Actually, there's more to the neutered thing than I thought. It seems that some years ago the AKC began authorizing two types of registrations for pure-bred animals, one unlimited and one restricted.

Dogs in the restricted category are deemed by the breeder to be unfit for show, and are ineligible for showing in the ring, though they can compete in other categories, such as earthdog, coonhound, coursing, and a couple of others. Apparently most such dogs are sold with a requirement that the new owner spay or neuter the puppy, and the AKC appears to assist in this effort to clean up the blood lines by refusing to register offspring of a dog in the restricted category.

The A in AKC probably stands for Aryan now!

TEd

PS:

The earthdog was a new one on me!


TEd