Alaskan Malamute reg. nbrs. - Page 1

I am an admin and while adding AKC reg. nbrs to pedigrees I have found many dogs with just a 4 digit number . see

http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/alaskan_malamute/dog.html?id=826376-kissima-of-north-wind

for an example.  Can some one please expain to me what these are?

Hi I have spoken to a lady over in America who is a long time member for the Alaskan Malamute Club America, She told me back then that is all they had for reg numbers. Hope that helps