
Steven asks…
Okay, I bought a “Boxer” from a breeder when the dog was 8 weeks old. This dog IS AKC registered (one of the main reasons I bought from a breeder). This Boxer was called a reverse brindle boxer. At the time she was so small you couldn’t really tell what kind of dog she is. Now she is a year old & as she started getting older she started looking NOTHING like a Boxer. Not one person has ever come up to me & said what a cute boxer you have. All I hear is is that a lab, yes a lab. The breeder is from PA & I live in NY. I have persistently emailed them to resolve this & basically they keep telling me she is a pure breed boxer, which I KNOW she is not. She is black (with some brindle color in her coat) and has longer hair than a boxer should have (I have a 9 year old Boxer as well). I think she does have Boxer in her, just a mix.
I purchased the AKC DNA kit & had her tested. I did NOT receive the results in the mail yet, but was told it’s completed. I asked the lady on the phone if she could tell me what the sire dogs DNA was so I could see if another dog got to the mother dog & she told me that the test doesn’t tell me the parents dogs DNA that I have to get that from the breeder, which of course wont give me that info. I was told the test just gives me the 14 genetic markers & I have to compare it to the breeders paper work. I didn’t realize this & thought the test would tell me her blood line (which I already have from the AKC w/ the DNA #’s of the dogs) but the woman told me that this test is just genetic markers & doesn’t tell me about the parent dogs at all. Like I said I haven’t received the paper work in the mail, just anxious to see what it says. Has anyone else had this test done? Will it tell me the parents DNA which is what I thought the test would do.

The AKC certificate is a DNA profile for your dog, it can be compared to the profiles of both parents to determine whether you have the offspring of the parents listed on the registration.
With nearly 1 million new registrations annually, these kinds of disputes happen with AKC all the time. If the AKC was serious about making sure their pedigrees are correct, they would REQUIRE that DNA be done on Sire and Dam and all the pups before the litter can be registered, but they do not. They only require DNA on FUS (frequently used sires) once a sire has had 3 litters per year or 7 in his lifetime. This is not adequate if the AKC is really serious about making sure their record books are correct.
If the breeder is not going to cooperate voluntarily you can file a formal complaint with the AKC but be prepared to fork out $500 just to submit a complaint. If it is determined that your dog is not the offspring of the parents listed on the registration, the AKC will cancel all registrations for the entire litter and send letters to the breeder and everyone who purchased a pup from that litter.
Http://www.akc.org/dna/complaint_policy.cfm
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