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