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High Volume Breeders/ACR

Well, def. some great ideas. I for one am going to give it a try again this year, if I keep cramming it down customers throats about how important it is....or cool that you get the registration (this seemed to work well, apparently not enough). Maybe it will start sticking.......:shrugs:

Jeff: I'll buy some stuff from you this year and will get them registered! Just because you have all those pretty postcards with ACR info on them, that deserves something!
 
kathylove said:
The ACR is so new that I think it will take quite a while for pet owners or very small breeders to even hear of it, let alone understand its value. But people like all of you, who promote it (over and over and over!) will eventually turn it into a snowball that will gain a lot of speed and size over time.

Although it is true that it is not "policed" in the same way that the AKC and other groups are, many people will (at first) fail to realize that the main value won't be in assuring compliance among breeders, but in long term record keeping. So that when something unusual pops up, a breeder can go back to the data base and realize that 4 generations ago there was a lavender, anery, etc, in the mix, but it has long since been forgotten. Or that there was a Cal. king 3 generations ago, but the two or three purchasers in between lost that fact, but kept up the registrations. It will be a long time before registration is so commonplace that we will be able to often look up such things. But the groundwork you all are laying now will be the foundation of that "cornutopia" (haha!!) of the future!
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You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to kathylove again.

westexherps said:
Jeff: I'll buy some stuff from you this year and will get them registered! Just because you have all those pretty postcards with ACR info on them, that deserves something!
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That sounds great. And so the other people who don't see me at the shows...here is what you are missing.
 

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Cool!

I hadn't noticed that Registered Breeder logo before. I like it! Is that on their site for any registered breeder to use? I haven't look at the site too much for a while.
 
kathylove said:
I hadn't noticed that Registered Breeder logo before. I like it! Is that on their site for any registered breeder to use? I haven't look at the site too much for a while.
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Hi Kathy,
Chuck and Connie have quite a few color schemes for you to choose from as well. You can check them out here.........

"A.C.R. Logos"

And so the other people who don't see me at the shows...here is what you are missing.
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Absolutely perfect idea Jeff. Not to infringe on copyrights or anything but PJ and I would like to use your idea as well if that would be alright with you. We could put them in the packages with the snake we sell with a description of what the A.C.R. actually is and what it will do for the future of the Cornsnake hobby.
Jay & PJ :cool:
 
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I had emailed Chuck requesting to put together a professional brochure useing their information to give out at shows (and giving them a high res copy at no charge for further use), I never received an answer. I didn't want to step on anyones toes by just doing it.
 
I just got an email from Chuck today.

They have been moving from the Chicago area to Wisconsin and have really been crazy lately. Also, he is working on a new book and some other projects. I hadn't heard much from him (or Connie) in a while, but maybe they are starting to get caught up now.

Your email might have gotten lost in the shuffle, so you might want to try it again now.
 
I'm not a large breeder but I chose not to pre register my babies. I did provide the registration information for the parents with their feed/shed papers and care sheets that I give to all buyers and told them they could register the animals if they wanted to. Most people who bought from me just want one as a pet so they don't really care one way or the other, however, if they get caught up in the spirit of the breeding thing as many of us did, they have the option of registering their animal as I did.
 
PJCReptiles said:
Hi Kathy,
Absolutely perfect idea Jeff. Not to infringe on copyrights or anything but PJ and I would like to use your idea as well if that would be alright with you. We could put them in the packages with the snake we sell with a description of what the A.C.R. actually is and what it will do for the future of the Cornsnake hobby.
Jay & PJ :cool:
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Yeah, it is something I include with the care package that goes to all the snakes. I can send you one if you would like to take a look...just send my your address.

Also, here are a couple links that go to brochures that Chuck and Connie have printed for the ACR.

http://cccorns.com/freepics/06Dec/PreregBrochure.pdf

http://cccorns.com/freepics/06Dec/ACRBrochure.pdf
 
Sorry, bringing up an old thread:

So if I have all my adults registered and not the babies... and I have a website that is going to be selling them (hopefully to a few of you ~_^), would my snakes and I be seen as "less desireable" in the eyes of the people from this forum?

Are you all looking for registered and papered snakes? As long as the parents are registered would that be enough?

I planned on getting all the babies registered but if it didn't matter either way I am going to be weighing my options.
 
I don't think ACR registration is as big a factor to many people as the quality of the snakes, the reputation of the breeder, and whether that person is selling snakes with the genes they are looking for.
Only speaking for myself but in this economy having money to register every snake gets ridiculous. I can provide ACR numbers for the parents of most of the snakes I sell as most of my adults were all registered in better times when I did have a bit of cash to invest in that, but I have really not had any people ask me if my snakes are registered or found it to be a factor that affects my sales. I did not really bother with preregistering my clutches in 08.
Since you are new to the game, preregistering your babies with ACR might give you a bit of extra credibility, as anyone who is willing to take the steps to get their ACR paperwork would seem (in my eyes) a bit more serious about it. But since your adults are already registered all you would have to do is tell they buyer those numbers and they could register the babies, the stickers are not required AFAIK.
 
Awesome, thanks for the info.

I am definitely serious about this and have been doing my research for about a year and a half (not to mention to "surprise" clutch that we had with that rescue trio :rollseyes:) so I feel pretty comfortable with all of this. I just desire to sell more to the cornsnake community instead of selling soley to the people in my area.

I believe if all goes smoothly I will pre-register this season's clutches ^_^.
 
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