This is the beginning of a five part series about the 5 major registries I encountered when I was looking for a purebred puppy. It had been a while since we had searched for a purebred dog with papers and I was amazed that there were so many registries out there! When working through all of my questions to breeders, I soon learned that “with papers” cannot be taken as cut and dry as it once was. As I encountered each new registry I researched their standards, breeder requirements and pedigree information. This is meant to be a summary of information that I have found on the web site of each registry. I know that there are many out there that have their own preferences for one registry or another, but this is meant to be a summary of what each offers. Here are the different registries and the order in which the blog posts will be written.
- AKC American Kennel Club
- UKC United Kennel Club
- ACA American Canine Association
- APRI America’s Pet Registry Inc.
- CKC Continental Kennel Club
