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Originally Posted by Michael Romanos
In reality Debbie, a breeder can choose or not choose whatever opportunities are availed and there are many ways to skin a cat ie arrangements between breeder and other party/parties. I do think this subject had a shorter answer than what you have provided.
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IF the litter is eligible and going to be registered with AKC then there are no short cuts about the signatures. UKC registration will probably be about the same. All bets are off with any of the other registeries.
My more lengthy answers were geared to those who had asked questions wanting explanations of matters that weren't quite clear to them. It is true that there can be variations on arrangements between breeders and stud owners (who are usually breeders themselves), but the example I gave is pretty much the norm and the basics. There's going to be a stud contract with the responsibilities and expectations of both the stud owner and the dam owner spelled out. I can take it a bit further. As an owner of a stud dog I can set criteria that has to be fulfilled by the owner of a female who might want to breed to my dog. I can require the b*tch be major pointed or even finished. I can require a long list of health clearances be provided before I will even consider doing a breeding with her. If anyone has ever seen the line in an ad or on a website: "Stud service available to approved b*tches" then that is what is entailed in that. A female doesn't meet those requirements, I'm going to turn down the breeding - which I can also do anytime I'm approached about a breeding.
But I did include the short answer(s). If you are meaning the over the fence, horse board, and internet offerings of stud services then there won't be any contracts, requirements or expectations and the owner of the stud dog wannabe is going to have a lot more to be concerned about than whether the puppies all get homes and will have even less influence on their placement than in anything I spelled out. That's real life here in America.
Debbie