Registries

[Officially Retired]

Ideally, I agree with you, and if I wasn't a dog breeder (where everyone wants "their papers") I would not bother registering my dogs either.

I have been an "ADBA-Registered Kennel" since 1990, but honestly, I personally haven't registered any of my dogs since 2006 ... but I do fill out "single registration forms" for my customers who want them. But if I were just an active competitor, and wasn't selling dogs, then I wouldn't bother to do any of this.

This is also another reason why I feel a full database like this is valuable (not just for dog peds, but also additional photos/history tabs, which we are working on still), is how the records of these dogs can be organized and followed paperlessly.

Rather than have papers in a file, or a computer program on your hard drive (that can't store photos or do half the stuff this database can do), there will be one centralized record-keeping resource for all.

Jack

[skipper]

Yeah I understand that you as a breeder uses some kind of register. But my point is that even you could if you wanted to put any dogs you have as parents and register the litter without any fuzz about it. Honesty is the key, papers or not.

[Officially Retired]

Yeah I understand that you as a breeder uses some kind of register. But my point is that even you could if you wanted to put any dogs you have as parents and register the litter without any fuzz about it. Honesty is the key, papers or not.

Absolutely. The paper is only as good as the word of the breeder.

If the breeder's word is no good, the papers are no good. If the breeder's word is good, the papers are good.

Thus the most important element is the word of the breeder, not the paperwork.

It's like the word of a woman versus a "marriage certificate." If a woman is a dirty hoe inside her heart, then "getting married" isn't going to prevent her from cheating on you; the marriage certificate is only as good as the honesty and commitment in the woman's heart. If she really does love you, and if she really is committed to you, then "a piece of paper" isn't really necessary ... and if she really doesn't love you, and is not committed in her heart, then that "piece of paper" isn't worth a penny ... and will not stop the inevitable from happening.

Jack

[skipper]

Lol true.

[336 bulldogs]

I use ADBA & SDR plus I like keeping records on file

[Black Hand]

I know some states gives breaks to people with show dogs, so that could play a part in the decision to paper your dogs. I mean gives breaks as far as registering as a kennel with the county and registering all your dogs and being legit n what not. that's a different topic on it's own, but in some cases it's beneficial to belong to a registry and actually go to the functions depending where you live and the laws of the land. some and states only want "show people" breeding dogs.

[YELLOWJOHN]

Without, as again I don't register my dogs anymore.

However, all of my foundation dogs were registered, and I have been a "registered kennel" with the ADBA since 1990, so they will honor whatever typed pedigree I put out. Therefore, if the customer wants, they can get their dogs "officially registered" off a printout I do from my computer.

Is it really that easy to reg with the adba just be a reg kennel?

[R2L]

yes, that's why it's so laughable

[cdj396]

BFKC They are dog people i wouldn't use nobody else thanks tj

[realpitsnobull]

I have UKC, ADBA, BFKC and they all are good and well respected but UKC only reg UKC dogs now u can not tranfer from ADBA etc. anymore thats for my Blues anyway ADBA and BFKC are my 2 of choice with BFKC being the best Mr Mims been doing his thing for a min now and they are true ,fast and not all about the $$$ and they give u the ROM and POR that I don't see on my ADBA papers they did in the past I remember seeing on other ADBA peds . But for shows ADBA but only thing is like others have said the judges will have there favs but good luck haha. But they take BFKC and some others top reg u can get it done at the shows for a fee . Or you can just dual reg my dog king was BFKC and ADBA so there are a few choices.