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ALL Fifteen Acre Farms puppies are AKC and/or ASCA registered. All puppies are sold with registration paperwork that is provided to every buyer at time of sale. 

Registries  

AKC is American Kennel Club & began registering PUREBRED dogs in 1878. AKC is the most recognized & respected dog club registry in the world & began registering Australian Shepherds in 1991. More info at www.akc.org.

ASCA is Australian Shepherd Club of America & is the largest single breed dog registry in North America registering & promoting only the breed of Australian Shepherds since 1957. More info at www.asca.org.

There are several SUB-STANDARD registries that will register ANY dog & call it whatever you would like. For instance, if you think you have a Schnauzer but want to register it as a bulldog but it's really a chihauhau .... those registries don't care ... they just want your money & will register the dog any way you want them to. These sub-standard registeries are not registering purebred dogs. These registeries include APRI (American Pet Registry Inc), ACA (American Canine Assocciation), ASDR (American Stockdog Registry), NSDR (National Stockdog Registry) and there are a few others. BEWARE of dogs associated with these registeries. They are many times not purebred. Do your research.

In additiion, breeders who choose to register their dogs & puppies with these sub-standard registeries many times do so to avoid following AKC's rules & inspections. 

A dog may also end up in one of these sub-standard registeries because the breeder of an AKC or ASCA registered puppy had the breeding rights restricted for medical reasons or because the puppy did not meet breed standard. These dogs should not be reproducing at the discretion of the breeder for good reasons. Some buyers, however, don't always adhere to the wishes of the breeder & choose to register their dogs with one, or more, of these sub-standard registeries producing puppies that either are not purebred & registering them as such or producing puppies with a number of medical problems because they came from parents who had their breeding rights restricted by the breeder due to a medical condition or because they did not meet breed standard.

DO NOT PURCHASE puppies with these types of registration papers APRI, ACA, ASDA, NSDR. ONLY buy Australian Shepherds that are AKC and/or ASCA registered.

The so called "mini's, toys, & teacups" are NOT purebred Australian Shepherds & are not recognized by AKC or ASCA. This information is clearly posted on both AKC & ASCA's websites for your viewing. The standard height for Australian Shepherds as set forth by AKC & ASCA is, & has always been, 18-23". We did not wake up one day & now they are 10" tall. The so-called mini's, toys, & teacups have had a toy breed crossed into them to reduce height making them a mixed breed dog. Just because they are one of the four colors of the Aussie breed does NOT make them purebred. Do your research! You will also notice the so-called mini's, toys, & teacups have stringy hair, matted eyes, & pricked ears ... that is because they have been crossed with a toy breed so they are NOT purebred dogs.

DO NOT buy from a breeder that does not have the registration paperwork readily available at time of sale. I hear this ALL the time that someone purchased a puppy from another breeder & was told the breeder would mail the paperwork at a later date when received from association but failed to do so & now said breeder will not answer calls or return emails from buyer to get the paperwork.