What would you do? - Page 1

I was in co-ownership of a pup, prelims were not good with both elbows and a hip not passing. I signed the dog back over the other co-owner (breeder) and sent her back.
I found out recently, that she has been bred and the breeder falsified my name and its attached to the litter of puppies.
The female is not titled, I checked OFA and she doesn't show up on the database. 
What would you in this situation?

Call AKC and at least let them know, not that they care.

If you have an attorney who won't charge too much, write a letter to the now owner regarding the fraud and try to urge them to do the right thing.

I once had a similar situation with a dog I decided I didn't want bred for other reasons and the co-owner refused to sign the dog over to me, even though I offered to write off the money she owed me if she would do so. She owed me a significant amount of money for her half of health checks, stud fees, travel expenses, etc. I did not want the dog bred and I really did not want to split litters with this person due to the care the dogs would (not) receive so I did the only thing I could think of that was totally ethical, and I put the dog into a wonderful home w/no papers, for "pound puppy" price. I fear the same thing would have happened if I had signed the dog over to her, because I found out that my AKC papers were invalid because she'd ordered new ones- no idea what story she came up with to do that, but what an eye-opener to find out that my set of papers had been replaced. Once that was revealed, I was doubly sure I never wanted to be involved in any of her shenanigans and the only way out was to scrap a dog I had very high hopes for.  Very upsetting situation, as this was a super nice dog and worth money, but it's better to sleep at night.

I am typically not one to start drama about things but in your case, Kim, I would consider writing it all clearly and concisely on your website so that people know you did NOT do the breeding. Even though AKC does not get involved in co-ownership disputes, in this case there is absolute fraud and forgery, so you may have an avenue. I wish you luck.

May I ask why you signed the dog over if it had health problems? I mean, why does someone need papers on a dog w/3 bad joints? 

Your story sounds really familiar, Jen.  

I wasn't the breeder and sent her back to him after finding out.
I got an AKC notice that I had certified the litter.

Did the breeder really need to falsify your name, or did this happen automatically?
I´m not used to AKC procedures, but in case both of you are named as official owners for AKC, you may be the "co-breeder", willingly or not.
Did you tell AKC you are not longer involved in this dog? Can they know?
In case you signed the dog back over let´s say in Juli, and the dog was bred in August, there should be no problem to get out of this case.
Did you make a copy?
Intersting question: In case you are the "co-breeder", do belong 1/2 of the pups to you, or do you get 1/2 of the money out of puppy sales?

Susie, for AKC co-owns, both parties need to sign the litter papers.

Thank you, there may come the day I understand the American rules...