I have considered registering my AKC's with the CKC....Maybe some day I will. Dinah, however, is not AKC eligible, so I can't dual her.
People are switching to CKC for several reasons. Mainly because it is cheaper. For instance, it costed me $33 to do a litter registration on my last AKC litter, but the CKC has free litter registration. It is 20 dollars to register a pup AKC and 12 to register it CKC. Also, the CKC is not as strict on requirements. Like if a sire is used more than so many times a year or so many times in a lifetime, it must be DNA'd with the AKC. There is no such rule with the CKC. As for NEW chi owners...many do not know the difference in the AKC and the CKC and when they go to look for a pup, they see so many CKC's and assume that that is the best one, so they want a CKC. I am giving the CKC a try in an attempt to satisfy the market so to speak, but if you ask my personal opinion as to which is the more legitimate or the more preferred registry, I would say AKC hands down. And if you are looking to get into showing...AKC is the only way to go. Marsha ----- Original Message ----- From: fudwmn To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 5:42 PM Subject: [Chihuahuas] Re: Chi barking problem.... Marsha, have you thought about dual registry with the CKC and AKC? I guess it depends on your potential owners. For my next Chi, I want to do conformation as well as performance, so I would look for an AKC pup. So many breeders are swithcing to CKC it seems, so decent AKC pups are getting harder to find. Can you educate me on why folks are wanting CKC registration over AKC? I am pretty new to the whole showing and breeding thing. My hats are off to serious breeders; it's WORK and WORRY! I would be scared to death I think! And I've delivered and resuscitated human babies!!! >> This is also my first ckc litter, as I have always done AKC. But seems more and more people are wanting CKC instead, so I am gonna give it a try. But at this point, I can not speculate on price.
