British Lab Pedigree Key
BRITISH PEDIGREE ABBREVIATIONS
FTCH - Field Trial Champion
RCH - winner of Retriever CHampionship Year of win may follow
FTW - Field Trial Winner of an open trial: unofficial and unreliable
CH - CHampion
SH CH - SHow CHampion
DUAL CH - Field Trial Champion plus bench CHampion
1234AA - Stud Book Number composed of a number(s) followed by/or just two letters of the stud book dog 1st appears in.
HIPS - left hip / right hip as evaluated by xray examination for hip displaysia (U.K. BVA system)
EYES - evaluation for presence of cataracts, PRA (progressive retinal atrophy) : Permanent only at 5 years age.
OPTIGEN prcdPRA - DNA test to determine presence of pcrdPRA (affected, carrier, unaffected)
(= .....) - littermate/or repeat breeding of dog in pedigree
b. - birthdate
br. - breeder of dog