Quote Originally Posted by CA Jack
As far as freezing semen goes, you have to get a DNA profile on a stud nowadays, just to freeze his semen at all, if you want the pups to get registered. There is no registration body I know of that will accept a frozen semen breeding without one, unless maybe it's very old. Jack
And here is what is so utterly ridiculous about all of this DNA and registration nonsense. About a year ago when I was trying to move a straw of our Homer III semen, several interested parties wanted to breed to him, but they also wanted the pups to be able to be registered ADBA. I swabbed him when we collected the semen, but never sent it in. I still have it after all these years. I spoke with Adam at ADBA at that time and he explained that the sample I had would be too degraded now to develop a DNA profile, but also told me that since Homer III was registered all we had to do was send a small sample of the Homer III semen in upon thawing and that would suffice for a profile. I said "Gee, that semen sample in theory could be from any old dog, how do you know it would really be Homer III's semen?" Adam's reply to me was "ultimately the truth of every dog's breeding lies in the integrity of the breeder".

Therefore friends, of what value is ADBA registration anyhow if it all comes down to the breeder's honesty? Acquire stock from a breeder who does not hang papers, don't hang papers yourself, and all will be well. 8-) No need to get DNA samples, buy registration papers, or trust some other entity with sensitive information about you, your residence, and your dogs.