My cocker is 2 years old. He is AKC registered, but neutered. I have no interest in showing him or breeding him. He was purchased strictly as a pet because I love the breed. He comes from a very reputable breeder, who actually would not sell him to me as anything other than pet quality, but she did give me his paperwork to fill out and send in. I haven't done it. The paperwork is still in my nightstand drawer. Is there any real need to, considering I'm not breeding or showing? I know he's purebred, so does it matter if his registration papers get updated?
2007-12-06 04:40:35 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
He was 4 months old when we got him, if that makes any difference. He had actually been sold at 12 weeks to one family, but they brought him back because he didn't "fit their lifestyle" which is how we wound up with the option to purchase him. They did send in his blue slip puppy papers, the registration papers I have are listed as their names.
2007-12-06 04:48:17 · update #1
Mainly it's proof of ownership, kinda like your car registration.
As pit bull legislation becomes more prevalent, registration papers may become more important to prove your dog is NOT a pit bull. Sounds silly, but in places like Ontario if an official says your dog "looks like" a pit bull, it IS a pit bull. Recently a LABRADOR RETRIEVER was saved from being confiscated and killed only because her owners had registration papers proving that she was a lab and not a pit bull.
Besides, you never know if you might get interested in doing some sport with your dog. I've known lots of people to get interested in dog sports, and be sorry that their dogs weren't registered.
2007-12-06 04:47:12 · answer #1 · answered by DaBasset - BYBs kill dogs 7 · 7⤊ 2⤋
Ask yourself this.
By sending in the papers, does it make you love your pup any more than you already do or does it make you feel as if he worth more?
He will still be the same dog today than he will be the day you mail the paperwork.
It is nice that you have a purebred with papers but it really means nothing unless you are oging to show him.
Love him, he is a great dog from the way you describe him.
2007-12-06 04:51:59 · answer #2 · answered by littleladybud4512 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, the only reason I'd be worried is that he's still in the prior owner's name...so if you ever had to prove ownership of him, your name wouldn't be on the papers.
But there are other ways to prove ownership, so maybe not that big of a deal.
Sending them in now is entirely up to you. I give my puppy people their registration slips on proof of spay or neuter, and I'd say 1 out of 3 ever bother to send them in (I check via the AKC website) -- for the same reason. They don't plan to compete, and obviously aren't going to breed, so they don't care.
Unless you get a bug and decide to do some agility or obedience with your boy, there's probably no reason.
2007-12-06 04:52:37 · answer #3 · answered by Loki Wolfchild 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
AKC papers are really only useful if you do plan to breed or show - a lot of breeders sell their pups without any paperwork at all, usually if they want them to go to pet homes only.
If you have the papers, do keep them as maybe you'll want to update his registration one day. But it doesn't matter if you don't do it immediately or at all.
2007-12-06 04:46:44 · answer #4 · answered by La Comtesse DeSpair 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, and they have probably expired already if he is not individually registered. Last I knew puppy papers,blue slips, expire by 12-18 mos old. An UTD microchip would do the dog better justice than UTD registration papers.
2007-12-06 04:46:25 · answer #5 · answered by ginbark 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I wouldn't worry about it. I bought a purebred dog from a "reputable" breeder, who quit breeding after my dogs litter, so she never bothered to send me the registration papers. At first I was upset about it but then I read on the akc website about registration, and it seemed completely pointless unless you wanted to show the dog.
2007-12-06 04:45:26 · answer #6 · answered by Rachel 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have never registered my pups and still have all the blue slips signed by the breeder in a file for dogs that have passed on. It isn't expensive to register a dog, but like you all my animals are altered and family pets and I never bother.
2007-12-06 06:27:55 · answer #7 · answered by Little Ollie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our pup is our pet and we did register him with the AKC even tho' we do not plan to show him, and he is neutered. We did this for our own protection. We wanted every possible avenue to ensure that our puppy would come back to us in the event that he was ever lost or stolen (not that we'd ever put him in that position, but you never know). He is chipped and licensed with our local animal control agency.
He wears his License, ID tag, and AKC tags on his collar. We spent good $$ on him, and we want him back and safe in our arms should anything happen.
2007-12-06 04:52:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Unless you want the bragging rights to say he's AKC registered. The papers are just a formality - if you ever want to show him, though, in a formal dog show you will need to send those papers in.
2007-12-06 04:45:58 · answer #9 · answered by ktissokewl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it really doesn't matter unless you decide, for some reason, to compete with him in some venue such as obedience, agility, herding etc...
One thing a LOT of people don't know is that altered dogs can compete in single breed specialty shows once they are old enough to be veterans... I have a good friend of mine who won several Award of Merits on her old neutered dog. It was a big deal for her that her pet was able to get those big, cool ribbons for her. I, myself, had a dog who WON two Specialty shows as a spayed Veteran (she was a champion before spaying though).
2007-12-06 04:49:39 · answer #10 · answered by animal_artwork 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, there is no need to get the papers, unless you just want them. It's like a birth certificate. Lots of people who buy a pup only as a pet, never get the papers.
2007-12-06 04:47:57 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋