[Bizzymammabee]

You know people think that because you get an AKC or CKC dog it's bound to be a super dog but it just goes to show (JMO) that ACK is just another money mill. Five years ago I purchased a puppy from a breeder that was on their approved ACK list. Well the dog ended up with a luxating patella and after $5500 worth of Ortho Surger to correct we found out that the problem was there when he was born and that they tried to fix it and sold Hobbs like that. Unfortunately those backwater hill billies had done a poor job and it never helped. Anyhow I contacted AKC which I now call ACK and told them about their preferred breeder and wanted to send along the proof from the Animal Hospital here in NYC so they could see I wasn't making it up. Essentially they told me that they dont' govern the breeders they just let them honestly register their litters and record the lineages and have nothing to do with health issues. DUH...if I am telling you a breeder on your recommended list is a bit shifty I would have thought maybe they would have looked at them a bit more and maybe reconsidered having them on their list...no such luck. The lady told me I was on my own. I didn't give a rats arse about them being my champion I had only hoped to help anyone buying in the future. It didn't matter to me because I work at a Huge Law firm and had attorney's to do the work of getting me satisfaction (which I am proud to say my vigilence got me) I wasn't trying to get ACK to help me with that end.

So to make a long story short I tend to just do my homework about the breeder and do my best to find out if the dog is pure and not mixed. That is satisfactory for me.