Reading a pedigree.

jst · Post by **jst** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 11:11 pm

I did a search but couldn't fine anything. Can anybody tell me what "pr" means on a pedrigree.

Thanks

ryan goodwin · Post by **ryan goodwin** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 11:13 pm

purple ribon

nmplott · Post by **nmplott** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 11:43 pm

which means that at least the last 9 consecutive generations are pure and meet the standard with the ninth generation being either single registered or better.

jst · Post by **jst** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 12:18 am

And I take it that, that is a good thing.?

Spanky · Post by **Spanky** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 1:06 am

its 3 generations (14 hounds) and yes that is a good thing. So if you have paperwork that has a hound that is "PR" then he has to have 14 hounds behind him that are pure based on registration.

jst · Post by **jst** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 12:52 am

Thanks guys. I talked to the ol boy I got the pup from and he explained it to me. Its a real good pup and on the sire side it says CH-pr and then his name. Hence I didn't know what the "pr" meant.

reed · Post by **reed** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 1:57 pm

One other thing to remember that when looking at a pedigree the abbreviations are not the important things. They may tell you if the dog was "CH" but it will also tell you what type of dog you should expect your dog to be if you know the dogs before him. That is the important part of the papers not weather or not the dog has any letters before his name. If you can do this then you are truley reading the pedigree and not looking at it. That is what makes papers worth having, weather they are from UKC, AKC, or just hand written.

jst · Post by **jst** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:39 am

Well as we all know papers sometimes don't mean much. But why don't you give us (me) an education on how to read papers.

Emily · Post by **Emily** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 3:01 pm

sounds like you've got UKC papers in front of you.
Go to the UKC site and look for their registration info.
Then go to the site for the national breed club--Buddy has links from this site for all of them, I think. If not, Buckshot has them on Coondawgs.com. They determine the registration requirements for single registration.
Then go to the UKC board for that breed and ask about specific dogs in your pup's background, especially ones the breeder is proud of.

jst · Post by **jst** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 9:59 pm

Ok, Thanks. I appreciate it. Ill check stuff out.