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Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen Club of America
March 1989 and voted on and approved by the Delegates in June 1989. Its purpose was to serve as a tool for breeders
that had pups with disqualifications and or other serious faults. Breeders had been asking AKC to create a tool that
would help address the problem of registering poor quality pups that should not be bred. In 1989, AKC authorized LR
and since that time the number of LR has steadily increased as seen in Table 5. It would appear that some breeders are
using this tool for reasons other than as a mechanism to limit those with DQs and or serious faults. Interviews with more
than 100 breeders confirm that breeders use this tool to control the behavior of puppy buyers via contracts that require
buyers to sign off before the LR will be lifted. Others are using it to control breedings or as a way to demand more
money for fully registered pups. The number of pups registered and revoked can be found in Table 5.
Since the beginning of LR program, the number of dogs placed on LR has steadily increased. By 2016 more than one