Pedigree (dog) - Definition

A pedigreed dog is a dog that has its ancestry recorded and tracked by a major dog registry. The number of generations required varies from breed to breed, but all pedigreed dogs have papers from the registering body that attest to its ancestry.

Sometimes purebred is used to mean pedigreed, but as all breeds came from random bred dogs originally, the term pedigreed is preferred.

See also

• List of dog breeds

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