Wildwood Border Terriers

08/27/2026

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🐾 DISCUSSION TIME — Breeder of Merit… or Is There a Money Game Involved? 💰🤔

Now before anybody gets their panties in a wad, I am NOT saying being an AKC Breeder of Merit means nothing. There are legitimate requirements behind the program, and producing titled dogs, health testing and putting years into a breed absolutely deserve recognition.

BUT…

There’s one requirement that makes my Southern eyebrow go WAY up. 🤨

Breeders in the program commit to 100% individual AKC registration of the puppies they produce.

So let’s talk about Martha. 😂

Martha buys a beautiful pet puppy.

You give Martha the AKC paperwork.
You explain the paperwork.
You remind Martha about the paperwork.

Martha takes it home, lays it beside the electric bill, a Walmart receipt and a coupon that expired six months ago…

And Martha never registers the dang dog. 🤦‍♀️

Did that change the puppy’s structure? No.

Temperament? No.

Health testing behind the breeding? No.

Did it erase decades of studying pedigrees, showing dogs, producing champions and trying to improve a breed?

Absolutely not.

But it DOES affect that 100% registration requirement.

Now here’s where my question about the money game comes in.

What’s the easiest way to make sure Martha doesn’t mess up your percentage?

Register the puppy yourself.

And what does every individual registration require?

💰 A registration fee.

Multiply that by every puppy in every litter from breeders trying to maintain those numbers and suddenly that’s a whole lot of registrations—and a whole lot of money going somewhere.

So I think it’s perfectly fair to ask:

Is 100% registration really measuring the MERIT of a breeder… or is part of this program also a very effective way of encouraging more paid AKC registrations?

Because if we’re going to use the word MERIT, I want merit to mean something.

Health.
Temperament.
Structure.
Knowledge.
Longevity.
Titles produced.
Standing behind your puppies.
Improving your breed generation after generation.

Those things tell me about the breeder.

Whether Martha mailed in her registration tells me something about Martha. 😂

Again, I’m not knocking the accomplishments of anyone who has earned Breeder of Merit. There are some phenomenal breeders carrying that designation.

I’m questioning one particular requirement and whether it truly measures breeding excellence.

So let’s discuss it:

Is requiring 100% individual puppy registration a reasonable standard for Breeder of Merit… or does that requirement make the program feel at least partly like a MONEY GAME? 💰👀

Because poor Martha may be forgetful…

but apparently she’s holding somebody’s merit hostage on her kitchen counter. 🤣🤣

08/01/2026

Another SCAM site https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19PQkAiTx4/

There is a FB page entitled “Border Terrier Rescue” or “Sam’s Border Terrier Rescue” that has stolen photos from this page and is using them to scam people looking for BTs in the PNW and else where.
If you see any of our photos know that he does NOT have permission to use them and if I find him, he is in big trouble. I have reported the page to FB but doubt they will do anything.
He is located north of Spokane Wa, I believe.

This is his scam page. BEWARE!
That main photo and many others are STOLEN from my page!

07/28/2026

The ruination of all breeds.... EXAGGERATION!

07/26/2026

If chickens were handlers.

07/26/2026

Anyone can buy a great dog. Anyone can hire a top handler. Anyone can breed their bitch to the current #1 dog and put "top lines" on a pedigree.

07/15/2026

The Legacy We Leave
None of us truly owns this breed.
We are merely its temporary custodians.
We inherited it from people who devoted their lives to preserving its soundness, temperament, structure, and identity, and one day someone else will stand where we stand now, holding the lead of a dog descended from decisions we are making today.
That future dog will quietly carry every choice we made, whether it reflected patience or impatience, discipline or convenience, courage or compromise, stewardship or fashion, because breeding is one of the few places in life where tomorrow is already taking shape inside the decisions we make today.
That is the legacy every breeder leaves behind.
Timea R Bodi

07/12/2026

https://veterinarysecrets.com/early-spay-neuter-may-raise-your-dogs-acl-risk/?fbclid=IwY2xjawTAkNtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFPQ0VRV3FMSWRVYVNucEphc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHlZ10-Y3uijLojZh1RluqquJdSZsSYTFvBwAlP7RBasAgSkiiMqRZ8rWEJE0_aem_dIgqjWCfm4G127oAvqAP8g

Early spay neuter dog ACL injury risk may be higher in some dogs. Learn why hormones matter, when to delay, and options to discuss.

07/10/2026

Dog showing is becoming a dying art because it is a profession.