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Shalva - Sorry memberships was the wrong word to use. I was refering to dogs it had registered. I was not thinking of them getting involved in breeding and quality, etc, but rather changing their thinking a bit.
I know their main purpose is to track lineage, but because of their popularity of their name and people not fully understanding what it means for a dog to be AKC registered bad people have misused the AKC. I don't see why if they kept the same fees, but openned the registry to all dogs they could not continue to function. They would grow a bit, but I have to assume the increased number of registration fees would cover that.
The big issue I have is that it seems like a lot of BYB or Millers are partially so successful because they use AKC registrations like it means something. Openning the registry to everyone would remove this feeling of importance, still allow responsible breeders, showers, etc, to do their things, and add some perks for those of use who have mutts, or other non-registerable, dogs.
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