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Originally Posted by 3FurryFaces  Maybe I am not following this, but how does the AKC know whether a particular puppy that was intended as a limited registration, but winds up registered with CKC or other non AKC registry, should have been limited. When I submitted my registration for my pet yorkie puppy, the application had a blacked out box. If I chose not to register with AKC and went to CKC and bred to another AKC that did the same - how can they follow that? I am not advocating this just trying to understand the reliability of the system?  |
Well, put the shoe on the other foot. Pretend you are the AKC. The present owner of the dog in question should have sent you documentation from the other registry. The names of the parents of the dog should be listed in their registry for at least 3 generations and in their files the breeders should be listed too.
What sensible steps can you take to make things right? First of all, wouldn't you search in your records for the names of the parents of the dog in question? Second, when (if) you find them, wouldn't you check to see if the names of the breeders are the same as the breeders for the parents of the dog in question? Third, when that is done, if they match, wouldn't you contact the breeder to see if he/she knows what is going on? Find out if the dog is supposed to be limited registration?
What I wonder is if the 3rd generation back when there are 8 great-grandparents, what happens if only one set can be found to be AKC? Is the AKC going to paper a 1/8th AKC dog to the AKC registry?
I'm not sure I would have a problem with this if the dog is out of champions from another registry. But I tell you something, until a few days ago, I didn't know there were so many registries out there.
As to the AKC not knowing that you signed up with another registry and then bred your dog to another dog whose owners did the same, well I thought that breeders held onto the registration papers until proof that the dog has been altered were provided. That puts the situation in the breeder's hands. That would work especially well when the vets don't like to spay/neuter puppies under 4 months. Sylvia