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Encouraging New Owners to Register their Yorkies I check my MyAKC Breeder records every day, and it is disappointing to see how few of my new owners register their puppies... I have tried all kinds of things: telling them how important it is, sending them literature from the AKC, filling out most of the application for them, etc. How can I get my new owners to register with the AKC? Does anyone else have this issue? |
I have also noticed a drop in registration. Up till last year 95% of our puppies were registered. I am not sure if it is the economy, or that people just don't care about getting them registered since they are on pet only contracts. AKC is offering a great price for registering the whole litter and then transferring, I may end up doing this with the upcoming litters. AKC must also be concerned that people are not registering the pups, I have noticed they are stressing it in the litter packets. |
I only registered one of my dogs because I felt like what was the point if I wasn't going to breed them. |
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I may do that as well.... We're also getting a good discount on litter registrations ($20 flat rate for the whole litter, yeah, sweet). SO, the total cost would be minimal.... And, I think "What's the point?" also hits the nail on the head.... For me the point is, it tracks your baby! And, if you ever do decided to enter an AKC event, you won't have to pay like $400 in late fees. haha. Or, if you want to breed, or, if you just want to show off your Yorkie's pedigree.... But, obviously me telling people that isn't helping. I mean, what's the point of having AKC registration if no one registers. I have people all the time talk about the CKC and APRI, etc as "puppy mill" registries, and they'll only buy AKC yorkies, but then they don't register.... |
I really don't see the point in registering a puppy that is on a pet only contract or is fixed. I never pull out my AKC paperwork to show friends, and if I weren't going to breed my yorkies, I wouldn't have bothered with sending in their registration apps when I got them. |
What are the reasons to register with AKC? I thought it was just something to show that your dog is purebred. |
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I think that a lot of it has to do with if they are breeding their pups or not. I know that right now with the economy and being a stay at home mom I haven't had the funds to register my little guy, but it is on my to do list to do today as it needs done before my little girl could become pregnant by him soon. I think that its a good idea to sit down with the new owners and fill out the paperwork. I'm thinking when its time for me to sell my puppies I will add the registration amount to the price of the puppy and register them myself for the new owner whether they care or not. |
I slacked a bit on the registration and when I finally did it, they charged me 60 or 80 dollars as late fees! If you intend on registering, do it right away because I got ripped off by slacking off!:rolleyes: |
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It is a sort of way to force all of my puppy buyers to register but I think at the end it will be like a favor ...... most of them do not follow with the registration mainly because they keep forgetting , misplaced papers, and I will say the word ,( forgive me) lazyness* , I know I have been lazy before and kept saying I'll do it tomorrow and that tomorrow never came. Not actually because of the $20 dlls fee .....it doesn't make sense to me that people are spending a good amount $$$ then holding off on the registration because of the 20 dlls. A lot of people wants AKC pets even if they are not thinking about breeding or showing but if they are not following with the Registration process , their dog is Not an AKC Dog unitl the applications is send in and approved by AKC. |
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Honestly though, what does it matter if they are not breeding or showing? I just don't understand why it would matter if someone who purchases a puppy from someone registers if they are mearly pets. |
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Also, it puts on record that the puppy was produced by the breeder. What if a breeder had an entire litter and none of the owners registered any of the pups? Where would the official record that the litter existed be? |
When I sell a puppy I personally do not care if they register them or not. I sell as a pet only with limited registration and from now on all my pups will leave my house spayed or neutered and then I'll really have no worries :) Also, I in the past I never handed them the AKC papers until they showed me proof of spay/neuter. Donna Bird Brooklynn's Yorkshire Terriers |
Registration My registration has also dropped off in the last year. I'm not sure of the reasons. I do really think the comments so far are quite interesting, as those are the same as I hear from my buyers. On one hand, I do understand since it is an added expense and most buy AKC to insure quality as opposed to really caring about registering the dog itself. I have thought about registering entire litters, but I think that will end up basically the same as new owners probably wouldn't transfer. I can't see paying to register the litter, the extra expense of registering each puppy in my name and then the expense to transferee to new owner. I've had oh so much fun lately as my kennel flooded during Hurricane Ike and all paperwork in the bottom drawer of my file cabinet turned to mush. I've had to go through record recovery with AKC and it has been a long process. It may take several more months to get everything in order.... |
When we got our Oliver the breeder did the registration and we received it in the mail it also has a red letter imprint on it non breeding...but that was over 11 years ago...Do they not do that in the USA ? |
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