Piratebears
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Just got some results back - my baby carries brown - it also says she carries one copy of the d gene - what does this mean ? she carries grey or not ??? She is Dd ??
It would be great if this would put unreputable breeders out of business, but here in the U.S. they just create their own 'registry' and sell under that. Its really sad that the general public can be so easily cheated. Being heavily involved in rescue I see A LOT of crazy things. The latest was a young lady who needed to surrender her 'Registered Newfoundland' whom she purchased as a puppy from a 'Breeder' (I use that term loosely in this case) in Michigan. When we asked her to send us photos of her 18 month old boy, there was no doubt he was not a Newfoundland and probably didn't have any Newf ever in his genetics. She was shocked, and swore that he was a Registered Newf, so we asked to see his 'Registration' along with information of who his 'Breeder' was....Needless to say, it was a person who no longer has the cell number they used to sell her the puppy, and the 'Registration' is Continental Kennel Club. A very well known BYB Registry that someone started out of their back room by just having you send them money and they would send you a 'Registration'. No controls of the breedings, etc. Its a money making scheme that BYB's are utilizing on their own behalf to skirt around keeping pedigrees, let alone keeping a purebred.ALL the puppies registered to the Belgian Kennel Club must be DNA tested for parentage.
Continental Kennel Club.....Wow. that would be a catch for the not so experienced puppy buyer, very sadIt would be great if this would put unreputable breeders out of business, but here in the U.S. they just create their own 'registry' and sell under that. Its really sad that the general public can be so easily cheated. Being heavily involved in rescue I see A LOT of crazy things. The latest was a young lady who needed to surrender her 'Registered Newfoundland' whom she purchased as a puppy from a 'Breeder' (I use that term loosely in this case) in Michigan. When we asked her to send us photos of her 18 month old boy, there was no doubt he was not a Newfoundland and probably didn't have any Newf ever in his genetics. She was shocked, and swore that he was a Registered Newf, so we asked to see his 'Registration' along with information of who his 'Breeder' was....Needless to say, it was a person who no longer has the cell number they used to sell her the puppy, and the 'Registration' is Continental Kennel Club. A very well known BYB Registry that someone started out of their back room by just having you send them money and they would send you a 'Registration'. No controls of the breedings, etc. Its a money making scheme that BYB's are utilizing on their own behalf to skirt around keeping pedigrees, let alone keeping a purebred.
Sadly this woman was taken for a large sum of money, but fortunately for the dog, he was taken in by an all breed rescue.
Yes, I have too. Talked to someone who had newf swore was registered and was with APRI. There is host of fly by night registries set up to deceive. It's a sad situation.I have spoken to people who were told a pup was CKC reg, which they took to mean Canadian Kennel Club, when in fact it was Continental. Have heard of the same thing with UKC...Universal Kennel Club, not United Kennel Club