can I wait to sign the litter registration application form until

the female is confirmed pregnant or wait until the puppies are born?

ANSWER: The stud dog owner is required to sign the AKC Litter

Registration Application form on the specified date of mating.

If there is a signed agreement between the stud owner & the

bitch owner stating that the stud owner is not obligated to sign

an AKC Litter Registration Application form until a stud fee has

been paid, then that is acceptable.

Agreements concerning a stud fee should be in writing and should

state all obligations and circumstances. It should be signed by

both parties and each signer should receive a copy.

QUESTION: I'm purchasing a show/breed prospect puppy and the
breeder is requiring that I sign a co-ownership contract. Is
this an acceptable practice with the AKC?

ANSWER: Co-ownership arrangements, in far too many cases, lead
to problems. While AKC registration application forms provide for
more than one owner, we recommend that co-ownerships be avoided.
It has been our experience that purchasing a dog "outright" is
preferable.
If a co-owner is suspended of all AKC privileges, then for the term
of the suspension, recording of a transfer of the dog that is co-owned
is barred and registrations of litters sired by or whelped by the dog
in question are barred. Wins taken by the dog in AKC-licensed or
member events are subject to disallowment.
For the reasons cited above the AKC recommends that co-ownerships
be avoided.

♦It has been our experience that all too frequently, severe and
complicated problems result from disputes over conditional sales,
conditional stud fees and co-ownership contracts or any contract/agreement
relating to restrictions or limitations people try to place on the
sale or breeding of a dog.