AKC will register a dog that appears to be purebred or resembles the Breed under the Indefinte listing program. You need to take 2 pictures and fill out the paper work. The dog must be spayed or neutered to be registered this way. Alot of people will register their dogs of unknown breeding this way in order to compete in field trails, obeidence, agility, flyball, ect., the only thing an ILP registered dog cannot show in is conformation.
my dogs names are;
Gannon's Sir Raleigh of Erin (Riley)
Gannon's Erin of Wildefire (Gannie)
Champion Chetas Black Pearl (PearlieMae)
Gannon's O'Charley of Erin (Charlie Gus)
Gannon is my last name and it is irish and the gaelic word for Ireland is Erin and that is how all my dogs are named except for pearlie mae as she came to me already named.