Home is where the pet is

I recently purchased a "Pembroke Welsh Corgi". He is not a problem, in fact, he is an outstanding dog. He is "registered". However, while I thought AKC they thought another and so this poor little pup can never achieve anything, except, as for any puppy miller, a debit in their checkbook. This kind of "registration" means that your dog cannot attend any dog related activity outside of use the dog parks. He cannot compete in agility, obedience, herding, conformation, or canine good citizen. The latter can affect your homeowners/HOA standing. What the heck, your kid can't even get girl and boy scout merit badges unless he/she can do so through 4H.
I don't know, but I think, that the basis for these registration types (anything non AKC, UKC) is that the people wanted to produce pups for $$$$, and so purchased their initial stock from AKC breeders who limit their what can be bred and what can't in order to improve the breed that they work so hard for. Since the pups from "Pet, not for breeding stock" cannot be registered under the AKC unless you prove the dog against the standard. They needed a registry and so they incorporated several that provide no services and no advancement for the dogs, but does allow them to sell "registered" dogs.