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Originally Posted by JeanieK  I had no idea that you could register a dog without papers with any registry. What good is a regisrty if you can register any dog.
I also had no ideas you could register a dog without papers with the AKc. Didn't know they made it that easy for people to register.. Here stupid me thought you actually had to have papers and numbers and such.
But I still think the OP should go back to the breeder if she wants papers. |
I think there may be some confusion, for many of the registries, you can register any dog you want to register, and the registry takes the breeder's word for what breed the dog is. These are called "paper registries", and they are in my opinion, just an attempt to mislead the buyer into thinking that their dog is "registered". As we all know, being a registered dog was at one time synonymous with being a "purebred", and the only registry was the AKC. Since then, many registries have come along and many cater to commercial breeders. Here's a site that explains the differences in registries.
Registries
Mardelin was talking about the AKC now has something called a Q registry, and these are dogs whose DNA testing don't match correctly with offspring. In the past, these offspring would have been ineligible for registration, but now they can be registered with a "Q", and this will stay for 3-4? generations, obviously a good breeder would not want these dogs in their programs, and the YTCA is making an attempt to keep the list longer than three generations, I hope other breed clubs will do the same. Howver, this is not the same thing as being able to register any dog with the AKC, this is still not possible.
The AKC has other programs, but they are not registration programs, and sometimes people confuse this, where dogs are allowed to be placed on list and are able to compete in certain agility and training events, but are not eligible to take part of conformance events.