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Originally Posted by backwardsrain  Can I ask why sending you AKC papers and letting you know the breeder's name is considered a very unethical thing for a rescue to do? I don't understand why that's bad. |
In short, confidentiality.
At a good rescue with a good board of directors, the names of the people who surrendered a dog are never given out because of confidentiality issues, which differ from rescue to rescue because of different contracts. There are stories about new owners stalking old owners, old owners stalking new owners, etc. Most rescues, when it is known, will explain to you why the dog was surrendered (owners moved, housing didn't accept pets, too much to handle, etc). In a case where dogs are surrendered, they usually sign off on something that release themselves of ownership of the dog, thus removing their name from said dog. Rescues usually have no problem stating that a dog was transferred in from another rescue and what not.
I can't honestly speak on the CKC/AKC papers. None of the dogs my rescue has dealt with has ever come with papers (knowledge of registration has existed, but papers never materialized). It does give someone the ability to track down the breeder, and sometimes breeders have clauses that rescues are unaware of...like that the dog cannot be given away and must be returned to the breeder. Then the breeder can get in the way of an adoption that has occurred if they are contacted...and they should absolutely always be contacted prior to adoption if a rescue has such papers...
In my case, finding out he was a breeder surrender, this made his last owner the breeder, so it would fall into the first category. Except, in my case, I think that the rescue may have purchased the pups rather than have them surrendered, which makes this a whole new ball game. I'm sure the breeder would rather not be known for having puppies end up in rescues as breeder surrenders.
I don't know what you gain from knowing the name of a breeder or someone who surrendered a rescue dog. It would solve curiosity, but you take a risk with the unknown with every rescue. Confidentiality wise, I know if I were ever in those shoes, I'd want to be an unknown.