re: BLOG Question

From: Sandra Williams
Date: 4/9/08

Hello Dale,
Love the CHERUB site, your dogs are wonderful!
The Blog is very educational and I wish it was available
before I purchased my Missy.
We of course love her, paid over $3000. to the person that was
selling her. She was not the breeder of the puppy. (breeder is in Kansas - they didn't mention that).
Our question is, the papers she came with are not AKC (we assumed they were), can we register her with AKC?
Missy will stay either way but we had hoped our daughter could show her in Junior showmanship to start with and then to her championship.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Sandra Williams


RESPONSE:
Date: 4/9/08


Dear Sandra,
So glad you are enjoying the BLOG! It has been alot of fun to do.
The person you purchased Missy from was most likely a BROKER who probably purchased
the puppy (very likely the entire litter) for probably a third of her selling
price (per puppy).
The commercial pet trade usually uses the bogus - non DNA backed papers
as they can fool the public into thinking that this dog is of documented DNA
backed parentage. Not to mention no regard for breed betterment which is the primary goal of most AKC show breeders.
If they were indeed AKC they would have to be inspected by AKC and the
DNA would be done for pedigree verification.
The USDA inspects the poultry/cattle/swine/ & commercially bred dogs.
We have seen (on Oprah, Dateline, etc) what appears to be acceptable standards for USDA kennels.
Unless Missy's parents are registered with AKC and her breeder in KS is a
member in good standing that could register her, her current papers will not
get you AKC registration.
Please consider spaying her and enjoying her as your beloved family companion.
If you are serious about the breed and want to learn about them, join a local
kennel club and look to work with a breeder of champion maltese to learn about
maltese. Most importantly, give your girl lots of love and don't feel badly, all Maltese are precious.
Take care,
Dale

PS. Send a photo of your girl with her family for the BLOG!