We have a new-to-us Border collie whose registration number is listed on his intake form from the animal shelter, and I’d love to look him up, but didn’t see an obvious link to do that on the AKC site. Does anyone know how? I’m just curious. I know most of his history but it would be fun and informative to find out more. Thanks!
Have you tried to do a google search?
Yes. It told me to go to the AKC website, where they seem to want $35 before they give you the information. I was hoping for something like an AllBteeds pedigree query.
You can do it for free but it won’t give you a ton of information if you’re not the owner. But you will get the name and breeding. You have to create a MyAKC login/profile and then can “Add a Dog” of interest to your list.
If you want to post (or send me) the registration number I’ll look it up for you.
Edited to Add - you will not get the breeding info. I just tried and here’s what you can get:
Dog Information:
Name
Sex
Breed
Variety
Color
Markings
Birthdate
Titles and Points, if any
You cannot get ownership information, but if the registered name has a kennel name, it might help you search online for more details.
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There is a pedigree database for dogs. Here is my Uschi as an example. Not sure that you can search on the AKC number though. I’m also happy to search on AKC if you don’t want to set up an account.
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I’ve never heard of this but my dogs aren’t in there. I wonder what their source data is.
It’s all user driven, and maybe not as well used as it had been
Thanks! I know almost all of that information already, so I don’t think I’ll bother looking him up. I got Otto from a friend who had to go out East, which Otto wouldn’t like, as he’s an Oregon country adventure collie. I just thought it would be fun and easy to find out more.
If the breeder conducted health testing of the parents you can try putting that into ofa.org and from there you can get records of other relatives that have also had health testing. (So if there is a history of health testing in the breed line you can usually get a full pedigree back for several generations.)
Otherwise you’re not going to get much more -that’s about all that is collected by akc other than owner and breeder names, which are not in the public database. If the dog (or parents) competed
though, catalogs and results are often online and those do typically include breeder and owner names
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Thanks for all your help! I know that he was bought in Monterrey, Mexico, by an executive at Jose Cuervo, who said that it was the most expensive dog he had ever bought. He’s eight years old now, with no health problems, and he’s neutered, so I don’t think I’ll get much more information from looking him up.
Agreed; there is nothing for you to find out by looking him up. Even if his sire/dam did have health clearances, it is not necessarily an indication of health for your dog - just a prediction of likely health outcomes for most heritable defects. As for what someone paid for him…meh. That’s meaningless to me. Most of the back yard bred doodles are being sold for more than well bred purebred dogs with health clearances. What someone is willing to pay for a pet might be mostly ignorance and not quality.
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Yeah, I don’t care one little bit how much he cost! He is just the best little guy, and exactly who we needed after our much loved Pyrenees mix died of cancer. We were hoping to stumble across a Border collie, and we did! It was pure chance that we even saw his ad, and it was really serendipitous that we passed inspection by Otto, and by the guy who had been fostering him. He settled in immediately, and we absolutely adore him.
The executive’s wife hated him. I can’t even imagine!
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And in the working world, it’s become a bragging right. Almost every year, a new world record is broken at auction. We are talking Hunter prices (not quite Big Eq -yet!). I personally know one record breaker that was rehomed from Deep Pockets Buyer not very long after purchase.
So the shelter said an executive owned the dog and bragged about how expensive the dog was? Okayyyy.
If it helped get the dog adopted, and helps the new owner feel proud of or more committed to the dog, I suppose that’s helpful gossip.
For health information, you can obtain your own genetic testing (Embark breeding panel) to get helpful info like MDR1.
No matter what someone else paid for him, or what you paid for him, enjoy your new dog!
No, the guy who fostered him was walking down the street and someone said, “Otto!!” It was the guy who had bought him in Mexico. He told my friend that Otto knew Dutch, and that he’d paid a bunch for him, but his wife hated the Border collie energy. The rescue outfit hadn’t known any of this.
I know that last year, a working collie went for $14,000 at the Red Bluff sale, but I very much doubt if Ott cost that much. As I said, I don’t care one bit. I’m just really thankful to have him. He’s exactly what we were looking for.
