glenmar
Posted : 7/17/2007 5:09:18 AM
Just a note, that the sale of pups or the offer to buy is not allowed on this forum.
As to the AKC.....this is merely a registry and only as good as the breeders who use it. For example, when a breeder registers a litter there is the question of how many live pups and their sexes. Those 'extra' registration certificates for pups who weren't born are worth a TON of money. I was once offered $1000 if I would "expand" one of my cockers litter by two so that the other "breeder" could get AKC papers on HER pups. Ummm, no. But, since the AKC registers just about anything, including pups that come from millers and back yard breeders, well, it's not hard to figure that a good number of extra registration certificates are changing hands if I was approached. We were REALLY small time, almost hobby breeders yet I was sought out.
And, Gina is right regarding the AKC DNA test.....it will only prove parentage, not breed.