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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  I agree with you and futhermore would not want to buy from any breeder who did not encourage me to register the dog in my name. If a breeder doesn't encourage this, I'm guessing they are having more litters than they are reporting. It's up to all of us to help keep breeders honest. |
Writing for clarification only -- I know you know this, Nancy!
The litters are registered by the breeder and based on however many puppies the breeder reports were in the litter -- that is how many registration applications come to the breeder to be delivered to the buyer (if pups are sold). So, the litter would already be registered, regardless of whether or not the individual owners sent in their registration application. So, I don't think it would matter if the breeder encouraged registration or not. I don't see how it would relate to a breeder having more litters than reporting. She is still only going to have so many registration applications. She either gives each buyer one with their pup or doesn't.
I see that the thread was started to question about a breeder selling a purebred puppy without registration at all. I do not see any benefit in them doing that. If the dog is a purebred, I too, think it should come with papers. If it does not come with papers, I have to assume there is a reason -- unknown parentage or something like that. But I can't see that they could use this to hide having additional litters. I suppose they could hold on to registration applications and then use them on a non-reported litter. But it would be easier to just say there were more pups in a litter than there were and get additional applications if they wanted to be crooked, low-down, rotten breeders. I just can't see selling a purebred puppy without a registration application for any reason other than there is something wrong with the breeding itself. But maybe my imagination is not working well enough tonight. What other reason would their be?