Whether a Liberty Run puppy is sold as show quality or as a companion, every puppy produced at Liberty Run is an AKC Registered Puppy.
Both show puppies and companion puppies come from the same litter, the same parents, and the same genetic potential.
Liberty Run evaluates each litter in comparison to the AKC breed standard and selects only a few puppies to be sold as show quality and to carry on the Liberty Run bloodlines. Most litters have several puppies that could easily be considered show puppies, but only the very best are selected. Liberty Run does not sell entire litters as show quality, even though every puppy in the litter might have potential to finish a Championship title. All but a very select few are sold as companions on limited registration. Liberty Run offers most companion puppies the opportunity to be upgraded to show quality should the owner desire the puppy to be reevaluated for showing in conformation.
Most of the time, there are very subtle differences between puppies graded as show quality and puppies graded as companions. Rarely is there a major difference. Occasionally a puppy is born with the wrong coat color which automatically disqualifies them from the show ring and requires placement as a Companion puppy. Companion puppies are certainly not second class citizens and make absolutely wonderful family pets.
Occasionally a puppy is placed as a companion strictly because of its markings. The blaze on this puppy would be acceptable in the show ring, but the white up to his elbows would not. Certainly he was just as sweet as his more conservatively marked siblings.
