@tlish:
when i try to register the dog online, it says the pet store needs to send some transfer papers or something,
When a dog changes ownership more than once before it is individually registered, a supplemental transfer of ownership must be used. (The AKC must have a record of all of the owners of a dog in order to register it.)
I worked in a pet store when I was very young (and naive) and the process goes something like this. The breeder has to sign the AKC papers and send them to the broker. The broker has to sign them, fill out a supplemental transfer, and send both to the pet store. The pet store has to sign the papers, fill out another supplemental transfer, and send both to you.
Then you have to sign the papers and get them and the transfers to the AKC. Due to the high volume of puppies that go from commercial breeder to broker to pet store, it can take weeks, if not months, to get your final forms.
Robyn Dubbert
Sherwood Basenjis
One thing that I have learned in life is to accept that things are not all black or all white. Life is shades of gray and just because someone sees a different shade of gray than you do, it doesn't mean their shade is right or wrong, its just different. ~ Robyn Dubbert
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