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Originally Posted by livingdustmops  I feel Dog Press can be very educational from what is really going on in the dog world. It is not always pretty but I don't think the breeding/show world is very pretty either.
Because AKC is non-profit we should be able to see the complete year-end report and see the real story. Can't cheat on this or the governement will shut them down. Actually I do believe a big portion of their loss of income was the stock market as I have read almost all of their Board Meeting notices since 1999. I haven't found it yet but it should be public notice. I don't know what their income really was from pet owners and a lot of BYB probably never registered with them in the first place since they had lousy pedigree's.
Actually AKC finally backed off some of the volume business they were going after which is why they finally decided to get into agility with mutts. They decided they wanted some of the revenue on this.
There is a great deal of information out there if people really want to know the truth. |
They would have to have lost quite a bit in the market since I'm sure so much of it was invested.
I did not know that they were non-profit? They seem to be after the almighty dollar in any new way they never would have years back (registering mixed breeds) in some cases etc.
They are the best Registry out there but we must demand better. Like Nancy said, we have to work to have state laws past that will better protect our pets and then we can demand they close alot of these mills down.