Bonita of Bwana
Posted : 10/7/2007 10:38:43 AM
sigh..... as the other posters said you can not register them without the documentation being signed off on. This may be done by the legal owner, by the legal owner's family member with POWER OF ATTY...this sadly is a necessity in many cases of terminal cancer. I would contact her, send her a few snaps of the pups, if you could put snaps of both parents in I'd do that too...it could very well make her whole day.
You can call the AKC and request they talk you through each step. They are really nice and have always taken the time to answer an question I have ever had.
They aren't very old and as a good breeder you will most likely keep them both fro several more weeks so you have time to try to straighten everything out.
The comment about "selling them with her name on them" confused me.... ?? The dogs would have your name as owner of the dam, and the legal owner of the stud... not anyone else's name. I know you may feel like you are taking a bit of flack about all of this, but breeding is not a casual thing for most of us. We plan it out , carefully testing and picking pairs. Some people , like me will not use stock that hasn't been championed and tested. I want to improve the breed and worry a great deal that if careless I could hurt it. Since this is an all breed list and that includes some beautiful and much loved mixes none of us want to encourage random breeding or breeding to sell pups as a job ...
I hope you are able to work things out, but most of all I hope the pups end up in wonderful forever homes adored and family members ...not just an accessory to the outfit of the day.