how do I get my puppy registered with AKC - Page 1

I just purchased two Pomchi puppies and only have the papers on the male puppy from akc. But I wanted to register both of them. Can anyone help explain Ow to go about getting it done....Please and thank you

Are they mix breeds?

http://www.akc.org/dog-owners/canine-partners/

 

Sorry. I didn't know what a pomchi was. I hope this helps.

You have mixed breed puppies, so you can not register with AKC as "Pure bred dogs"
You can get them a limited registration paper that allows them to compete in canine sports events. (A listing number) Such as Agility, Obedience and Rally. But they are not a breed so the can not compete in conformation. (showing)
And in order to get a Canine Partners listing number they will have to be spayed and/or neutered.
Same thing goes for the UKC, they are not a breed, but your can register them for sports.
Fry

Don't really get the point, other than charging ridiculously higher prices, of breeding a Pom to a Chihuahua...each breed is plenty small to begin with, they have similar personalities already, and Chihuahuas come in both long-coated and smooth-coated varieties. So other than the ability to slap a silly made up name on the pups and call them 'designer' dogs, what is gained in doing this kind of breeding?

Perhaps that's what shelters and rescues need to do--slap fancy made up names on their available charges, and raise the adoption fees to make the dogs seem more exclusive.

To each their own, Hexe. As long as the pup has a loving home, that's all that matters, right?

Reliya, no, that's not all that matters--it's become a cottage industry in many areas of the US to get a couple of purebred [or allegedly so] pocket-dogs of various breeds, cross them with each other, slap a stupid name on the offspring and then charge ridiculous prices for what are basically intentional mixed breed lapdogs...and it's most often done by people who don't know the first frickin' thing about any of the breeds they're using, so they don't know about the various health and temperament issues that are found in these pocket-breeds. These 'breeders' don't bother doing any health clearances, either not knowing they should or just not caring 'cause it cuts into profits. In most instances, the dogs primarily live in crates that are stacked one atop the other, and the sole motivation for breeding the dogs is cold, hard cash.

Meanwhile, your basic mixed-breed dogs and pups are being put down when shelters start nearing capacity, or when disease rips through the facilities, or one of these 'breeders' gets busted for neglect and abuse. If I had a dollar for every one of these 'breeders' who end up being busted for neglecting the dogs they have, failing to get appropriate vet care for them, I'd have a pretty flush vacation fund...and then the shelters end up having to find room for these mixed breed dogs after the 'breeders' get busted, which may cause yet more 'non-designer' mixes to be put down to make room for these sickly creatures, since the latter generally have to be held until the court case is decided.

So no, that the pups are going to good homes isn't the only thing that matters--if someone wants a mixed breed dog, there are plenty to be had for far less money than what 'breeders' of these crossbreds charge. And if people stopped buying these phony 'breeds', those who produce them would stop doing so, because there wouldn't be a market for them.

Sadly, the problems Hexe describes are not limited
to the USA ... big market in the UK now, same story.
Not good.

Hexe, things are no better in the purebred dog world. Rose coloured glasses.

Let's create a new topic if we're going to debate, but puppy mills exist for both pure breeds and 'designer' dogs. There are also responsible breeders that breed both.

Everybody here (for a while) should know about the dark underbelly of breeding as well as our shelter problem. As long as people would rather be greedy/cheap instead of researching breeders/paying the price for a well bred dog/only breeding healthy, sound dogs/breeding goes unregulated, it's going to be an issue.

We all know this.

But this puppy has a home and is presumably happy. That matters.