i have noticed that a few people are joint owner of a dog, what is the reason for this , just curious really what are the advantages for this and why people do it?

All 3 of ours are jointly owned by myself and my mam, even though, technically, Chloe is hers and the other two are mine :D We both play our parts in the ownership of the dogs, ie I do most of the training and feeding but my mam is home during the day to look after them when I am out, also she does the vast majority of the exercise of the two older ones so I think it's only fair for us both to be recognised as owners. Not forgetting that its her money we use to buy food and pay for the vets, insurance etc....I pay for the shows as that's my 'thing'!!!

That's our reason but I'm sure there are many more, I know of breeders who co-own with the owner of one of the dogs they have bred, or people on different continents who all 'own' one dog.

Emily :)

Just edited to say, also for ease when entering shows. If, say, I owned Idõ and Kayla was in my mams name, this means I would have to fill in two entry forms as the owners are different, so it makes that task simpler.

My mum and I have the Briarlow affix so everything that either of us breed, even though I don't live with her anymore is in our joint names.  We still ahve a hand in in each litter anyway as I only live down the road.

My new boy from Spain is in mine and the original breeders names as he may have to go back to Spain at some stage so it's for the breeder's safety really to ensure that this would happen.

I have a bitch in partnership, with Gwen actually. The advantage to me, was that I got my hands on a far better bitch for showing, than I would normally have had access to. The advantage to Gwen and our 3rd co-owner, is that I agreed to breeding terms, and they get a litter from a bitch that is valuable to them in terms of the breeding lines. I will say that the bitch lives with me, and is shown by me, but is registered in 3 joint names, and no money has ever changed hands. A win win situation.

Dawn R.

When it isn't members of a family it is often to sghare expenses or the benefits of ownership.

Three freinds and I jointly imported a dog from the USA which of course was an expensive undertaking with Importaion and Quarantine.

He lives with one of us and we paid for him, his import and Quarantine and pay for his show entries, Insurance, food etc jointly. One of us keeps an account out of which all his expenses are paid and we all put in when the kitty is low.  None of us alone could have afforded to do so.

Im sorry for getting this one going again, but it was linked from a new post

We purchased our 2nd dog with terms at 12 and 1/2 weeks of age.  We originally picked this litter as it was by a new stud dog that I was told would only be put to a few bitches, and we agreed to terms because the breeder was considering changing their mind and keeping her.  We still paid the top going rate, and we owed a litter back (all expenses are to be paid by us).  6 months later the dog was been used by the majority of bitches in this country, and the puppy didn't turn out the way I wanted her too (I could no longer show her).  Although I would never say never to terms again it would have to be something VERY special to risk it again.  In terms of other breeders requirements it does make sense in the respect that they can continue to develop their lines without becoming overstocked, so I don't begrudge my breeder their decision.  My baby who we love very much has cost us an arm and a leg though.:rolleyes:

P.S. She has 4 owners on paper

I co-own a dog because I wasn't in a postition to own her outright at the time so she is a pet for my friends family and I show her, pay entry fees and insurance and my friend keeps her.  I have her for days at at time before shows.  It works very well for us.