"If you are interested in multi purpose dogs, by all means,use that as a gauge when looking for a puppy. Of course, be aware that a CD title does not really mean much. (OK, except when you get one you feel pretty darned good about it!)"
In America? Actually having a self-controlled obedient dog is a *rarity*! (I mean in the real world, not just those who actually go to shows.) Most cannot handle a CD (and only part of it is on lead, so there's no way most dogs in the US can do it - if only because their owners have let it be so). IMO, there are dogs who are virtually incorrigible, and if they truly can't manage a CD, they probably DO have a mental/emotional flaw (I can just see my Tara fitting in there). This is a minimal test - so is it so much to ask it be a requirement?
Agreed the AKC is technically "just a registry". However, they sure get their hands in a heck of alot of stuff to be just that. And there's no reason they could NOT expand their scope. Heck, FTM, if they're only a registry, why do they even come up with rules for conformation or any performance at all? Why have they forbidden "schutzhund" until the last month or so? They have alot of power for just a registry.
I really don't understand your point. I'm going to just let you have your rant.
susie