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A pedigree is a family tree. You can learn a lot from it if you know how to read it and what to look for. Look at the example pedigree (below)of our dog SHINE. Notice that there are color coded columns. Shine (in maroon) is the only dog in the column farthest to the left. The second column has 2 dogs, her parents (in red). The third column has 4 dogs SHINE'S grand parents (in green). The fourth column has 8 dogs, SHINE'S great grand parents (in blue). The sire, or male dog, will always appear on the top. The dam, or female dog, will always appear on the bottom. For instance, if you looked at this example of Shine's great grand parents on her mother's side you would know that NAFC FC CNFC CNAFC PIPER'S PACER was a male and that HRCH Irondale's Shotgun was a male also. Pipers Pacer was bred to ALL STAR'S JUMPING JOY they produced HRCH NIGHT DOCTOR , a male, that was bred to GRHRCH SKY'S AVONDALE ROUX. "Night Dr." and "Roux" produced GRHRCH ROUX' NIGHT DR. VEDGE , mother of "Shine." To learn more about the titles in front of the names click on this Link. |
NFC AFC SAN JOAQUIN HONCHO (B)
FC AFC FOWL PLAY (B)
SUPER POWDER SOUP
GR HRCH COOL COAL PAPA (B)
FC AFC WESTWIND SUPERNOVA CHIEF (B)
HRCH HUNTER�S MARSH LA. LADY (B)
HUNTER�S MARSH MICH. BELLE (B)
HRCH VEDGE LOUISIANA PRIDE (B)- OFA GOOD
�SHINE�
NAFC FC CNFC CAFC PIPER�S PACER (B)
HRCH NIGHT DOCTOR (B)
ALL STAR�S JUMPING JOY
GR HRCH ROUX� NIGHT DR. VEDGE (B)
HRCH IRONDALE�S SHOTGUN (B)
GR HRCH SKY�S AVONDALE ROUX (B)
HRCH SKY-LAB OREO�S SKY
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When you are buying a puppy the pedigree and the reputation of the breeder is all you really have to go on. So finding a reputable breeder and understanding a pedigree is very important. If you are looking for a puppy that will become a good hunting dog and you find a puppy with numerous CH titles in it's pedigree you may be surprised to learn that CH is a SHOW title and has nothing to do with retrieving at all. Some people may say that they don't care about TITLES. That may be because they don't realize the significance of FIELD AND HUNTING TITLES when looking for a hunting dog. One thing you can be sure of is that the dogs that have earned the field and hunting titles love to get ducks, pigeons, pheasants, and bumpers, are not gun shy, and do not have an aversion to water. So from that point of view titles are important, they tell you it is quite likely the puppies will have the same characteristics as their parents. A CH title alone doesn't tell you that. It is a conformation title.
When you are thinking of purchasing a Started or an Advanced level gun dog you can see the dog itself. The pedigree is not as important as the performance of the dog you are considering. Since performance can only be demonstrated with a trained hunting dog many people prefer to purchase a dog that has been trained. You can see exactly what you are getting.
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