Chickentrain's Dog Q&A

[berryncherry]

I saw something very confusing...

The dog has to be either spayed or neutered in order to be registered to AKC through PAL(which is the registration you use when the dog's parents are not registered to AKC). But it appears that you can still take part in the junior showmanship.

 

[berryncherry]

I stopped getting notifications for this thread

look what I found
https://www.ykc.org.uk/content/about-us/why-join-the-ykc/
It’s the uk equivalent to junior handling with other stuff, I really want to join but I don’t have a dog I can do it with yet

Best of luck! Are you looking for a big or small dog to train?

 

[SpotTheCat]

Best of luck! Are you looking for a big or small dog to train?

Bigish about 20kg,I am looking at samoyeds at the moment

 

[berryncherry]

Bigish about 20kg,I am looking at samoyeds at the moment

Are you training for agility or show? I've heard from some that Samoyeds are a bit difficult to train.

 

[SpotTheCat]

I saw something very confusing...
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The dog has to be either spayed or neutered in order to be registered to AKC through PAL(which is the registration you use when the dog's parents are not registered to AKC). But it appears that you can still take part in the junior showmanship.

I looked it up and you can do junior showmanship if your dog is neutered
https://www.akc.org/sports/conformation/junior-showmanship/

 

[SpotTheCat]

Are you training for agility or show? I've heard from some that Samoyeds are a bit difficult to train.

They can be difficult because they are stubborn like most spitz breeds, I like the stubbornness. Dryland mushing, a bit of agility, I would like to do showmanship and maybe showing, but I am not sure we will get a show quality one and it will probably be spayed (at a year old)

 

[NatJ]

I saw something very confusing...

The dog has to be either spayed or neutered in order to be registered to AKC through PAL(which is the registration you use when the dog's parents are not registered to AKC). But it appears that you can still take part in the junior showmanship.

I can see the logic of that.

By limiting it to spayed/neutered dogs, there will never be a question of registering puppies from such dogs, so it doesn't matter if they really have the correct genes for their breed or not. It's much easier to tell if a dog looks right than trying to judge its genes.

I think they are trying to balance two things:
--letting people & dogs participate in events
--keeping breeds "pure" with their normal registration system

This PAL listing, for spayed/neutered dogs only, is probably a good compromise to provide much of what people want, without having to completely re-write large sections of their rules.

 

[black_cat]

Bigish about 20kg,I am looking at samoyeds at the moment

those are so small thooooo
but yes please get a samoyed

 

[SpotTheCat]

those are so small thooooo
but yes please get a samoyed

I can spin their fur and knit/crochet stuff out of it

 

[black_cat]

I can spin their fur and knit/crochet stuff out of it

make samoyed mittens please