Can anyone give me some legal adive for dogs?

After all this time I doubt you can do anything. This is why people on here say a zillion times a day to people who are looking for puppies:

"Do not go to BYB's but go to REPUTABLE show breeders"

You should have made sure the puppy and the parents were registered before purchase. I find your statement confusing when you say:

"My lawyer said we have enough to press charges in the case b/c he was malnurished and went to the pund before we picked him up. "

Did you in fact buy the puppy from the breeder or acquire the dog from a "pound" or rescue shelter? If the latter, you have absolutely no right to registration documents.

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You obviously purchased the dog as a pet so therefore registration certificates will not change the quality of your pet, just forget it or spend a lot of money chasing it for nothing. It will not change your dog.

You would only need registration if you wanted to breed and I am sure you would not want to become another BYB by doing that and risking your pet's life to boot??

the dogs mother had no papers.. if she was not registered at the time the puppies were born, then the puppies can NOT be registered..

You may as well forget about getting the dog registered.. besides, the only reason to register is for showing and breeding.. your dog isnt a breeding quality dog anyways.

At best, if you paid the breeder money for the dog, you may be able to take to small claims to demand a partial refund... but good luck with that... unless you have a signed contract stating that the dog was to come with registration papers, you may be out of luck.

If you can show that you purchased the pup from the breeder, but then had to pay money again to collect the dog from the shelter, and then vet bills to get this pup healthy because the breeder failed to neglect the pup while it was in her care, you may be able to file against her for your cost of pulling the dog from the shelter, plus the vet bills that are related to the incident.. however you need to be able to show proof of this.

Buying dogs is a "buyer beware" market.. if you get ripped off, you really dont have much legal recourse.

I'm going to ask a stupid question, but is it too late for them to register her now or would that not make any difference to getting registration for your dog? Maybe that is a question for the AKC ( sorry I don't know their rules...not my KC)

If he was sold to you as AKC registered then you have a case against them if he turns out not to have been or they can't put it right, so sue them, do what your lawyer says if he/she thinks you have a case.........but make sure they can pay because even if you win, if they can't pay it will cost you your lawyer, court costs and you will have fought for nothing....and from the sound of things this is not a good breeder, which is why you don't buy from these types of people................ever!

Now you know not to buy from a BYB. Just because the dog is registered does not mean squat. There is not much you can do to be honest.

listen to your lawyer.