Imagine the joy of a person who has a dog! He had long dreamed of a four-legged friend, and finally it came true. To celebrate when buying a pet, do not forget about the puppy card. What is a puppy’s metric (card) can be found in the article.
A little bit about choosing a pet
Nowadays, among the many puppy sales announcements, it's hard to find something worthwhile. It is especially difficult for a beginner in dog breeding, only dreaming of a particular breed. What can he advise?
- Buy a four-legged friend only in a specialized nursery. If you do not want to get a mestizo or a sick dog, do not contact dubious sellers.
Pay attention to the behavior of the breeder during the conversation. Ask for a visit, kennels with a good reputation have nothing to hide, they themselves offer potential owners to come and meet the puppy's parents.
Ask for the documents of the father and mother of the future pet. This is a pedigree, of course, registered in the RKF.
The photo shows the puppy’s metric, which is issued together with the acquired baby. Over time, it is changed to a pedigree.
What it is?
What is a puppy’s metric, and why is a pet acquired for the soul needed? Metric, if translated into human documents, is a birth certificate. The children's certificate contains information about parents, date of birth. The puppy metric contains all the information about the baby.
What information are we talking about?
The photo shows a sample puppy metrics. And what do we see on it? First of all, information about the organization in which the offspring was obtained. It can be a dog training club or a nursery.
The second point is associated with the data about the puppy: its breed, gender, name, date of birth, color and brand.
The third step is parental data. Their names, in particular, the brand number, information about the breeders and owners.
On the fourth line there are special marks. Whether the puppy was left for re-examination or rejected.
And finally, the presented sample of the puppy's metric (RKF) is completed with the signature of the breeder, the seal of the RKF and the signature of the person in charge of the dog training organization that issued the document.
Why such difficulties?
Metric is a document confirming that a puppy belongs to a particular breed. In other words, he argues that this is a purebred dog, not a mestizo.
Other craftsmen are able to fake the metric, but they can be brought to clean water. To do this, you can do:
- First, call the organization and find out if the litter from such and such a bitch has been registered.
- Secondly, to punch parents with the stigma in the pedigree database.
- Thirdly, you can find out if the ancestors of the puppy are registered in the RKF, using the same database. Enter the name of the dog and the prefix of the kennel, we get the result.
What to do with the metric?
What the puppy’s metric looks like now has become known. We focus on the tear-off coupon, it is he who remains with the owner of the dog and is subject to exchange for a pedigree. The tear-off slip contains the same information as the main sheet. Only they are printed in smaller print.
When the pet turns 9 months old, you can think about changing the "birth certificate" to "passport". Be careful: this is not about a veterinary passport, but about the pedigree of your grown-up pet. A veterinary passport is purchased with your puppy.
How to change the metric to the pedigree? There are two options: through the breeder or on your own. In the first case, you simply agree with the breeder, give him the tear-off coupon and pay a certain amount, he brings the pedigree. A cash contribution is necessary for its redemption, there is a pedigree of about 1,500 rubles.
If you decide to receive it yourself, then you will have to call the RKF in advance, agree on the day on which you can arrive. And it should be borne in mind that the organization is located in Moscow, so it is convenient to visit the residents of the capital and near Moscow region. The rest is better to act through the breeder, it’s calmer and less costly.
When the metric is not issued
What is a puppy metric, we figured out. This is a document proving its breed. But not every dog has one. If the puppy is purchased simply by hand, and not in a professional nursery, he will not have a metric.
Such a baby, even if he was a puppy from champions at least three times, is simply a phenotype of the breed. In other words, it has external features of a representative of a particular breed, but this is not documented. Phenotypes are not allowed to exhibitions, they can not take part in breeding, because such dogs do not carry any breeding value.
If the puppy was rejected for some reason, then he will not see the metrics and pedigree in the future.
Name in the metric
We talked about what a puppy’s metric is. And now let's touch on a question that is quite painful for many beginners - dog lovers. Can the name of the animal given by the breeder differ from what the owners want to name their pet.
Yes, this option is quite appropriate. Very often in the metric there is one name, and the puppy's name is completely different, and there is no indignation from the RKF. Only in advance it is worth warning the breeder about this so that he accustoms the baby to his home name.
For example, the dog’s pedigree’s name is Lacosta, and at home she’s Fanya. Another bitch spelled the name of Sent, she also eagerly responds to Molly.
Conclusion
So we learned what a puppy’s metric is and why it is needed. As it turned out, you can get it only from a professional breeder. If you get a pet by the announcement of "with hands", then he will not have a pedigree. Such a dog is considered a phenotype of a particular breed.
Want to participate in dog shows and have a pet to be proud of? Buy it in specialized nurseries.