What do I need to know and have to register my companion?

[GiantSchnauzer]

If you got him from a breeder then they should have already registered him. If not you can get an ILP...http://www.akc.org/reg/ilpex.cfm

[Sevaede]

If you got him from a breeder then they should have already registered him. If not you can get an ILP...http://www.akc.org/reg/ilpex.cfm

Dogs can be registered twice, it seems to me after reading one of their pamphlets. The pups are supposed to be registered after whelping and then the "owner" registers them for a second time.

An ILP is something *like* a limited registration?

[GiantSchnauzer]

Dogs can be registered twice, it seems to me after reading one of their pamphlets. The pups are supposed to be registered after whelping and then the "owner" registers them for a second time.

An ILP is something *like* a limited registration?

Right. Breeder should have registered the litter. Did you get anything from the breeder?

An ILP will allow you to compete in performance events not conformation.

[Sevaede]

Right. Breeder should have registered the litter. Did you get anything from the breeder?

An ILP will allow you to compete in performance events not conformation.

Not as of yet.

Well, then I don't think that will be too large of a deal as I am not wholly knowledgeable about conformation and what it entails so I would not be ready, exactly, to participate in such events.