[suebgone]

rees, she didn't buy the dog originally. a friend or relative did & then had no time for it - so he was stuffed in a crate long hours.

I'm having trouble keeping up with both threads here so if I repeat myself please bear with me.

I gave her some links about mills & she wrote off to see if he came from a mill. glad you got in here

88, rees knows more about the contracts than I do. reputable responsible breeders have applications & contracts with lots of rules that you must comply with. they will also always take their dogs back for the life of the dog if for any reason the original owner can no longer keep it.

if you have limited registration - that means non of his offspring can be registered

[reeskujo]

sue is right...If you have a limited registration that means you don't have permission from the original breeder to use your dog for breeding purposes therefore you would not be able to register any of the puppies your dogs produces with the AKC...A spay/neuter contract is when the original breeder gives you a certain amount of time to have the dog fixed and you don't get the dogs paper work until you have proof that it's been done...it's standard with a limited registration if your dealing with a reputable breeder....However I'm not sure how it works with the pet stores as far as what kind of contract they have you sign...They really don't care what's done with the puppies after their purchased and since they come from puppy mills the breeder is most likely not to concerned about contracts just the money!

[suebgone]

this is really interesting to me. I've never heard of a pet store having any sort of contract & certainly not a limited registration.

88 could you tell us what the actual language is about your registration