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Originally Posted by topknot

They are right. Since your girl is ACA - you cannot register her with AKC, unless the parents are AKC and the breeder would have to register the litter with AKC. But it sounds like this is not the case - so no AKC registration is available for your girl. You bought before you did your research and now you want to breed. My best advice is to have her spayed, since she is not AKC and cannot be shown, thus not evaluated. And her qualities need to be the best to be breed. You say she has champions in her pedigree - they must be either the parents of her or grandparents to do any good. Anything past the 3rd generation is not much of anything. Since she is ACA - I do not think champions are up close in her pedigree. I am so sorry to tell you this, but you need to know and you asked. If you want to be the best - you really need to start over again. Do your research and learn all about the standard, go to some shows, and get a good mentor. Then start looking for your dog. If you are going to breed you need to do things right to protect the breed. The dog world is a small world and your reputation is everything in breeding. At least you know now what you would like to do - just be sure to go about it the right way.