay I understand what you mean in the decline. It would be interesting to find out how many people were breeding dogs 20 years ago, 10 years ago and today. I suspect the number was going up until the the market turned sour. It would also be interesting to see how much their budget has grown over the same time period.
It really is appauling what the AKC is doing for survival and also very sad. I don't see how anyone can justify what is going on.