AKC Foreign Dog Registration (revisited) - Page 1

If you remember a couple of weeks back I inquired if anyone heard of AKC requiring ORIGINAL registrations....I had advised my friend NOT to send them, but to make a very good color copy. He just forwarded an email from AKC: Dear Sir, We are in the process of completing the application for registration of the above mentioned dog, however, we will need the ORIGINAL 3-generation pedigree of this dog. If you have any questions, please give me a call or email. Thank you, Pamela Bennerson Senior Registration Operator American Kennel Club He also attached HIS response back to them stating that if they can't guarantee their return or give him something in writing that THEY will be responsible for replacement, then he's going to keep the SV papers and not even register him with AKC. Now the ball is in THEIR court...waiting to see what happens. My money is on the fact that they dont care if one guy registers his dog or not.

When did they change that? On their web page they still say "copy of original". You can read it here: http://www.akc.org/rules/special_registry_services.cfm on #4 they say "legible photocopy of a complete official three-generation Pedigree and" I. IMPORTED DOGS A. Eligibility Dogs imported into the U.S. may be eligible for registration in the AKC Stud Book, provided: 1. The imported dog is of a breed eligible for individual registration in the AKC Stud Book. 2. The dog is physically in the United States even if the owner is a foreign resident. 3. The imported dog was registered in country of birth with a Foreign Registry Organization listed in Section IV of this pamphlet. 4. The AKC application form is accompanied by a legible photocopy of a complete official three-generation Pedigree and certification from the Foreign Registry Organization. The dog must have an unrestricted registration. 5. The AKC application and the foreign registration must reflect identical ownership. 6. The dog has been positively and permanently identified (microchip or tattoo) prior to being registered

I imported and registered a dog within the past 6 weeks and send copies also...but according to what AKC told him, they have just made this change, and it is still not on their site. THAT'S why I told him to just send copies and he could argue it because it if they gave him any hassle because it still states copies on the site. So when he DID send the copies, this is the reply he got! Maybe I'll call AKC tomorrow and ask when it was changed and WHY and what sort of guarantee do they have in place for their return. (sure hate to open a can of worms tho! LOL) I DO NOT like this if it's now required! BS!

I just registered an import in May and did not have to send original anything. Downloaded the foreign registration from AKC web page filled it all out sent copy of foreign registration 2 pictures of the dog and it was back in 2-3 weeks. They had wrong color on dog and I calld them and within 2 weeks I had another registration with the right color on it. No problems what-so-ever.

Just went to AKC site pulled up foreign registration forms and it specifically says not to send originals.

AKC -- OH BOY -- to make matters worse -- if you think another registry to register , for example the Canadian Kenn. Club -- if that GSD first touches by either birth or imported USA soil it must be AKC regitered first before CKC is allowed -- HMMM i think they might have cornered the market -- but then again AKC -- does anyone care??

to the GSD people -- why not start our own registry ?? and allow other titles in addition to Sch and HGH in order for your GSD to be breed worthy -- for example belgium ring titles , mondio and police K9 tiltes , etc?? --

Where is the dog from? This could be what the problem is as they have had some problems with paperwork from certain countries recently.

Unfortunately, I agree with the originator of the post, and the A.K.C. may well care less about the registration of a foreign dog. As I said in a previous post, I would take his paperwork to a print shop such as Kinko's and have them make as exact a copy as possible of the paperwork. They do have the high-colour scanning equipment that can do this. Then, ask them to trim and fold it to the exact size. As long as there is no security watermark or applied seal label, then it will pass for an original document. We are dealing with the A.K.C., not the Bureau of Engraving and Print. I agree that the A.K.C. is saying one (1) thing and practicing another. It's a pisser that one must do this lest he risk losing his original paperwork. I have never taken the risk with original paperwork. Bob-O

I was requested to send an Original pedigree after I sent a copy, when I registered a pup a couple years ago from Canada. I went and had a notary copy and put her seal of purity on it and sent that. They registered the dog no problem. Try this and see if it works for you. kari