What is a dog’s pedigree certificate?

A dog’s pedigree certificate is issued to the breeder by a regular and legal kennel club or association to confirm the true and legal identity of a dog it has bred. In China, the largest organization that can issue pedigree certificates to dogs is the China Kennel Union (CKU), which is also the only authorized partner of the World Canine Federation (FCI) in China, and is authorized by the FCI to manage the purebred breeds recognized by the FCI. A pedigree certificate is a certificate that records all information about a dog, including the breed, date of birth, coat color, sex, breeder and kennel, owner, parents, ancestors, health status, competition records, microchip records, transfer records, and more. The pedigree certificate is not a single paper document, but a chip will be injected under the skin on the left side of the neck of a dog with a pedigree certificate, and this chip has a unique chip number, which is the same as the chip number recorded on the pedigree certificate. The pedigree certificate records the dog’s purity and lineage to its first three generations of ancestors. We can judge the quality of the pedigree based on the certificate, so the correctness and authority of the pedigree certificate is very important, and the pedigree certificate of a dog is an important basis for determining the pedigree and identity of a particular dog.