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Originally Posted by carmen in nj  it cost me, $75.00 to register a litter of 6 silky terriers. that is why you see people here asking for the coupons. and is not apples and oranges, is HONEST BREEDING, no matter the breed, is a WRONG thing to do.. like a puppy mill is a puppy mill does not matter the breeds they breed, well Same thing with the AKC, inline breeding is being done by some of the AKC breeders in ALL Breeds, just an inconvinience truth when it comes to AKC and breeding.. the mud is always cleaner inside.. until a couple of insiders get out.. not a nice thing to say but they are not what they started to be..
the lesson here is
"People do your homework, visit and re visit your breeder, ask LOTS of questions, and ask to see the puppy interact with other dogs before you take one home, and specially if you are planing on showing, MAKE sure you see health testing papers for at least 5 generations. For Pet quality, ask as many questions as you can, health papers are always good to see. DO NOT base your puppy purchase on AKC, or any other registry alone". |
According to the AKC Fee Schedule
https://www.akc.org/reg/fee_schedule.cfm a litter is $25.00 plus $2.00 a pup or $35.00 dollars for a litter with 5 pups. Not sure why you are paying more, but even at $75.00 for 5 pups, you are making the money back when you sell the pup, and I have seen many people sharing coupons,so it's even less, if you have a coupon. Most people here sell a dog for $1,000 or more and that's a lot of money. I feel like you are just changing the topic to discuss the merle trait. Every large organization has some things that are wrong, but you don't throw the baby out with the bath water. You say you show, are you not showing any more because the AKC registers Merle's?
People say do your homework, ask lots of questions, but people don't know what questions to ask, and part of the homework is knowing what registries are legitimate and which aren't and also knowing what excuses breeders will give. Lots of breeders/kennels aren’t eligible to list with the AKC because of past inspections and abusive conditions, so lots of them have started registering with alternative paper registries that are basically useless and in place to mislead the public. I think I made it very clear that registering with the AKC is not the only thing a buyer should look for when searching for a good breeder, it’s just the first thing.