Canine solicitation has been criminalized.

The signature item at the fourth annual Owl Club auction, held on Saturday, was a cute golden retriever puppy, in addition to Wing Bowl passes, Eagles tickets, and golf packages with football Head Coach Al Golden.

Turns out, though, that only a licensed kennel can sell a dog, as the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

So while proceeds from the auction benefit Temple athletics, including the reported $700 that women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley paid for the dog, Temple might run into more trouble, as they face a citation for the infraction.

And what a surprise, an alumnus of St. Joseph’s, against whom the men’s basketball played after the auction, ratted the Owl Club out.

Still, Temple isn’t worried about where the dog is headed.

“It’s going to a tremendous home,” Larry Dougherty, Temple’s sports information director, told the Inquirer.