Yep, I don't know if it is done now, but, when I lived in Detroit (pre-1978) I registered my dogs with the CKC and showed in Canada. We had a choice of nose-printing or tattooing. I preferred tattoos because it served a dual-purpose for me. It was good I.D. if a dog was lost or stolen (don't forget, this was before micro-chipping) and satisfied the CKC's requirements for registration. I think I did a nose-print, too, on one or two dogs. CKC was way ahead of the AKC as far as trying to ensure the identity of their registered dogs. Nose prints were believed to be as individual as fingerprints are in human. Of course, now we know better, but, this was before DNA and other more accurate ways of identifying individuals. Paula, 276 days and counting ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Stormy Hope <Stormy435@xxxxxxx> Subject: Noseprint? Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 18:59:14 -0800 Because of what I'm doing I ran across a CDN Registration, and while checking it, I noticed that there was a choice to have a Tattoo or a "Nose Print." Canadians, please help me out here. Is that true that you could have registered your dogs with "nose prints" and how did that work? Call me curious Stormy Stormy Hope www.carpoc.org AKC Legislative Liaison, GSDCA Sunshine Squad <showgsd.org/sunshine.html) GSDs and more ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================