Adopted dog, possibly AKC registered?

There's no way to know if he's was a registered purebred or not.

However, if your interested in doing agility or obedience with him, you can get an ILP/PAL thru the AKC on him. Go to the website, download the ILP/PAL forms, send in the 2 required pics, proof of spay/neuter and the fee and IF the AKC decides he looks like the breed you think he is, they will give you an number that you would be able to enter him in Performance events with.

BTW, the AKC now welcomes mixbreeds in their agility & obedience programs. So, go get him listed and do agility with him. Have fun.

edit: For the person who wondered how a well-bred dog can end up in rescue. Simple. The breeder can get sick & die. I know this from personal experience. I personally know of a very well respected breeder that had 3 pups on the ground. She contacted that local breed rescue to assist her in placing the dogs, as she felt she might not come out of the hospital. In the end, she didn't. She died this week.

My 1st dachshund, that I got thru rescue was a finished Champion. The person who had her, turned out to be a nut and instead of returning the dog to the breeder, as per her contract, she dumped them in dachshund rescue. So happened, the rescue person, recognized the dogs and contacted the breeder, who was willng to take her back. I happened to be fostering the dog and decided to keep her.

I also know of another person who bought a well-bred dog with the intenetion to do agility with. She brought it from a well-respected breeder/judge. About 2 years later, the breeder got a call from a shelter, her dog had been dumped. They were able to locate the breeder, because the dog's microchip was in the breeders name. She took back that dog and finished a field champion title on him.

So, don't always be so sure that a rescue dog is a poorly bred dog or from some BYB. I've got many stories like this.

Sorry but No, with out knowing the parent dogs names and registration numbers, breeders name. It would be next to impossible to find a registration.

And even with any kind of info this dog may or may not be registered with the AKC.

He could be registered under the PAL program with AKC if you register him as a mutt or mixed breed.

He could then compete in agility and field trials.

Contact the AKC for further details on this.

If you found the dog as a stray, you probably want to contact animal control before spending the time and effort in training him. If you would like to keep him, you first need to make sure his owner is not looking for him. If you report you found him to your local dog warden or SPCA, and no one claims him after a set amount of time, you can usually adopt him. Pounds have so many other dogs, they will usually let you keep a found dog until they see if anyone is looking for him. If no one claims him, you have proof you did everything you could to find his owner so you don't have to worry about someone claiming him down the line (like if they see him at a show or a trial).

There is no way to find out if he was registered, and there is no way to register him in your name without the permission of his registered owner. As far as participating in agility, if you are not showing him in confirmation, don't worry. Have him fixed. Neutered dogs can be registered with AKC PAL. He can't participate in confirmation, but he can participate in all the fun agility stuff. Contact your vet and ask for a recommendation for trainers in your area. For someone to work with you and your dog on agility, you need a professional trainer, not the puppy program at the pet superstore.

http://www.akc.org/reg/ilpex.cfm

First off, congrats on adopting your dog!

Sadly, unless the dog has been microchipped then there is no way to know his history and so it is unlikely you will be able to register him officially.

The good news is you CAN compete with him in agility trials or any other performance event. Check the link below. You can apply for and ILP number and compete with him in all non-conformation events. Spay neuter is required.

http://www.akc.org/reg/ilpex.cfm

I've done this with purebreds that I have rescued, they earn all the same titles as any other dog. Lots of people do this with dogs they have adopted. You can look up clubs and events in your area here; http://www.akc.org/events/search/index.cfm?action=...

Have Fun!

NOTE: The PAL Program is for mixed breed dogs that want to compete in performance.

The ILP is the one you want- It is for unregistered purebreds to compete as purebreds. If he is obviously purebred you do not have to list him as mixed breed for this.

As for DNA testing. The system is good enough to catch fakery and verify parentage when you have samples from parents but it is not sophisticated enough to track his history down, no. Maybe someday it will be that good but not at this point:)

No, not if you don't have the papers with his AKC number. But, no worried, you can just get him a PAL/ILP number, and he still can compete in anything in AKC except conformation. BTW, all dogs can compete in agility, even mutts, so it doesn't matter if your dog has a pedigree or not. For AKC agility, you can apply for a PAL/ILP number if you're sure your dog is purebred, or if you're not sure, you just get a AKC number through AKC Canine Partners, which is as simple as signing up online. My mutts are registered through AKC Canine Partners. There's also other agility competition venues other than AKC, such as USDAA, NADAC, CPE, DOCNA, and ASCA. All allow all dogs, purebred or mutts, regardless of AKC registration. Honestly, AKC is my least favorite of all the agility competition venues.

There's no way to find out if he was AKC registered. If you're interested in agility, both the UKC and the AKC offer some limited registrations for neutered dogs of mixed or uncertain parentage.

No, you can't find out if he was registered with AKC unless he's been microchipped or tattooed by the breeder. However, as long as he has been neutered, you can show him in most AKC events including Agility by obtaining a PAL number: http://www.akc.org/reg/ilpex.cfm

AKC allows any dog to compete in agility. You can get an ILP (for purebred unpapered dogs) or a companion registry number for him to compete. Call your local kennel club or an obedience training center to find classes. It's a blast!

If he is registered he should be microchipped and/or tattooed. Also keep in mind that, if you didn't adopt him from a shelter, the dog is registered and someone is looking for him you may have to give him back (though that may vary depending on where you are).

Nope - only if you got the papers to prove it. But you can enter the dog in agility when he's neutered.