AKC & crossbred dogs What is the AKCs policy regarding cross-bred dogs?
A purebred population is by definition a closed breeding group. The AKC is known as the world’s largest purebred registry. It is not surprising that they want to maintain that purebred registry by not allowing any crosses from any breed to be registered as purebreds. The AKC is not singling out the Chinook. The Chinook is not the first breed, or even the first rare breed with small numbers, to attempt a crossbreeding program. In the American Kennel Club’s 120 years of experience, it has seen these programs fail time and time again. Unfortunately, when these programs have failed, the AKC has been left to clean up the issues of which registrations to pull, angry owners, etc. Thus, their policy about not accepting any cross programs was born – it has simply been more trouble, time, money and anguish than it was worth. No progeny of the COA’s Chinook Cross Program have been AKC registered to date. The Chinook community must remember that the cross program proponents are asking the AKC to m
