Editing American Kennel Club (section)

===Genetics===
The AKC has been criticized for the prevalence of [[genetic disorder]]s in their dogs. As many as 25% of purebred dogs registered by the AKC has at least one hereditary genetic problem.<ref name="terrible">{{cite magazine | url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,163404,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060820094419/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,163404,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=August 20, 2006 | title=A Terrible Beauty | author=Lemonick, Michael D. |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=June 2001}}</ref> These problems cost breeders and owners almost $1 billion in vet bills and lost revenues from stillborn pups.<ref name="terrible" /> Some breed clubs, such as the U.S. [[Border Collie]] Club, resisted applying for AKC breed acceptance due to fears that doing so would be detrimental to the genetics of the breed they represent.<ref name="terrible" /><ref name="McCaig2007">{{cite book|author=Donald McCaig|author-link=Donald McCaig|title=The Dog Wars: How the Border Collie Battled the American Kennel Club|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oJjNVx8SrPAC|access-date=June 20, 2013|date=January 1, 2007|publisher=Outrun Press|isbn=978-0-9794690-0-8}}</ref>

These genetic issues have resulted in the emergence of "puppy [[lemon law]]s" in several U.S. states.<ref name="terrible" /> These laws protect dog owners from genetic diseases that their breeder may have neglected to inform them of, allowing them to get a refund for the cost of the puppy or to force the breeder to pay their vet bills.<ref name="terrible" />