Oprah does her homework, and when she is wrong about something, she corrects it and than some.

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Well, what I really meant to say was.....

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Sammiz your little one in the avatar is gorgeous. :D

Deana
Prestigeous Yorkies

am I missing something here??? I am not seeing any of the posts that contain some of the quoted posts you guys have and I am TOTALLY lost :confused: :confused: can someone please fill me in on what is going on??????????

Thank you so much! She is the love of my life. :D Just the sweetes darling. She is so good...all the time. Never gets in trouble.

Thanks again.:)

Trust me, you're not missing anything.

First off let me say, I believe the AKC is a top registry for dogs but they also have their down side. I suppose I was pretty naive when I first got into rescue and thought that any organization that benefited from dogs would also help to protect these animals. I was mistaken.

The AKC has signed a contract with Petland Discount stores to get them to register the dogs they sell as AKC animals. That's right -- the AKC is making the sale of pet store puppies a core part of their business plan.

The AKC business plan is that the stores will charge the AKC registration fee at the time of sale and register the puppy online. My understanding is that the Board of Directors of the AKC voted 12 to 1 to enter into this contract.
http://terriermandotcom.blogspot.com...and-naive.html
http://www.thedogpress.com/SideEffec...&Hunt.10.3.asp
http://www.nopuppymills.com/index.php?page=hunteletter

Here is a very interesting report from AKC in regards to high volume breeders:

http://www.akc.org/pdfs/about/specia...VBC_finalA.pdf

I would be thrilled if some of this information is outdated and AKC is protecting the dogs not just the pedigree’s.

Also I am really struggling with the math on this information:

“In 2007, our team of 15 inspectors visited over 5,600 kennels throughout the country. AKC spends over $6 million each year to inspect our customers, thereby ensuring the integrity of our registry and the proper care and conditions for dogs registered with us.”

$6 million dollars for 15 people to travel the country and is 15 inspectors enough? Keep in mind they are only looking at kennels that have 7 or more litters a year.

The AKC is a non profit organization but look at their 2006 Annual Report:

http://www.akc.org/pdfs/about/annual...2006report.pdf

Total revenues of $72.3 million in 2006 were comparable to 2005. Core registration revenues for dogs and litters were $2.3 million lower than the prior year. Royalty and sponsorship income was higher by $1.3 million or 21% due to the success of AKC’s licensing programs. Recording and event fees rose by 9% primarily due to increased entries in Agility and Rally. CAR’s enrollment revenues declined by $1.1 million or 25% from 2005. Revenues for 2006 and 2005, respectively, include $3.9 million and $3.2 million for the approximate values of in-kind contributed services received primarily in the form of donated advertising on television, radio stations, and in print, which is included in operating costs related to public education. Interest and dividend income for 2006 increased 41%, primarily due to higher dividends received from investments. Operating expenses of $69.1 million increased by 6% from 2005. Payroll and related benefits rose by 5% over 2005, primarily due to changes in actuarial assumptions associated with the pension and other postretirement benefit plans. All other operating expenses increased by 6.6% to support program costs.

I also struggle with this comment: “Our commitment to health research continued in 2006 with a donation to the AKC Canine Health Foundation of $1.2 million, bringing our to-date total contributions to $15 million. Our $170,000 donation to the AKC Museum of the Dog helped preserve the history of the purebred dog.” AKC was started in 1884 which means it has been in existence for 124 years but yet they have only donated 15 million for health research.

I do believe AKC is better than all the other registries in the US but in my opinion they have a long way to go to protect the dogs.

Cindy thanks for this post,
I actually ran across something last night and I was sickened and saddened I have past it onto a legislation group I am a volunteer with so they can investigate it further because I do believe that I need to know the good the bad and the ugly of the registeries so I can make a informed decision on wether I wish to remain involved in showing etc. I will be passing this post along also if you don't mind.
I do think to get to the bottom of the puppymills all the big players have to be accounted, for their part in it in order to bring puppymills to an end.
I was so sick last night. So much to sift thru, so much to think about.

Deana
Prestigeous Yorkies

I have never seen this before.
I was just on their site and found it.
Has anyone seen this link?
http://www.akc.org/pdfs/clubs/demand_akc_papers.pdf

Deana, I grew up with a father who bred Black Labs and registered them with AKC. I am a firm believer in purebred dogs and do believe in AKC registration. It wasn't until I got into rescue that I started to see the other side of what AKC does. Over the last 6 years I have been very disheartened by what I have read (weather all of it is true or not I cannot say) in regards to AKC but there is enough information out there to make me believe they are fightening to keep their business going. You can read/see this in their Annual Report. I have always felt if true purebred dog lovers really understood all of the facts then the Parent Clubs would start to demand more out of AKC. In many cases it is all about politics in the dog world and the ones to suffer are the dogs. The animal industry is a 94 Billion dollar industry and you are going to have people who will fight (legislation) not to lose a dime. You have to understand each organizations agenda to know where they are coming from.

Please let me know if you learn something new but I don't have my hopes set that you will as most of everything I posted came right from AKC.org.