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Originally Posted by Michael Romanos
I would think it is common sense not to assume that a Government would pay affiliaton fees on behalf of a nationally-recognised dog organisation. Can't think of any country that would directly - even Mainland China.
So when one says that NZ or Germany or Sweden or Argentina pays fees to the FCI it doesn't mean that our/their Government does.
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I don't think it's common sense to think that. The AKC is a nationally recoginized dog orginization but the government has nothing to do with the AKC and the AKC is a stand alone orginization and does not pay fees to any other orginization.
The AKC and the UKC are the two top canine orginizations in the US and they are both stand alone orginizations. They are not affiliated with nor pay fees to others.
And when you say the US pays fees, like Chris says we, here in the US see that as meaning the country as a whole or our government. We don't see it as a single dog registery, association or whatever pays fees for *that* orginization.
IMO, it's not the same thing at all.
Peggy