> As of January 1, 2012, the first-time individual dog registration fee and > each basic transfer of ownership fee will increase to $30 per dog. > · > Eligibility to Participate in AKC Events > Those people must have rocks for brains! They are going to be having fewer dogs registered and fewer co-ownerships! I have a struggle to pay a $20 fee to register a dog, but $30!!! Holy cow! I, for one, cannot encourage puppy buyers to register their dogs with these outrageous fees! I think this will be happening a lot so it is going to screw up all their record keeping. We'll have to register litters if there's that one show puppy, but the rest can go without papers. Our AKC delegate for our kennel club has already told us about the $5 fee for show entries. These changes are going to force people to stop showing...except for those with plenty of money! How sad for this wonderful sport to come to this! Linda Hendrix St James Shepherds Lin Chi Tibetan Spaniels ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================