Everything that could happen in the sale of a registered animal, went south. Went to the AKC Marketplace Website, since they clearly advertise that, "Founded in 1884, the not-for-profit AKC is the recognized and trusted expert in breed, health, and training information for all dogs. AKC actively advocates for responsible dog ownership and is dedicated to advancing dog sports." This is false and misleading since I purchased a pup from a breeder whom they acknowledge had registered my pup parents with them, gave three different DOB, and then the pup becomes unregistered when the breeder sells me the pup for full price, and no papers. ON the night of the sale, the breeder and her husband came to my home, gave my son an envelope, while handing me the pup, left and shortly upon leaving, after opening the envelope, found no sellers papers or contract in the sale of this AKC Register Pup. I contacted the seller, now she comes up with an elaborate lie that she made a mistake and could not register the pup. I then contacted AKC Marketplace, and to my surprise, they did have the pup registered but told me I need owner to give me the papers, signed on the back transferring the ownership to me. A short time later after this did not happen, AKC contacts me back to say the owner will take the pup back, and I can get my money back for the pup. Pup and my family have bonded. Was told upfront by AKC that the dog did indeed have papers. Now the AKC and owner is taking their word back and saying a mistake was made by them both. Sounds fishy to me. Stop doing business with the shaggy, fraudulent, misleading advertising marketplace, unless you want to pay full price for a pup you can adopt for 3/4 the price. I was swindle out of a large amount of money, with no where to go for help. Tried reporting them to the BBB, which offered little help. Where do you turn when they are all crooks? Please run, run, run from the AKC Marketplace, as this company is not an old established non profit business, they are a new way to steal money from the consumer, and they support the crooked breeders who false advertise on their website. Everything bad that could happen in the sale of this pup to me, happened, and left me mentally scarred for life. Just run, and keep on running from the AKC Marketplace, DO NOT TRUST THEM!!!
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The American Kennel Club is a registry of purebred dog pedigrees in the United States.