i was given a puppy from this lady who i was helping out and she offered me a puppy and i got it i was staying at her house for i lil'while and she started trippen so i moved out and took the puppy with me cuz she gave it to me and then now that im moved out her house she wants the puppy back and she dont have no papers on it and i dont either.so me and my family figured that if we were to get papers on the puppy we could claim it but its just we dont have much money to get papers.also, we were told that u could get them off the internet but i dont know how!wat do i do???
2007-01-31 01:03:41 · 8 answers · asked by laladyluky 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
The onlyt papers you can get would be from a vet - Take it to get its shots altered in your name so when she comes to you again it is yours.
2007-01-31 01:25:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
When you get a puppy "with papers" that means the puppy's owner is legally transferring its registration to you. You submit the papers and the place that registers the dog (like the akc) puts your name in its database as the owner.
If the pup doesn't have paper, then you can't get papers.
Take it to the vet and get it a checkup and shots and then license it wherever you live. You could even go so far as to have the vet microchip it.
Keep in mind that if the puppy came from a litter at her house, from her dog, and you do not have a bill of sale or written proof she gave it to you, she could fight to get the pup back and win.
She could call the police and say you stole it, or take you to small claims court.
Since this pup doesn't have papers I would guess the financial cost to take you to court would be more than she would want to pay. If she is really angry at you, she could still call the cops.
Best advice: Take the dog to the vet, make sure it is well fed and cared for and if she puts up a stink, you'll have that going for you.
2007-01-31 02:36:33 · answer #2 · answered by bookmom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Laladyluky!!
Dog Papers or Puppy Papers are kinda like a passport. They identify your puppy and without proper papers your puppy cannot be registered in foreign countries or the US, or enter dog shows.
Legitimate Dog Registration was created to maintain a registry for purebred dogs and preserve its integrity. To provide a non-bias but regulating means to ensure the pedigrees of purebred dogs.
Your puppy papers are a birth certificate, which must be issued by a proper authority in order to get your passport or Dog Registration.
If you purchase a pure bred puppy then you should receive pure registration. It is simple, cheap and easy. A legitimate breeder will have legitimate papers, period. Or go to if you live on USA - The American Kennel Club (AKC) - http://www.akc.org/ or if you live on UK - The Canadian Kennel Club (CKC) - http://www.ckc.ca/.
Basically each Country has ONE official Registry, if the dog is born in that country it gets the respective papers then when it moves to another Country it must get new papers from that Country's official registry. All Countries have agreements but only with the correct official registry.
Jason Homan
2007-01-31 02:03:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any papers you can get off the internet or from a scam registry won't help you at all and will be a BIG waste of time & money.These type of papers are worthless and not worth the paper they are written on.
Also papers in this case, even if from a legit registry won't help either since they would be done & dated AFTER the fact.
2007-01-31 13:08:04 · answer #4 · answered by Great Dane Lover 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If she has no papers, there aren't any. The parents of the puppy would have had to have them for the litter to be registered. If she just gave you the puppy and she has no proof of ownership, I don't see how she can get the puppy back unless she took you to court and won. I don't see how she can prove anything though.
2007-01-31 01:29:11 · answer #5 · answered by KathyS 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Papers are given to you by the breeder showing pedigree and ownership. If she doesn't even have papers for the puppy(was she the breeder?), then this pupp probably isn't pur bred and won't be able to obtain papers. you can go license the dog in your name and that will prove some sort of ownershipo if that helps.
2007-01-31 01:26:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Probably the only "papers" you will be getting is a bill of sale from the breeder. I would doubt very much if you even know who the parents are and unless they are registered you can't register the puppy.
2007-01-31 01:26:22 · answer #7 · answered by tom l 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Better than papers ... if you want to really claim ownership, get your dog licensed (it's the law in most places anyway). The dog license lists the owner, and you could use it to claim ownership.
2007-01-31 02:20:55 · answer #8 · answered by Ginbail © 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋