Adding dogs... - Page 1

I'm in need of assistance in adding my female to the database. Both parents are already here, but when I go to register her, the father comes up, but mother does not. When I click to add her anyway, it ways that Neither parent is in the database? Help Plz???

Ladywolf, this is a copy & paste, so it may be hard to read. The first thing that you should do is to see whether you can find any of your dog's ancestors in the pedigree database. If you can find your dog's sire or dam, then there is not much work to do. I do advise you to find those dogs, and make sure that your spelling matches exactly the names in the database. If you just need to register your dog, then here is the easiest way: Select "Register a Dog" Select "Sex" Enter full name of dog without any titles. Enter registry and number. Insert parents (here's where it becomes tricky). For the "Father's Name"-type "no information about the sire", and for the "Mother's Name"-type "no information about the dam". Enter achievements, if any. Enter work trials, if any. Enter date of birth. Enter HD results, if known. Enter colour. Enter height, if known. Now select "Continue". On the next page you will see "Eighth Step" For the father, it should say "Not Known" For the mother it should say "Not Known". Enter your e-mail contact address and select Register (dog's name) Now, find your dog the same way that you would look for any dog, and select "Ped Update". For Original Parent Information, you will see "no information about the sire". Enter the Sire's name exactly as it is spelled. For Original Parent Information, you will see "no information about the dam". Enter the Dam's name exactly as it is spelled. Then finish updating the pedigree. To register a dog whose parents are not in the database, you will need to register each dog in the pedigree as "no information about the sire" and"no information about the dam" and use the pedigree update to link them. Bob-O

Thank Bob - I did the search to make sure I had the spelling right, and I do. And both parents/grandparents/etc are all listed in here. When I enter my female, the father's name does come up, but mother's does not - even though she is in there, and the spelling is correct. When I do the final step and enter my email, it still comes back with "Neither parent found" message. Could it have something to do with the "limited to 50 results" message?

Ladywolf, after you have your dog registered with unknown parents, try to type a part of the father's name, i.e. type "Lasso" instead of "VA-5 Lasso di val Sol" and see if the list is populated with the correct Lasso. Then do the same for the mother. Now, there is a chance that some database maintenance is going on and you are "locked out" from making certain changes for the time being. I would try it again in a couple of days. Good Luck, Bob-O