If a person starts a dog as not only a pet, but also a future exhibitor or for breeding, he cannot do without a pedigree. The design of this document is not a particularly difficult task.
Why do you need a pedigree?
A pedigree can be made to a dog that meets several important criteria. Her parents must be thoroughbred, and the dog itself must fully comply with the standards and not have any defects. In other words, the pedigree is an indicator that the puppy belongs to a pure breed without any impurities.
However, this document does not guarantee that the animal will have a good character, susceptibility to training or mental characteristics necessary for employment in certain services.
If you get a purebred dog with a pedigree, you can get access to mating, permission to take part in exhibitions, registration in the club and other advantages. Since the document is a guarantee of compliance with breed standards and purebred puppy, this makes it possible to significantly increase its value. For breeders, this fact is certainly an advantage. In general, the higher the rank of the parents, the more expensive their puppies are.
Many people, by the way, confuse the pedigree document with a veterinary passport, which is issued to any dog in any veterinary clinic. Despite the words in the names “international” and “passport”, the paper does not contain any information on compliance with standards and ancestors. It contains only data on the animal’s health status, vaccinations, parasite treatments and other similar events.
In the same veterinary clinic issued Chip Registration Certificatebut again this is not about a pedigree. The chip is a miniature chip inserted under the skin of an animal, thanks to which you can quickly find out information about the dog and its owner.
In general, the pedigree is necessary either for business or to satisfy the owner’s ambitions. An ordinary pet does not need special papers with stamps and confirmation, since they do not even affect a visit to a veterinarian or a flight abroad. But you can’t do without a veterinary passport - its registration will be required even for the curs found on the street.
The same applies to buying a dog: if the owner does not have a pedigree, it does not mean at all that he is deceiving the buyer, perhaps he simply was not puzzled at the time by paperwork. But a veterinary passport is required, because it at least guarantees the availability of vaccinations and the absence of danger to people and other animals.
At what age do?
To register a pedigree for a dog, puppies must first obtain a birth certificate. In this document, in addition to the fact of the birth itself, data will be indicated that the parents were mated in accordance with the rules.
It is important to complete the primary metric from the moment the puppy turns 45 days old until the three-month age is reached. In most cases, obtaining this metric occurs along with the activation of the litter in the cynological club, where the puppy's mother is. Further, the birth certificate will be exchanged for a pedigree, which can be issued after the dog reaches 6 months.
The main thing is to be in time with the papers until the dog is 15 months old and he passes from juniors to the category of adults. Paperwork takes from 3 to 4 months.
The club is involved in the primary metric of the dog, and the pedigree itself is registered through the RKF or SCOR.
Groups
Specialists distinguish three main groups of pedigrees. These species differ mainly in the amount of information contained.
- Group A combines pedigrees of the full type. Such documents contain information about the ancestors of the dog over the previous 5 generations.
- Group B implies the inclusion of information about the puppy’s parents in the document.
- Finally, in the pedigrees of group C, which are often called registry, contains information only about the dog itself - nickname, breed and full name the owner.
Certainly the more serious the plans for the dog, the higher should be the category of pedigree. If data on one of the ancestors is missing, then the pedigree of group A is considered incomplete. In principle, the same applies to group B.
What documents do you need to provide?
To formalize a pedigree for a dog in Russia, as already mentioned, you first need to get puppy card. The information model contains all the features of a particular instance and even its shortcomings that affect the breeding value of the dog. Usually, the document must indicate the breed and nickname, gender and date of birth, as well as the suit and number of the mark.
Immediately there is entered the available information about the parents of the animal, as well as the full name, passport data and contact information of the owner. This document is further recognized as valid and used for exchange only if there is a seal and murals of the organization that issued it.
Part of the primary metric is stored at Russian Cynological Federation, and the other remains with the owner. It is important to maintain it even after receiving the pedigree, since in case of loss of the main document in most cases, restoration is possible only with this certificate. Although sometimes when contacting the club, employees issue a second birth certificate, based on the mark applied to the dog’s ear or stomach. The puppy metric expires when the puppy is 1 year old and 3 months old.
Some owners are concerned about the question of whether it will be possible to draw up a pedigree if there is no primary document. In this case, you get only registration or zero paper. Although it confirms the breed of the puppy, it does not give him the opportunity to participate in international exhibitions and be used for mating. A zero pedigree is issued only if the commission confirms that the dog complies with breed standards.
By the way, this name was given because of the “zero” - the lack of information in the line about parents.
The registered pedigree is done in the club. A prerequisite is a preliminary examination of the dog by three experts certified for this breed. In addition to this information, two photographs will be required - in profile and full face, again signed by an expert. If available, it is worth adding the original of an unconfirmed pedigree. When filling out the metric to obtain a pedigree, it is important to adhere to a simple rule - do everything carefully and correctly, otherwise the organization may refuse to issue this paper.
Prescribing information in all lines, it is important to use block letters written in the most legible way. If the experts read the wrong symbol incorrectly and, accordingly, give out the incorrectly completed pedigree, you will have to redo everything. The name and surname are written in the line “Owner”, and in the line “Address” - the current registration indicated in the passport. We must not forget about the index - its absence can serve as a refusal to accept documents.
Puppy metrics are changed in the Union of Dog Training Organizations of Russia or in the RKF. Documents issued by other organizations are not considered valid. More prestigious are the pedigrees issued by the RKF. They allow you to take part in competitions and exhibitions not only in Russia, but also abroad.
SCOR papers provide an opportunity to act only in the framework of club activities. If the owner of the puppy issued paper in the Union, and then decided to receive confirmation from the RKF, he will have to go through a test at three shows with the pet and get the ratings of three experts.
To exchange a certificate for a pedigree, Today it is not necessary to go to Moscow, as nurseries and city clubs are engaged in mediation. To obtain a document, you must go to the administration of the kennel where the puppy was purchased or to the official dog breeding club of the city. Having found out about the possibility of registering a pedigree, you need to pay receipts and draw up a puppy card. The birth certificate is changed to an adult "passport", which can be collected in about three months.
How to decrypt?
The dog’s pedigree looks like a colored laminated blank. The outer side of the document is filled with two logos - FCI and RKF. The decryption of the abbreviations used, contact addresses and telephones are also located here. On the inside you can see information about the ancestors of the dog.
First you should read about the father, and then about the mother. Quite often, in the ancestors on the maternal and paternal sides, you can meet the same dog, acting as a grandfather on both sides. If this happens, it means that this dog was interested in something for the breeders, who then deliberately knitted many times. Perhaps he was the owner of a large number of titles or produced unusual offspring.
Each parent also has two generations of ancestors. All animals can learn not only the breed and color, but also the titles, gender and dates of birth. Of the important numbers here are the brand code, chip code and pedigree number. The final part of the document is the seal of the RKF and the signature of its head.
Pedigree of the dog must always remain clean and smoothed therefore, it is better to store it in a folder with a hard cover, which, in turn, is cleaned in a dry place, inaccessible to children and animals.
When acquiring a puppy with a pedigree, it is important to carefully study the document for lack of fake. The document must be laminated, have a hologram and basic logos. If you look at the stigma, you can find data pointing to a particular club. Having discovered his contacts on the Internet, it is easy to find out information about the puppy.
When changing the owner of the dog, the pedigree will have to be reissued.
See how to identify a fake pedigree in the next video.
