Animals: Frog & Robin

Litter Registration

The American Kennel Club has decided to register all pure bred dogs born in the U.S. on and after next Jan. 1, by litters. The owners of the whelping dam must furnish information on the breed, number of pups, their sex, markings, whether dam fed or foster-mothered. If litter registration is not fulfilled, the pups are ineligible for later individual registration. The litter record will be added to the bitch's register. Fees: $1 within 60 days after the throw, $2 thereafter; or for members of the constituent A.K.C. clubs, nothing for the first 60 days, $1 thereafter.

If litter requirements are fulfilled, individual pups must, nonetheless, be registered as heretofore ($2 each within 18 mos. after birth, $4 thereafter). The dam's owner may make the individual registrations as "first owner," or the pup purchaser as the ''second owner." No one else may register a dog.

Another proposed A. K. C. rule is to forbid "any dog whelped after January 1933, whose ears have been cropped or cut in any way," entree to an official dog show.

The A. K. C. is now advising "owners of stud dogs or brood bitches, furnishing stud services or leasing, as the case may be, for the consideration of a puppy, as either a stud fee or a leasing fee, to have such agreements placed in the form of a written contract, so that there can be no possible misunderstanding after the whelping. In fact, it is advisable to have all business transactions relating to dogs placed in writing for the mutual protection of all concerned."