Re: Registration vs. Recording

In Reply to: Registration vs. Recording
Posted by:  Jeanette Lopez
Posted on:  May 31, 2001 at 12:23:22

: What is the difference between Registering a Jack Russell and Recording a Jack Russell? Why are spayed/neutered Jacks only eligible to be Recorded?

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Hi, Jeanette,

Great question!

Registration is a way of keeping track of breeding dogs and their pedigrees. It is not offered to spay/neutered dogs because, quite simply, they don't breed.

Recording is exactly like registration in the eyes of the club, and the dog basically has the same priveleges, but there isn't a need to further make record of the dog's pedigree information. This results in less work for the club registrar, so there is a substantial savings involved with recording as opposed to registration.

The ONLY thing that recorded dogs don't do, that registered dogs do is show in open conformation classes. These classes are strictly for people who will likely breed their dogs. Recorded, or spay/neutered dogs can be shown in some conformation classes, though, like the working classes, and some suitabilty classes, and I believe also in family classes, generation classes, companion class, costume class, and the spay/neuter classes (not to mention everything else... Go To Ground, Racing, Hurdle Racing, Agility, Jumpers, Trailing and Locating, Super Earth, Ball Retrieval, Obedience and Lure Coursing are all open to any terrier, regardless of registration vs. recording.

There really aren't any drawbacks to having a recorded dog. If anything, those with recorded terriers can consider themselves exceptionally fortunate that they don't have to deal with heats, excessive marking, more of a chance for same sex and dog aggression, cancers of the reproductive systems, false pregnancies, c-sections, stillbirths, death in birth, brucellosis (canine venereal disease), returned puppies, news of puppy deaths, seriously handicapped puppies, tube feeding, infections of the reproductive system or mammary glands, (I could go on and on with the possibilities that can lay ahead for dogs who aren't spayed or neutered).

Hope this answers your question!