Consider this Post before Buying a Dog Registered by the Continental Kennel Club.

If both parents are A.K.C. there is no reason NOT to register the puppies. CKC stands for Continental Kennel Club. It also stands for Canadian Kennel Club. Now the Canadian Kennel Club is an excellent registry and it works just like A.K.C. does. But Continental Kennel Club in Walker, Louisiana, also calls itself the CKC. And most dogs that are registered with CKC in the U.S. are registered with Continental Kennel Club. Now, just think about a registry that would use call letters that are identical to another well know registry. Think about that for a while. With CKC they do not require that dogs be DNA tested, so you don't know if the pups come from the parents the breeder says or not. With A.K.C. you know for sure because there is DNA testing. A.K.C. implemented the Frequent Sire Program in 2003. This requires a breeder to DNA test their sires if that sire has more than 3 litters within a calendar year. Before 2003, they (A.K.C.) only required the breeder to test the sire after the 6th litter. With A.K.C. you can't pick up a dog on the side of the road and register it. With CKC you can. With A.K.C. you can't breed a Great Dane to Doberman and call it a new breed; i. e. the Great Doberman, and you can do this with CKC. See there is a big difference. Many times when people can't get dogs registered by A.K.C. they go to CKC. because CKC is so loose with their rules. So the puppy you are buying might grow up to look like the parents or it might not. It might grow up to be as big as a whippet or have ears that stand straight up, etc. And people that don't breed, don't know what puppies are supposed to look like so they can be fooled. They see a cute puppy and they buy it, but when it is grown it doesn't look like the breed it is supposed to be or it is too big. If the breeder has papers on both parents there is no reason the breeder should not register it with A.K.C., because the overwhelming majority of breeders in the U.S. would rather all their dogs be A.K.C. registered. The reason some of these new registries are popping up is because some years back A.K.C. required breeders to DNA their dogs. It is a rule. So if you buy a puppy from an A.K.C. breeder and the puppy doesn't turn out to look like an Italian Greyhound, you can contact the A.K.C. And then they will DNA your puppy and if it doesn't match the DNA records they have on the parents of the puppy the breeder will NO longer be able to register with A.K.C. at all. Now, there are some people who can NO longer register with A.K.C. because they have committed fraudulent actions with their breeding and registry records, and when A.K.C. catches them they can NO longer register their dogs with A.K.C. at all. And just remember a registry is what it says. It registers dogs. I can become a registry today. All I have to do is start a website and call myself the World Canine Registry (and there might already be one called that, there are so many out there these days), advertise how much it costs to register dogs and people will start registering with me. Even if I don't keep good records or have rules that are so lax that there aren't any rules at all. Because all some people care about are PAPERS. Many people don't know what papers mean. Many people just want to be able to say "MY DOG HAS PAPERS!!!!!". Registration papers mean a lot. They mean that for 8 generations or more an IG(Italian Greyhound) was bred to an IG (Italian Greyhound), so what you have is an IG (Italian Greyhound.) With an A.K.C. registered IG (Italian Greyhound), you can go back many, many generations to see the lineage of the puppy you buy. That is what a good registry does. It registers dogs for years and years. And it doesn't allow dogs that someone says is a Cocker Spaniel be registered as a Cocker Spaniel just because the owner says that is what it is. So, the only registry in the USA that stands behind it's papers scientifically with DNA is A.K.C. The registry with the best and longest reputation in the USA is A.K.C. The registry that offers the most for the pet owner, breeder, show dog, obedience dog, tracking dog, fly ball dog, etc. etc. etc. is A.K.C. And it has been that way for years. When puppies are cheaper than everyone elses there is usually a problem. Buying the cheapest puppy is never a good idea. Do not buy from anyone that advertises on the Internet, or buy from a pet shop such as Petland in So. Point, OH. They order their dogs. I know this because I called and talked to the manager and was told this personally. This is usually indicative of a puppy mill. Always, always ask if the parents are on site. If not, then don't buy. If only one parent is on site, ask where the other one is being housed and go see it. Always ask to see the registration papers on both parents, and ask the breeder to show you the grandparents lineage too.

I have done more research on this subject. I spoke to a representative of A.K.C. and asked questions about the CKC. I was told that this registry is valid, but does not have the strict breeding regulations that A.K.C. does. I was informed that this does not mean they are fake, just not as good as A.K.C. There is a good chance that the dog you are buying that is registered by this agency will have health concerns. The representative told me that there have been a rash of registries showing up across the nation. To be sure that the dog you are buying has no health issues, make sure that the puppy has been vet checked by the breeder, and then take the dog to your vet to have a thorough check-up. The CKC(Continental Kennel Club) just requires a person to send a picture of the breeding pair in order to get it registered. If you have concerns about the breeder, and they are saying that the parents are A.K.C. registered, you can go to the A.K.C. website and either email them or call them directly with your concerns. The website is: www.akc.org.