Whats it worth? Choosing to register your dog...

Again I hit a brick wall with the AKC. Doesn't matter how many conversations I have had before with them, every time I find a new hoop to jump through. Doesn't matter that most of his relatives are accepted, if not titled AKC Russell Terriers, for some reason registering him seems to be the most difficult thing I have ever tried to do.
Now I do understand that he was not born as a Russell Terrier, now this is where it gets messy, when he was born the AKC had just moved the Russell Terrier as a breed 2 years prior, this left a lot of open doors for grandfathering his registration in. After a year of trying to figure out how to get him in I was told cross registering him EJRTCA (english jack russell terrier) and UKC (as a jack russell terrier) would accept him into the AKC as a Russell Terrier. After a second conversation with them recently I realized whats it worth it to me to register him? I have till the end of this year and then registration closes permanently for grandfathering any dog in. So why do it, why register any dog? Because for me its worth it.
In many instances you cannot compete with your dog in any official competitions unless they are registered. And I like to test my skills as a trainer, making this probably my biggest reason to register. Following that if you can't compete you can't tittle your dog. The AKC is the biggest club in America today and not being able to compete and tittle a dog with them is a huge gap in the competition.
Registration is another form of identification. Things happen and I like to know that information is out there that my dog is mine. The more proof the better. Most registrations require photo's to be admitted with your dog and they stay on file permanently. Needless to say even with a collar and microchip I still like knowing that there is obvious information out there who my dogs owner is.
Litter registration is probably the lowest reason I will register my dog and should be most people's I think too. Being able to prove your dogs predecessors lineage is helpful and worthy information, but for me, not a breeder, I do not really care whether or not I can register my dogs puppies if I ever have
 any.

Out working our retrieves on racoon scent over the weekend.

Most people who buy a pure bred dog will never have these sorts of issues. The dogs come with parents paperwork and an easy one step process to registration into a kennel club. Many times I envy them.... most times I think I am lucky to have been forced to prove my dogs lineage so many times, enough times that it is beyond a doubt he is a good as I know he is.