PEN Number

So Boone needs a PEN (Performan Event Number) to perform in any CKC events...he is AKC Registered but his sire was never CKC Registered or Listed so that means that Boone isn't eligible for an "official" CKC #. Which is fine- a PEN will allow him to play rally, obedience, herding, and agility with the CKC which is what I want.

The hard part is getting approved. You have to fill out the paperwork, send in photos, your money of course :o), a vet certificate saying the dog is altered, and that the dog is indeed the breed you say. You also have to have a reason why your dog isn't eligible for a regular CKC registration- and it has to be a good one. A friend wrote on hers that the parents weren't registered and she got this long, drawn out letter back from the saying essentially that the PEN program is not meant to encourage irresponsible breeding and she was denied a number. Anyway- so I have to think up a few clever things. I don't think they'd like to hear that he is isn't registered because the paperwork was never filed. I intent to write that he was a rescue. Which is true...

The other thing I have to think about it s fun name...I could just write Boone. But I thought it would be fun to have something clever....any suggestions?