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Originally Posted by smommyto5  No i didnt know about papers till i went to pick him up and she told me if i wanted papers it would be more money but she never said how much more
and for a agreement we never made one i never signed anything .
and all i was doing was asking a ? about them. i didnt mean to ruffle any bodys feathers. |
It's ok; you've brought up an important topic. Many breeders do this, and I believe it's because the dogs aren't even eligible to be registered. The cost of registration for the breeder is very cheap, something like $25.00 for the whole litter. Many breeders will tell buyers, it's much more like $200.00 and say, "Why do you want to register if you aren't going to breed or show?" This is often so you won't try to register the dogs yourself. It's important for buyers to register the dogs even if they aren't breeding or showing, it's a way of helping to keep breeders honest. Breeders who register with the AKC should be keeping accurate records of all the litters they have, and with you registering the dogs, they will have to do this. Also the AKC does inspection and DNA tests, if the breeder has so many litters a year, so a reputable breeder would register every litter. Shady breeders might not want to do that.
The breeder does have to give you the paperwork in order for you to register the dogs, I think you need a litter registration number, but if she sold the dogs as AKC, she should give you the number. After Joey's breeder gave me the paperwork, it was only $20.00 to register him. Here's the fee schedule.
https://www.akc.org/reg/fee_schedule.cfm. I really think it's important for pet owners to become involved with the AKC, not just breeders.
I just want to add that I registered Joey on "limited registration", meaning he was registered, but he isn't allowed to produce any offspring that can be registered, in my opinion, this is the way a good breeder does it.