Silk Dog owners who are interested in participating in AKC performance events will need to enroll in AKC’s Canine Partners program, previously known as Indefinite Listing Privilege (ILP). All dogs are required to be spayed/neutered. Your dog will be issued a number so you may enter your Silk in any of the performance activities listed on their site:
https://www.akc.org/register/information/canine-partners/
Members are cautioned not to register their Silk Dog with the AKC as a Havanese. The HSDAA needs to demonstrate to the AKC that the Silk Dog is a separate breed from the Havanese, so our breed records must show several generations of Silk Dogs without breeding to the Havanese.
The AKC also offers another type of registration, Purebred Alternative Listing (PAL); however, the dog must be neutered/spayed and described as a Havanese, which may not be in the interest of the owner who wants to show in conformation and used later for breeding.