The North Carolina House of Representatives has passed House Bill 159, which would define certain dog owners as “large commercial dog breeders” based solely on the number of intact female dogs they own.  Read AKC’s previous Legislative Alert for details on this legislation. The bill now heads to the Senate, where it has been assigned […]

Urgent NC Alert:  Breeder Regulations Scheduled to be Considered TODAY (4/22) April 22, 2015 The AKC has learned that a hearing and possible vote has been scheduled for today on a rewritten version of House Bill 159, which would seek to regulate certain dog owners as commercial breeders regardless of actual sales/commercial activity and require […]

A bill has once again been introduced in the North Carolina House of Representatives that would define a “commercial breeder” based solely on the number of intact female dogs someone owns. The measure also would transfer state animal welfare regulation and oversight from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Public Safety. The AKC […]

The Kansas House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources is considering a bill this Monday, January 26, that will expand who must be regulated under the state’s breeder laws. The bill will also create new requirements for those who are involved in rescue and those who keep at least 4 dogs during any week for […]

Last week, Montgomery County conducted a public hearing on a measure to license and regulate home-based breeders and establish many new requirements for breeders in the county. The County Executive has until next week to determine whether to sign, amend, or veto the proposal. Thanks to the many breeders and dog owners who contacted the […]

PACH Gregory OA OAJ MXP3 MXPB MJP4 MJPB PAX owned by Dr. Dana Hoyt DVM of Medford, OR Dana first met Gregory when she was in veterinary school. He was of the school’s dog colony that the students used for practicing medical techniques. “The school would acquire ‘unadoptable’ dogs from humane societies and once their […]

A dog with Conditional Registration has some unknown ancestors. The dog’s registration number will start with the letter ‘Q’ and the dog will have competition and breeding restrictions. Below is a sample Conditional Registration Certificate, showing the special border and (in this case) an unknown sire. AKC Conditional Certificate AKC Conditional Pedigree The Pedigree for […]

The AKC's DNA programs have resulted in an unprecedented level of accuracy to the AKC registry by evaluating the parentage of many AKC dogs and litters. However, for that very small percentage of registered dogs that are found, often years after birth, to have an unknown ancestor, the AKC had to cancel the registration. To […]

The AKC Registration Certificate contains a great deal of information about your dog. Some of this information is easily understood and, in some cases, abbreviations or codes are used to save space.

Limited Registration means that the dog is registered but no litters produced by that dog are eligible for registration. Chapter 3, Section 4A of the AKC's Rules Applying to Registration and Discipline states the following: "may be requested for a dog when application for individual registration of the dog is submitted, provided the application, together […]