Questioni just got a 6 week old pitbull and the owner that gave him to me i dont think registered him.What should i do ?
AnswerUnless you are required by law to have papers on your dog, or you plan on breeding him or showing him, you don't really need to have him registered (unless, of course, you just want to register him).
If the reason you are seeking papers is of the legal nature (i.e. your community mandates that your dog must be registered with the county, etc for animal control purposes) all you have to do is contact your local animal control office. They should have the information for you regarding where you need to take your dog, where you can get the registration application, and the fees associated with registering the dog.
If you do are seeking papers for breeding or showing reasons, then you need to contact the original owner and find out 1)if the pup's parents were registered and what registry they were registered under and 2)if the original owner sent in papers to register the litter your pup came from. If the parents were not registered, there is not much you can do as far as most of the bigger, more well-known registries. If they were registered, you shouldn't have much of a problem getting your papers. If the litter your pup came from was registered, the original owner will (in most cases) have to sign a form from that registry for transfer of ownership so that the dog will appear in your name and you can get his papers.
There are other registries that will accept almost any dog regardless of ability to provide proof of parentage. However, these registries are commonly referred to as puppy mill registries and are pretty much a joke. There are a lot of people in the general public that do not understand what the different registries are or what they stand for. They see the little abbreviations and think "Well, it's registered, so it must be a good dog". Unfortunately, that is not the case. Puppy mill registries often register dogs that do not conform to breed standards or have major health issues...basically dogs that should not be bred. And now I'm rambling, I apologize. My point in all of that was to say that you should avoid those types of registries.
