Dog Version

Main Window With 4 Generation Copperplate Pedigree

Puppy Sale Agreement

Pedigree Cover Sheet

Breeders Assistant for Dogs Main Window

Trial Pedigree Showing Coat Color Predictions

Breeders Assistant for Dogs has a number of features specifically tailored to the needs of dog breeders.

Registry Support

UK Kennel Club

  • Breeders Assistant knows about recognized UK Kennel Club breeds and colours. When entering a dog into Breeders Assistant you can select the breed & colour from lists of colours known to be present in each breed.
  • It includes the names of the recognized Kennel Club titles in its title list.
  • Breeders Assistant knows about UK Kennel Club show awards in its show records.

AKC

  • Breeders Assistant is aware of the recognized breeds and colors in virtually all recognized dog breeds. This means that when adding a dog you can select the breed & color from lists of colors known to be present in each breed.
  • It knows about titles recognized by AKC (for conformation, agility, field trial and obedience).

FCI affiliated registries

  • Breeders Assistant knows about FCI breed names including FCI breed groups and numbers.
  • It can automatically fill in the breed/color details for a dog. If you key in the breed number it can look up the rest from its inbuilt breed/color list.

Canine Color Genetics

The Professional and Extended Editions of Breeders Assistant for Dogs include comprehensive coverage of canine coat color genetics:

  • It understands the inheritance and color phenotypes for most of the understood breed/color genes: Agouti Coloration, Albino, Blue Dilution, Chocolate, Color Intensity, Dominant Black/Brindle, Dominant White, Extension, Flecked, Gray Merle Dilute, Graying, Harlequin, Harlequin Tweed, Merle, Roan, Rufous, Super Extension, Ticked and White Spotting.
  • It is supplied with gene configurations for over thirty breeds: Afghan Hound, Akita, American Cocker Spaniel, Australian Shepherd, Basenji, Beagle, Border Collie, Boxer, Brittany, Bulldog, Chihuahua, Collie, Corgi, Dachshund, Dalmatian, Dobermann, Elkhound, English Cocker Spaniel, English Setter, English Springer Spaniel, Field Spaniel, Fox Terrier, Foxhound, French Bulldog, German Shepherd, Golden Retriever, Gordon Setter, Great Dane, Greyhound, Irish Setter, Irish Wolfhound, King Charles Spaniel, Labrador Retriever, Newfoundland, Old English Sheepdog, Papillon, Pekingese, Pointer, Pomeranian, Poodle, Pug, Rhodesian Ridgeback, Rottweiler, Schnauzer, Scottish Terrier, Shetland Sheepdog, Weimaraner, West Highland White Terrier, Whippet, White Shepherd and Yorkshire Terrier. In addition a 'generic configuration' is supplied that includes all the above color genes and can be used for other breeds not specifically covered.
  • The gene configurations for the different breeds are built into the product, and are normally fixed. However, if it is required to customize a gene configuration it is possible to purchase a separate 'user modifiable' form of the configuration that is supplied as a text file, which defines the genes, alleles, and rules governing their interactions (e.g., which genotypes give rise to particular phenotypes such as coat colors).

It is possible to incorporate predictions of coat color into documents such as trial mating pedigrees and mating certificates1.

1. Requires that a valid gene configuration has been configured, and that color genotypes are entered for the sire and dam.