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Location: Somerset UK
Joined: Jun 2007
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[QUOTE=Ramble;1194117]I agree, I think it is vital that any dog bred should be entered on a central registry and microchipped or tatooed....a bit like a car registration, so the dog is always able to be traced back to owners or the breeder...health tests could also be put onto it.
As I say though I think it is beyond the KCs remit, it's a government issue...it would be a massive and expensive undertaking.
A well run breed club serves the same purpose, as the holder of the litter register would ensure health checks etc are done and would know all the current ethical breeders that breed within the societies breed standards....that's where puppy buyers should be directed, rather than to a list of names on the KC website surely? Perhaps the KC needs to look at ensuring Breed Socieites are well run and honest?[/QUOTE
But the government aren't responsible for registering the pups. And would it be that massive if broken down into breed clubs each having a central register. All you really need basically is a spreadsheet type document (I'm not aufait on computer programmes)and the breed clubs usually have a website anyway.
I agree they should go via breed clubs but people don't know this. Rightly or wrongly they assume KC registered means quality and until the KC tell the facts people will carry on believing it. And at Crufts, the highlight of the KC calendar this just shows the public and enforces the myth that pedigree KC registered dogs are the best, which in some cases just isn't so.
In your honest opinion do you think that if every breed had a central register that the KC would refuse to register any puppies whose parents are not on the list?
Here is a link to the page that I mentioned earlier, this is all that is basically needed but the KC would have to endorse it and promote it etc.
http://kerioak.dobermann.me.uk/
http://kerioak.dobermann.me.uk/