The American Kennel Club registration
system can be described as a cycle,
which is repeated every generation.
A convenient starting point is the
registration of a "Litter".
In order for a litter to be eligible
for registration,
the sire (Father/stud)
and the dam (Mother/bitch)
must be individually AKC registered
and the litter must be whelped
in the United States.
Registration of the litter must
be completed before any of the pups
from the litter can be individually
registered with AKC.
Appliation to register a litter
must be submitted on a litter registration
application form. This form as well as
others mentioned here are available
upon request or you can download
them from the internet.
The owners of the sire and dam should
complete and sign the appropriate portions
of the application and submit it to
AKC with the required fee.
AKC Papers and Identification
When you buy a dog represented as AKC registrable,
you should receive an AKC dog registration
Application form filled out by the breeder/seller.
When completed by and submitted to the
AKC with the proper fee, this form will
enable you to register the dog.
When the application has been processed,
you will receive an AKC Registration Certificate.
Under AKC rules, any person who sells dogs represented
as AKC registerable, must maintain records
that make it possible to give full identifying
information with every dog delivered even though
AKC "papers" are not yet available.
Do not accept a promise of "later identification"
The rules and Regulations of the AKC
stipulate that when ever someone sells or
delivers a dog registable with AKC the dog
must be identified either by putting into
the hands of the buyer a properly
completed AKC Registered application
or by giving the buyer a bill of sale
or written statement, signed by the seller,
giving the dog's full breeding information as:
Breed, Sex and color of the dog
Date of birth of the dog
Registered names of the dog's Sire and Dam
with thier AKC Numbers
Name address and phone of the Breeder.
AKC Registered and Quality
There is a widely held belief that AKC or AKC papers
and quality are one and the same. This is not the case.
AKC is a registry body. A registration certificate
identifies the dog as the offspring of a
known sire and dam, born on a known date.
It in NO way indicates the quality or state
of health of the dog. Quality in the sense
of "show quality" is determined by many factors
including the dog's health, physical condition,
appearance and more!
This info was taken right off the AKC's Web site
