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Read up a little. The AKC is in the business of taking money from breeders for "papers" purporting to certify dogs as "purebred". The AKC is hardly unaware that the breeders are using these papers to scam people into paying huge sums of money for dogs, but it has been well documented that the AKC and many breeders make no effort to monitor the parentage of the dogs. It is also well documented that the AKC has often continued to sell papers to breeders who have been found to be in violation of their state health and animal cruelty laws.

Furthermore, the AKC promulgates and promotes "standards" for breeds, and many of these standards require genetic defects which are harmful to the dogs' health. After the WTC attack, there were several media articles discussing why American (AKC) German Shepherds cannot be used as search and rescue dogs. Following AKC standards, American breeders have bred in a serious hip defect, aimed at exaggerating the appearance of the dogs' hip and rear leg angle. The resulting hips are so unstable that the dogs are prone to serious injuries in search and rescue conditions. So German Shepherds for search and rescue use are imported from Europe, where the breed organizations have not engaged in this idiotic practice.

The German shepherds are just one example of many. Shar-peis are now being bred with such exaggerated facial skin folds that a large percentage require surgery as puppies to prevent serious eye damage. But this is no obstacle to the AKC selling papers to breeders for these dogs, nor is it any obstacle to having the dogs shown and awarded in AKC sanctioned dogs shows.

Read up a little. The AKC is in the business of taking money from breeders for "papers" purporting to certify dogs as "purebred".

So exactly how many dog lists are you on/have you been on?

And exactly how are they supposed to verify EVERY puppy that is registered each year? The only thing that prevents corruption of ANY organization is grassroots effort. That doesn't make the AKC responsible for every puppy miller that is out there.

nor is it any obstacle to having the dogs shown and awarded in AKC sanctioned dogs shows

Actually surgical alteration is definitely not awarded anything, if it is found out. It is responded to with immediate disqualification, unless the judge is corrupt himself. (and, in some cases that happens.)

Thanks for displaying your ignorance, it helps me immensely.