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I had a lady call me awhile back looking for a yorkie.. She went on to tell me that she had went to a breeders home in Michigan to look at a litter of puppies and the breeder told her that sometimes if she has more than one litter she will put the litters together and is not 100% positive that the right AKC papers are leaving with the proper puppy.. I do not understand this! How difficult is it to put ID bands on the puppies to know which mama they belong to? But than again alot of breeders breed only for the money! |
I never band pups or need to. When you handle them repeatedly throughout the day for every day of their lives they are easy to tell apart. Each one is unique, even the twinsey sorta ones have differences that you can find if you look closely. I see yarn tied around pup necks and just get the shivers thinking about the choking hazard. Yikes...no way. |
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AH! Well, I'd feel better about the nail polish...a little to afraid of strangulation with the bands. Now, I've seen people tie a piece of yarn around a leg and I guess that works for the smaller ones but as they get larger and play more, they really shouldn't have it. |
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I know people ask me all the time when I show them pictures how I tell them apart and all I have to do is look at their faces!! It really is like identical twins or other multiples - you are in contact with them and learn their differences and personalities!! You know your puppies. :D |
annaschaben~ You have brought up what I think is a very good point and one I have tried to explain here before. I have seen so many times people refer to any registry other than the AKC as "not worth the paper its written on." My feelings are that you have to consider more so the breeder than the piece of paper. ANY breeder dealing with ANY registry can falsify the information. Though it may be true that AKC inforces more scrutinizing investigations and penalties, it doesn't mean people don't do it anyway. It's a matter of if they are caught. For example, I would think it safe to say that 9 times out of 10, when I am driving in my car, I am probably going faster that the speed limit...the law, the rule. But I am not penalized unless stopped and ticketed. Doesn't mean I'm not doing it anyway, just that I'm not getting caught. |
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I have always known who is who. So many people have asked me how I know this for sure. I just do. I handle them so much and they are all unique in some way. I am also an old nail polish user, lol, I have dabbed polish on puppies before to assure someone that they are getting the puppy they chose. Now, I am confused about something....I thought I knew it all about akc inspections, but are you saying Melanie that each individual puppy must be identified along with the parents? Let's say I have a newborn litter and I have them in a playpen in their box, and I have my index card tied to the outside of the playpen stating number of males, females, date of mating, date of whelp, mother and father's info...is this not enough? I want to make sure I'm on top of things here... |
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And, I too get so tired of hearing people say.. any registry other than AKC is worthless. It depends on the breeder and the dog. There is good and bad in all registries. |
I received a 5-generation pedigree for my ACA girl (from the breeder when I purchased her). I did not receive this for my AKC pup. For what it's worth. . . . |
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None of my friends who are breeders use ACA as a registry. In this area most of those reg with that registry, have come from a pet shop or a commercial breeder rather than from a reputable local breeder... I am not saying anything against your dog, but unless I knew the breeder I would not consider breeding. If the paperwork were not correct then the 5 gen pedigree would not be of any benefit. At least with AKC, the sire can be DNA tested in any case where parentage is in question.. |
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I've looked all over that website for a link that goes into detail about inspections. I can't find anything other than basic stuff. My first mentor (who is an older lady, no computer) has been inspected 2 times and she stated to me that every time she was inspected she didn't happen to have puppies so she could not answer my question about having pups individually identified. (I just asked her today as this got my curiosity up) Hopefully Melanie will be able to tell me a little more when she reads this thread. :) |
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