What to do if not just a shaggy thin mongrel was found on the street, but a thoroughbred well-bred branding dog. How can a stigma help in finding the owners of a four-legged creature? What does it mean? And how to stigmatize a dog owner? The article provides answers to all these questions.
Why does a dog need a stigma?
They brand mainly pedigree animals registered in the Russian Cynological Federation (abbreviated as RKF) or in any other alternative organization of cynologists. This is done to correctly identify dogs in breeding. First of all, so that the owners are not accused of showing that the dog declared to participate has nothing to do with the pedigree presented to the commission members.
In recent years, they have begun to stigmatize purebred dogs so that in the event of a loss, people who find a runaway pet do not ask themselves: "How to find the owner of the dog?" The stigma is a tattoo, usually containing a special code by which you can find the nursery where the animal was born, and the contact phone number of the owner. It is simply dishonest sellers who want to convince buyers of the thoroughbredness of the puppy with the help of this sign and can stamp them by copying the number of another thoroughbred animal. In this case, unfortunately, the stigma of dogs will not facilitate the search for owners.
How to "read" the mark?
In order to find out how to find the owner of the dog by the stigma, you must first read it.
Typically, the stigma is located in places inaccessible for licking: inside the auricle, on the stomach, armpit. Pedigree dogs from early childhood are taught to show the stigma, so finding it is not too difficult.
If the dogās stigma has been washed off and cannot be clearly defined, then experienced dog breeders recommend completely shaving the hair on this part of the dogās body and wiping the stigma with either alcohol or vegetable oil. After that, the signs will become clearer. The dogās ear, if a brand is located inside, can be āilluminatedā with a flashlight from the outside.
Search for a dog owner in club stud books
After all the numbers and letters are identified, it is worthwhile to figure out which of them can be useful. Depending on in what order the letters and numbers are, as well as how many of them, you can determine in which nursery the dog was born (provided that it is purebred), and contact the breeder to ask for information about the owners. Most often, conscientious nursery owners store this data.
To begin with, itās worthwhile to understand what hallmarks different cynological federations have, then it will become clear how to find the dog owner by brand:
- The stigma consists of 3 Latin letters and numbers (their number varies from 1 to 6 characters). Such a stigma was most likely supplied by a breeder or club - a member of the RKF, and the data is stored in their database. The letters indicate the name of the kennel in which the dog was born. By contacting the Federation with a written request (or by e-mail), you can find out the name and contact details of the nursery.
- How else to find a dog owner by the stigma of RKF? The stigmas of this organization did not always look the same. If the stigma consists of 3 Russian letters and any number of numbers, then this means that it was also put by members of the RKF, but only until 2005. If the dog is elderly, then it is likely that data on it can also be found in the Federation database.
- The hallmark cipher begins with the letter E, then one or two numbers, then any Latin letter, and again three or five numbers. The combination of two letters and numbers, these are the hallmarks of the Union of Cynological Organizations of Russia (abbreviated SCOR). The numbers after the letter E indicate the year of birth of the dog. Further serial numbers in ascending order. All information about the clubs can be found by writing a letter to the address of SCOR.
- The dogās hallmark number starts with the letters KW (Kind World), and then numbers and letters come in random order. The stigma was delivered by the International Association of Cynologists "Good World" (abbreviated as IAC "Good World"). Stamp codes of all clubs of the association are available for independent search on the official website of the Federation.
It is worth remembering that, when sending a written request to any cynological organization, it is necessary to indicate the full number of the mark, the alleged breed of the dog, color, approximate age and, if possible, attach a photo of a four-legged friend.
The Federation will not send the applicant the address of the alleged owner, but the contacts of the kennel in which the dog was born. The breeder usually always keeps contact with the dog owners. Experienced dog breeders claim that a good breeder treats his puppies as children and, most likely, will offer to take on all the worries about the foundling and further search for the owner.
Search for a dog owner through the database
If there is no time to wait for an answer from the Federation, you can try to find the dogās stigma in the animal database on the Internet, but there isnāt a single database of the RKF or any other dog breeding federation on the Web. Various web pages are filled with amateur dog handlers, often by the owners themselves, who leave the data of their pet in order to make it easier to find in case of loss.
There are many bases, only a few are described in this article:
- The base of brands of nurseries on the Infodog website is quite complete, reliable, equipped with a convenient search. In this database, as a criterion, you can choose both the stigma and the city or breed in which one or another nursery specializes.
- Constantly updated database on the site of the Zooclub encyclopedia, with more than three thousand hallmarks. In addition to addresses and phone numbers, it contains not only the stigma figures that the kennel puts now, but also shows signs affixed to dogs before 2005.
- The international Pedigree Dogsfiles database is the RKF hallmark database, which does not have a search tool, but checking the dogās mark will not be difficult, because the letters of the mark are alphabetically located.
- Charity file cabinet of lost and found Claws dogs and cats. A resource that helps find missing dogs and cats, or their owners, found on the street animals. Data is replenished by ordinary people. It will be useful to check the information on this site, maybe they are looking for a dog, or it was already lost, and volunteers will be able to tell about its fate.
- The site of the Dachshund land dachshund breeding nursery is a complete database of old and new hallmarks of the RKF nurseries, you can even try to look for that nursery that is no longer functioning, but the address and telephone number still belong to the breeder.
- The national electronic identification database combines animal data not only in Russia but throughout Europe. In addition to the stigma, you can find the owner of the dog, knowing the number of the microchip implanted to him. The database contains information about the animals themselves and their owners.
Search databases of pedigree sites and forums
Is it possible to find the owner of the dog in other ways by brand? People often leave their data not in general hard-to-access databases, but on pedigree forum branches and in special sections of animal sites. If the breed of the found dog is known, it is worth trying to look for the contacts of the owner or kennel on the following resources:
- The catalog of representatives of the German shepherd breed Gsdog is a database of pedigree German shepherd dogs of the FCI system, whose representative in Russia is RKF.
- The Collie and Sheltie Forum contains on its pages data from kennels breeding Scottish Shepherd dogs (collies). Contact information may be outdated (the information was last updated in 2013).
- Russian retriever club. There is a sheet with "prefixes" of nurseries of Labrador Retriever. Data on simple labradors can also be in nurseries registered on this site. It is difficult to search - the first letters of the hallmarks are not sorted alphabetically.
- The database of dogs of hunting breeds of Huntdogs, constantly updated by the owners of animals, the database of brands of dogs of hunting breeds. All information is divided into breed branches, so if the breed is difficult to identify, the search will become more complicated.
Where else can I look?
If the search in the databases and in dog training organizations did not give a result, you can try to simply drive the full number of the mark into the search bar "Yandex" or "Google". In the request, the dog breeders are advised to refine the search according to the following example: "brand ABC72405 German shepherd." This is done in order to ensure the search for the most reliable information.
What to do if a nursery is known?
After it became known in which kennel a dog could have been born (it may happen that there will be several kennels with the same data) you need to call or come to the owner of the kennel and tell him when and under what circumstances the dog was found, show a photo, tell where is the stigma. According to experienced dog breeders, most breeders do not even need to know the stigma number in order to understand that the dog was born in his kennel, you only need to see it in the photo.
How to find the owner of a dog by stigma if there is no data on the Internet
The main thing that you should never forget: if the dog has a stigma, it is unlikely that she was simply left to the mercy of fate, there will certainly be those who are familiar with the dog or its owners.
First of all, you need to independently place information about the animal in special groups on social networks specializing in the search for missing animals in various cities of Russia. Pedigree forums will also come to the rescue, "pedigrees" are often united in clubs, for sure, someone will recognize the dog, there will be "littermates" (foundling brothers and sisters), and the fate of the dog will not be so foggy.
Here, only the dogās hallmark number cannot be published completely, the owners themselves must inform it. It is enough to indicate only the first letters that make it possible to understand in which nursery this animal was born. Otherwise, ordinary scammers who want to appropriate another's property can call. By the way, it is better not to leave the address or phone number in the public domain, it is better to limit yourself to an email address.
Offline Search
You can hang flyers with ads in the area where the dog was found and additionally chat with dog lovers walking nearby. They could see the dog here earlier, for example, with the owner. The principle of providing information is the same: you can specify either only part of the stigma, or simply the fact that the dog is stigmatized, and the owners will need to inform the finder of the given number and location of the stigma in order to avoid further misunderstandings.
What to do if owners are found, but they donāt need a dog
Unfortunately, this often happens, the old owners are, but they do not want to return the dog. Then the person who has found the dog should find out all the necessary information: the age of the dog, the preferred diet, and be sure to ask for a veterinary passport with vaccinations and the dogās documents (puppy card or pedigree). If the unfortunate owners confirm their refusal in writing - this will be ideal. After that, you can look for the dog a new house in which he will be loved.
Helpful information
The main thing is not to forget that it is necessary to look for dog owners with a stigma. You need to look for at least a month, people can be away and not immediately discover the loss. Experienced dog breeders warn, if you simply āappropriateā the found dog, then in the future it can serve as a reason for accusing of stealing personal property, because the owners of a thoroughbred dog have a contract, photos and witnesses. Such cases have repeatedly arisen in practice, so everyone needs to know how to find the owner of the dog by the stigma number.