I recently acquired a 6 month old lab from a friend of mine. He got the dog with the intention of training it for AKC registered hunt test, breeding purposes, and of course hunting. When he got it the breeder told him that he had not received the papers for the litter yet but said that he would have them within a week or so. The breeder was an acquaintance of his, and this breeder was fairly reputable so there was no worries that he would come through with the papers. Jump ahead 4 months still no papers and my friend has sent many letters and made many phone call to the breeder and still no papers and he became frustrated with the situation. Well unfortunately for me my dog died about this time from a heat stroke and I am on the lookout for a new hunting buddy. He tells me that I can just take his dog because he is worried that his female will get pregnant from this unregistered male. He had already started the basic obedience tranning with him before he gave him to me. Now that I have had him for about 3 months and have been working on him with the hunting side of things he is turning out to be really good at it and I think that he would be able to get his junior title already. Only problem is there is still no papers on him.

So my question is there any thing that I can do to get him registered so that I can put him through some test or he he destined to be only a hunting dog and a good friend? Either way I am fine with because he is a great companion and will make a great hunting dog, but I would sure like the ribbons to back that up. Thanks in advance for your help.

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How do I complain to the AKC about a breeder?
Answer:
You will need to write a letter giving the details of the situation and copies of any documents you have. Please provide the full names, addresses, and phone numbers of everyone involved, including you. You will need to fax or mail that letter and copies of all related documents to:

American Kennel Club
Case Management Dept.
PO Box 37924
Raleigh, NC 27627-7924
Fax - 919-816-4250

We will review the situation, contact the breeder, and get back to you.

Please be sure to sign your letter of complaint.

When a breeder seeks AKC documents, they register the litter by providing documents that both mother and father of the pups are purebred animals. Once that has been verified, the AKC will then send an application back to the breeder for each individual member of the litter. The puppies' new owners would then fill out the application and return it to the AKC.

Use the number to call and see if the breeder is
legitimate.

There is a cut off date for AKC registration so get thee busy

A letter was written about a week ago to the AKC by my friend that origonally aquired the dog but there hasent been any response by them as of this date. I was just wondering if there was any action that i should take other than that.

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Originally posted by FRANKIE2000:
A letter was written about a week ago to the AKC by my friend that origonally aquired the dog but there hasent been any response by them as of this date. I was just wondering if there was any action that i should take other than that.

Since your friend purchased the puppy from the breeder I don't think you have a cause of action.

If there was a contract and it specified that the animal was AKC your friend could send a notice to sue.

Is the breeder in State?

Yes the breeder is in state. He lives in the same town as my friend that original purchased the dog. In fact he is even my friends son's school bus driver so they see each other regularly, but their run-ins are becoming more and more infrequent since all this happened for some reason. My friend is working up a letter of some sorts to send to the breeder because at this point he is mostly concerned about trying to get his money back from the whole deal, and that is my first concern as well. If he can get his money back at least then I will be happy for him, I will still be out on papers but at least I got a great hunting partner out of the whole deal and he is already considering a lesson hard learned. Dont give them money or even take the dog without papers in hand.

Something wasnt legit about the breeders dog registration, I suspect the breeder got a notice back from akc stating such and he is not revealing all the fact or maybe he isnt the registered owner of the dog he is breeding. He doesnt have AKC papers for the litter. He should have had them when you got the puppy. He is lieing saying he should have them soon.

Anyway AKC is very strict I had a problem with a registration years ago with puppy papers and apparently the owner of the registered bitch never registered it in his name when it was a pup, so shit out of luck getting papers for any pups from that bitch even if it was registered when it was a pup.

My situation was slightly different from yours, but in my opinion the AKC is a dead end. Phone calls, faxes, letters, registered letters, all went nowhere for me. I ended up having to accept the fact that I had a damn good hunting dog and companion and I got over the rest. I widh you the best of luck.

Had a similar issue, I got the dog spayed and enjoyed her enthusiasm to retrieve. She did not know she was not papered.

I then bought a papered dog that did not turn out as advertised and would not hunt as well as the old dog. Oh well!!!!

Dogcat
I am starting to think that is probably going to be my best bet when it comes down to it.

You can get an ILP number for your dog and run it in AKC huntests. It will cost you $10.

Go to the AKC web site and click on registrations, and look for a listing of ILP.

Have fun with your dog, an ILP will only allow you to participate in the test and won't do anything for breeding purposes.

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