> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://breederbuddy.com/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Dogs > How to add a dog or puppy, edit a dog's name or sire and dam, hide sold, placed, or transferred dogs from your dog list, archive, delete, retire, or mark a dog or puppy deceased, change a puppy to a breeding dog, set or clear the owner, track guardian homes, add vaccinations with follow-up reminders, print health records, vaccine records, and weights as a PDF, upload photos from your phone, manage breeds, find external dogs, share a dog profile, invite a co-owner, and show or hide a dog on your website. # Dogs > **Video walkthrough:** [Watch on Loom](#) *(link coming soon)* *** Dogs is the heart of BreederBuddy — your complete record for every dog in your program. Whether it's an active breeding dog, a puppy, or a dog you've retired, every profile lives here with everything attached to it in one place. *** ## What You Can Do Here * Add and manage individual dog profiles with photos, breed, color, registration numbers, and microchip * Import OFA health certificates by uploading a PDF — BreederBuddy reads the test, result, cert number, and dates automatically * Track health tests, weight history, heat cycles, and titles * Record genetics and view a full pedigree going back multiple generations * Invite other breeders as **co-owners** of a specific dog * Drop in Embark, Paw Print Genetics or Wisdom Panel reports, OFA results, vet paperwork, or a pedigree chart and let Buddy fill in the dog's records for you * Attach documents, log events, and track expenses tied to a specific dog * Share a dog's public profile, gallery, or health information with buyers or co-owners *** ## How It Works ### Adding a Dog 1. Go to [**Dogs**](https://app.breederbuddy.com/animals) in the left menu (under **Breeding Program**). 2. Click **Add Dog** in the top right. (Adding your very first dog? BreederBuddy opens a short guided walkthrough instead — answer each step, then click **Create Dog**. You can switch to the basic form anytime with **Use basic form instead**, and reopen the walkthrough from the basic form with **Need help? Walk me through this**.) 3. Fill in the **Primary Details**: **Name** (required), **Call Name**, **Type** (required — Active Breeding Dog, Puppy, Retired, Pet / Other, or Deceased), **Sex** (required), **Date of Birth**, **Breed**, and **Collar Color**. 4. Optionally link a **Sire**, **Dam**, and **Owner** under **Relationships**. 5. Click **Create Dog**. You land on the dog's profile, where you can add photos, registration numbers, health records, and everything else. Adding a puppy from one of your litters? Add it from that litter's page with **Add New Puppy** instead, so it stays linked to the litter and its parents. ### Importing Dogs from a Spreadsheet (CSV) Bringing in a whole roster at once? Next to the **Add Dog** button there's a small **cloud icon** (hover text: **Import/Export Dogs**). 1. Go to **Dogs** in the left menu and click the **cloud icon** next to **Add Dog**. 2. Choose **Bulk CSV Import**, then click **Import from CSV**. 3. Click **Download Template** to get a ready-made CSV with every supported column, fill it in, and drop the file into the upload box. 4. Click **Import Dogs**. You'll get a results summary showing how many dogs, litters, contacts, and breeds were created. Only two columns are required: **Name** and **Type** (Puppy, Active Breeding Dog, Retired, Pet / Other, or Deceased). The template also supports call name, DOB, sex, owner details, microchip, registration numbers, color, breed, size, sale price, market status, tags, notes, and litter/sire/dam names — BreederBuddy links litters and parents by name automatically. Prefer not to wrangle a spreadsheet? Choose **Import with Buddy** in the same menu and drop in whatever file you have — Buddy reads it and builds the import for you to review. See [Importing Your Data](https://breederbuddy.com/docs/getting-started/importing-your-data.md). The same menu also lists **Import from External Registry**. Registry imports (K9-Data.org, OFA / CHIC, AKC Marketplace, Paw Print Genetics) are marked **Coming soon** and can't be used yet — for now, add outside sires and dams with **Add Dog** or let Buddy read their paperwork. ### Importing Paperwork into One Dog's Profile Already have a dog set up and a stack of paperwork for them? Open the dog's profile and click **Import with Buddy** at the top. 1. Drop up to 5 files — Embark, Paw Print Genetics or Wisdom Panel reports, OFA results, vet records, registrations, pedigree charts, spreadsheets, or photos. 2. Buddy reads them and files everything onto that dog: a DNA report becomes a genetics panel (plus its DNA-test COI), OFA and vet results become health records, and a pedigree chart builds out the family tree. 3. Review what Buddy found and approve it. Nothing is saved until you approve, and one click undoes an import. Buddy imports need an active plan and have a monthly allowance — the window shows how many you have left this month. ### Viewing a Dog's Profile Each dog has its own detail page with tabs grouped along the side: * **Profile** — Details, Titles & Achievements * **Care & Evaluation** — Health, **Certifications** (OFA & health testing), Weight, Aptitude & Neonatal (puppies), Heat Cycles and Whelping Watch (females who aren't puppies) * **Breeding & Lineage** — Relationships, Genetics, Pedigree * **Media & Files** — Gallery, Attachments * **Records & Operations** — Events, Finances ### Health Certifications (OFA & More) The **Certifications** tab is where you store OFA, PennHIP, Embark, and other health-testing records. The fastest way to add one is to upload the PDF. BreederBuddy reads it and fills in the test type, result, cert number, and dates for you. Upload a DNA panel report with the same button and Buddy reads the whole report instead: once you approve its review, each result is saved and the dog's **Genetics** tab is filled in. See the [Health Certifications](https://breederbuddy.com/docs/features/core-animal-litter-management/health-certifications.md) doc for the full walkthrough. ### Co-ownership Invites If another breeder co-owns a dog with you, you can give them full access to that dog's record: 1. Open the dog's profile. 2. Click the **Share** icon next to the dog's name and choose **Invite co-owner**. 3. Enter their **Owner Email** and (optionally) their **Kennel / Organization Name**, then click **Send Invite**. 4. They'll get an invite — once they accept, they can view and edit everything for that dog. If the dog is already co-owned, the same menu shows **Manage co-owners** instead, which takes you to the Co-owners page. See the [Co-owners](https://breederbuddy.com/docs/features/account-team/co-owners.md) doc for more. ### Generating AKC Paperwork When it's time to register a dog or litter, head to [**Document Manager**](https://app.breederbuddy.com/printables) in the left menu. You can generate pre-filled AKC Ownership Records, AKC Litter Records, and the UKC Litter Registration, drag fields around if needed, and download the PDF. See [Document Manager](https://breederbuddy.com/docs/features/care-operations/printables.md). ### Custom Registration Labels If you work with multiple registries (AKC, UKC, CKC, etc.), you can customize what each registration field is called for your whole organization in [**Settings → Preferences**](https://app.breederbuddy.com/settings?tab=preferences). Your custom labels show up everywhere on dog profiles, contracts, and forms. ### Health Records (Vaccines, Deworming, Vet Visits) Vaccines, dewormings, vet visits, and other medical history live on the dog's **Health** tab. (OFA and other health testing go on the **Certifications** tab instead.) 1. Open the dog's profile and click the **Health** tab (in the **Care & Evaluation** group on the side). 2. Find the right section (**Vaccinations**, **Prevention / Deworming**, **Veterinarian Appointments**, **Health Tests**, **Breedings**, **Grooming**, or **Other Records**) and click its **+ Add** button (for example **+ Add Vaccination**). 3. Fill in the name, **Date**, and **Administered By**, plus any optional details like **Expires On**, brand, or lot number. 4. Gave the same thing to other dogs too? Click **Log this for more dogs** at the bottom of the form. Search by name or use the **Adults**, **Puppies**, **Littermates** and **Sex** filters, then check off every dog it applies to (**Check all shown** ticks the whole list, and Shift-click ticks a run of rows). Each dog you check gets its own copy of the record. 5. Click **Save**. The record shows in its section, newest first. 6. BreederBuddy then asks **Create Follow-up Reminder?** Click **Yes, Create Follow-up** to put the next dose on your calendar, or **Skip for Now**. The reminder date is pre-filled (one year out for vaccinations, two weeks for deworming), and you can change it before you save. To add one later, click the **calendar-plus icon** next to any record. Use the **pencil icon** to edit a record. Vaccinating a whole litter? Use **Log this for more dogs** and the **Littermates** filter, or do it from the litter's **Puppies** tab with **Add Bulk Health Records**. See [Litters](https://breederbuddy.com/docs/features/core-animal-litter-management/litters.md). Breedings are always added one dog at a time. ### Printing Health Records, Vaccines, and Weights 1. Open the dog's profile and go to the **Health** tab. 2. Click **Export PDF Report** at the top right. The **Export Health Record PDF** window opens. 3. Tick only the sections you want. For a vaccine-only printout, click **Clear all**, then tick **Vaccinations**. Tick **Weight History** to add their weights. 4. Leave **Include parents** ticked to print the sire and dam on the report, or untick it. 5. Click **Generate PDF**. The PDF downloads, ready to print or email to a buyer or vet. For a puppy's go-home paperwork, the litter's **Puppies** tab has a **Print for owner** button on each puppy, and **Export Health PDFs** does the whole litter at once. ### Spay/Neuter Estimate BreederBuddy shows an estimated spay/neuter date for every dog whose **Type** is **Puppy** and who has a **Date of Birth** (whatever their **Fertility** says). It appears in the **Spay / Neuter Estimate** box on the puppy's **Health** tab, on the health PDF, and under **Fertility** while you're in **Edit Details**. It's on by default and uses 10 months after birth. 1. Go to [**Settings → Preferences**](https://app.breederbuddy.com/settings?tab=preferences). 2. Scroll to **Health estimates**. 3. Change **Spay/neuter estimate (months)** to the age your vet recommends (one number, from 1 to 36), or switch **Spay/neuter estimate** off. The change applies to every puppy. You can also change it from the **gear icon** on a puppy's **Spay / Neuter Estimate** box on the **Health** tab. ### Archiving or Deleting a Dog When a dog leaves your program (sold, placed, retired), archive them instead of deleting. Archived dogs keep every record and stay searchable — they just move out of your main list. To archive a dog: 1. Open the dog's profile. 2. Click **Edit Details**. 3. Scroll down and check **Archive from main workflow**. 4. Hit **Save**. Archived dogs appear in the **Archived, Retired & Deceased** section at the bottom of your Dogs list. To unarchive, open the dog, click **Edit Details**, and uncheck the box. A couple of helpful nudges: if you archive a puppy who isn't marked sold yet, BreederBuddy asks if you'd also like to mark them **Went home (Sold)**. And if you mark a puppy **Sold** without archiving, it offers to archive for you. ### Hiding Sold, Placed, or Transferred Dogs Your main **Dogs** list hides archived, **Retired**, and **Deceased** dogs. A puppy marked **Went home (Sold)** or given an owner still shows until you archive them. So to clear out dogs who have left your program, archive them (steps above). You don't need to create a fake buyer. * To see only the puppies who have gone home, click **Placed** under **Puppy status** in the **Dog Finder** at the top of the list. * To find an archived dog later, scroll to the **Archived, Retired & Deceased** section at the bottom of the Dogs page, or type their name in the **Search** box. * Archiving also takes the dog off your website. To permanently delete a dog instead, open the dog's profile, click the **three-dot menu** at the top right, and choose **Delete**. This is permanent and removes the dog from associated records — archive whenever you can. ### Changing a Dog's Type (Puppy to Breeding Dog, Retired, Deceased) A dog's **Type** controls how BreederBuddy treats them, and changing it is always the same three clicks: 1. Open the dog's profile. 2. Click **Edit Details**. 3. Change **Type** to **Active Breeding Dog**, **Puppy**, **Retired**, **Pet / Other**, or **Deceased**, then hit **Save**. That's how you graduate a puppy you're keeping into an **Active Breeding Dog** (their profile gains Heat Cycles and breeding features), retire a dog, or mark one deceased. There's no separate "convert" button — the Type dropdown is it. Retired and Deceased dogs move to the **Archived, Retired & Deceased** section at the bottom of your Dogs list, with every record kept exactly as it was. **Lost a puppy or a dog?** Set **Type** to **Deceased** rather than deleting them. Their records, litter, and family tree stay intact, and they can still be picked as a **Sire** or **Dam** for pedigrees. There's no separate date-of-passing field, so if you want the date on file, add it as an **Other** record on their **Health** tab. ### The Owner Field, and What "Reserved" Means The **Owner** (under **Relationships** on **Edit Details**, and on the **Relationships** tab) is the contact who has the dog: a buyer, a guardian home, or another person. It's picked from your [**Contacts**](https://app.breederbuddy.com/contacts). **A puppy is reserved the moment a contact becomes its owner.** That one step is what the rest of BreederBuddy watches: the puppy's page and the litter's puppy list read "Reserved for Sarah Miller · goes home Dec 1", the buyer's contact card says the same, your activity feed gets a line, your website shows the puppy as reserved, and a Go-home email series can offer to start. * **Your own dog?** Leave **Owner** empty. You don't need to add yourself. * **To reserve a puppy:** on the litter's **Puppies** tab, click **Reserve for a buyer** under the puppy's name (or **Change buyer** once there is one), pick the contact, and click **Save**. The same button is on the puppy's **Relationships** tab. For an adult dog the button still says **Assign Owner**. * **Brand-new buyer?** The litter's **Reserve for a buyer** window only lists contacts you already have. Use the button on the puppy's **Relationships** tab instead, which has **Create New Contact**, or add the buyer under [**Contacts**](https://app.breederbuddy.com/contacts) first. * **Mark as Reserved?** Right after you pick the buyer, BreederBuddy asks whether to set the puppy's **Market Status** to **Reserved**. Click **Mark as Reserved**, or **Not now** to leave the status alone. Tick **Always do this when I add a buyer** and it stops asking; you can change that any time under [**Settings → Preferences**](https://app.breederbuddy.com/settings?tab=preferences). * **Status first, buyer second:** if you set **Market Status** to **Reserved** or **Went home (Sold)** on a puppy with no owner, the buyer picker opens and asks who it's reserved for. You can skip it, but the puppy then shows as reserved for nobody. * **To clear an owner** (for example, a sale fell through): open the dog's profile, click **Edit Details**, click **Clear** next to the **Owner** under **Relationships**, and hit **Save**. The Relationships tab now says "No owner assigned", and BreederBuddy offers to set the status back to **Available**. **Guardian homes:** set the guardian family as the dog's **Owner**. If the contact's **Type** is **Guardian Family**, BreederBuddy knows it isn't a sale: the puppy is offered **Retained** instead of **Reserved**, the puppy list reads "Guardian home: Sarah Miller", your activity feed records "Bella placed with Sarah Miller (guardian home)", and it is never started on a buyer email series by itself. For an adult placed with a guardian, keep **Type** as **Active Breeding Dog**. [**Contracts**](https://app.breederbuddy.com/contracts) has a ready-made **Guardian Home Agreement** template. **Another breeder:** when the owner's **Type** is **Breeder**, BreederBuddy asks whether the puppy is **Reserved** (sold to them) or **Retained** (co-owned or staying in your program). A **Business** contact as owner changes nothing. ### Go-Home Date Puppies inherit their litter's go-home date (see [Litters](https://breederbuddy.com/docs/features/core-animal-litter-management/litters.md)). If one puppy goes home on a different day, open their **Edit Details** and set **Go-home date**; leave it blank to use the litter's. The puppy's page shows "goes home Dec 1" (with a \~ while it's still an estimate), and the calendar, your website and any email series follow it. ### Adding Photos (Including From Your Phone) 1. Open the dog's profile and click the **Gallery** tab (in the **Media & Files** group). 2. Click the **Add photos** tile. On a phone, this lets you take a picture or pick from your photo library. On a computer, you can also drag photos straight onto the gallery. 3. The photos upload and appear in the gallery. Use the icons on each photo to set it as the profile picture, show or hide it on your website, or delete it. For a puppy, open the puppy's own profile first (from the litter's **Puppies** tab, click the **open profile** arrow), so the photos go on that puppy instead of the whole litter. Documents like PDFs go on the **Attachments** tab. See [Attachments](https://breederbuddy.com/docs/features/care-operations/attachments.md). ### Managing Your Breed List The **Breed** dropdown on every dog (and on outside dogs in your pedigrees) uses your saved breed list. 1. Open any dog's profile and click **Edit Details**. 2. Click **Manage Breeds** right under the **Breed** field. (It's also in [**Settings → Preferences**](https://app.breederbuddy.com/settings?tab=preferences) next to **Default Breed**.) 3. Type the breed in **Add a new breed** and click **Add Breed**. Use **Edit** to rename a breed or **Delete** to remove one. Renaming a breed updates every dog using it. Deleting one clears that breed from any dog that had it. ### Showing or Hiding a Dog on Your Website Whether a dog appears on your public website and Programs page is controlled per dog: 1. Open the dog's profile and click **Edit Details**. 2. Scroll to **Display Settings**. 3. Check or uncheck **Public?**, then hit **Save**. The **Description** field in the same section is what appears under the dog's name and photo on your site. To manage several at once, go to [**Content Manager**](https://app.breederbuddy.com/display) in the left menu — the **Dogs** tab shows every dog with a **Public / Hidden** toggle on each card, so you can publish or unpublish with one click. ### Linking Parents and Birth Litters * **Sire and Dam:** open the dog's profile, click **Edit Details**, and pick them under **Relationships** — or use the **Relationships** tab's **Assign Sire** / **Assign Dam** buttons. * **The Relationships tab** also shows the dog's **Owner**, their **Siblings** (full and half), the **Litters** they've been a parent in, and their **Offspring**. On a dog who isn't a puppy, **Add Litter with** (their name) starts a new litter with them already filled in. * **Dogs born from one of your litters** get their sire, dam, and date of birth from the litter automatically, so those fields are locked on the dog and say so. To change them, update the litter record itself. * **To put a dog you already added into its birth litter**, go through the litter: open the litter's **Puppies** tab and click **Link Existing Puppy** in the **Toolbox**. There's no litter picker on the dog's own profile. Linking sets the dog's sire, dam, and date of birth from the litter, replacing what was there. * **Sire or dam missing from the dropdown?** The **Sire** and **Dam** lists only show dogs with the right **Sex** whose **Type** is **Active Breeding Dog**, **Retired**, or **Deceased**. Puppies and **Pet / Other** dogs don't appear, so change the parent's **Type** first. ### Recording Weights and Temperatures **Weights** live on the **Weight** tab of every dog's profile (under Care & Evaluation): 1. Open the dog's profile and go to the **Weight** tab. 2. Click **Add New Weight**. 3. Enter the weight and the **Date Recorded**, then save. While you type, BreederBuddy compares the new weight with the last one and warns you if it's lower, with the difference and percentage. You'll see a growth chart plus a full history table, where the **Age** column shows how many weeks old the dog was at each weigh-in (when they have a date of birth). Use **Change Preferred Unit** to switch between pounds, ounces, kilograms, and grams. For a litter of puppies, you can also log and compare weights right from the litter's puppy list, and daily puppy weights are part of the [Neonatal Check-In](https://breederbuddy.com/docs/features/core-animal-litter-management/neonatal-check-in.md). **Temperatures** are for expecting moms. Every female (who isn't a puppy) has a **Whelping Watch** tab on her profile — it's also on her litter's page: 1. Open the **Whelping Watch** tab. 2. Click **Add Reading** and enter her temperature, date and time, and any notes. Log a few readings a day in the final week or two of pregnancy. BreederBuddy learns her normal baseline and alerts you when it spots the temperature drop that usually means whelping is 12–24 hours away. Use **Change Unit** to switch between °F and °C. ### Sharing a Dog's Profile You can generate a private link for a dog's profile, useful for sending to potential buyers, vets, or co-owners. The page shows the dog's main photo, their details, every gallery photo, health records, weight history, and attachments, laid out like a portfolio. 1. Open the dog's profile. 2. Click the **Share** icon next to the dog's name and choose **Share profile**. 3. Choose what to include (profile details, health records, gallery photos, weight chart, attachments). Untick anything you'd rather keep private. 4. Pick how long the link should stay active and click **Generate Share URL**. 5. Copy the link and send it. Anyone with the link can view it without logging in. All of the dog's gallery photos are included unless you untick them. Health records include the **Breeding** group by default, which can name other people's dogs (like an outside female your stud covered), so untick that group if it's private. Tests on the **Certifications** tab aren't part of a profile share link. To stop sharing, open the same window and click **Disable URL**. *** ## Key Terms | Term | What It Means | | - | - | | Active Breeding Dog | A dog currently used in your breeding program | | Puppy | A young dog in your program; puppy profiles get the Aptitude & Neonatal tab instead of Heat Cycles | | Retired | A dog you no longer breed; moves to the Archived, Retired & Deceased section and drops off the Litter Planner | | Pet / Other | A dog that stays in your main list but isn't part of your breeding program | | Deceased | A dog who has passed away; kept on record and still usable as a sire or dam in pedigrees | | Market Status | A puppy's sale status: **Available**, **Reserved** (a buyer is attached), **Retained** (held back for breeding, show, training, or a guardian home), or **Went home (Sold)** | | Owner | The contact who has the dog (buyer, guardian, etc.); leave empty for your own dogs. On a puppy, setting the owner is what "reserved" means | | Reserved | A specific puppy has a specific buyer. Different from a waitlist deposit, which holds a spot in line, not a puppy | | Go-home date | The day a puppy goes home. Set on the litter, overridable per puppy, estimated from the birth date until then | | Archived | A dog who has left your program; still on record but hidden from active lists and your website | | Call Name | The everyday name you use for a dog (vs. their registered name) | | Network Dog | A dog from another BreederBuddy breeder linked into your pedigree records | | Co-owner | Another breeder you've invited to share full access to a specific dog's record | *** ## Tips & Common Questions > **How do I mark a dog as pregnant?** > > There's no "pregnant" switch on a dog — pregnancy comes from her litter record. Create (or open) her litter and set the **breeding date**, and BreederBuddy tracks the pregnancy from there: she shows as pregnant on the heat timeline and Litter Planner, her due date is estimated automatically, and her **Whelping Watch** countdown unlocks. > **How do I add or edit breeds in the Breed dropdown?** > > Click **Manage Breeds** right under the Breed field (it's also in **Settings → Preferences**). You can add, rename, or delete breeds — renaming a breed updates every dog using it. > **Can I export my dogs to a CSV?** > > Not yet — the **Export Dogs** option in the import/export menu is marked **Coming Soon**. Importing from CSV works today. > **Can I add dogs that I don't own, like sires or dams from other programs?** > > Yes. Add them with **Add Dog** like any other dog, or use **Create New Dog** right from the **Sire** or **Dam** field when you're linking parents. If you'd rather not add them to your Dogs list, click **Select a Sire** (or **Select a Dam**), check the **Outside sires already in your pedigrees** list first, and if they aren't there click **Add a new outside sire** (or dam) to save them as an outside dog in your pedigrees instead. Importing straight from an outside registry is marked **Coming soon**, so for now you can drop their paperwork into **Import with Buddy** instead of typing it all in. > **How do I hide sold or placed dogs from my Dogs list?** > > Archive them. Open the dog, click **Edit Details**, tick **Archive from main workflow**, and hit **Save**. Marking a puppy **Went home (Sold)** alone keeps them in the main list (BreederBuddy offers to archive when you do). Archived dogs keep all their records and sit in the **Archived, Retired & Deceased** section at the bottom of the page. > **How do I mark a puppy as reserved for a buyer?** > > On the litter's **Puppies** tab, click **Reserve for a buyer** under the puppy and pick the contact. When BreederBuddy asks **Mark as Reserved?**, say yes. That's it: the puppy, the litter, the buyer's contact card and your website all show it, and your activity feed records "Bella reserved for Sarah Miller". If you'd rather it never ask, tick **Always do this when I add a buyer** on that prompt. > **How do I remove or unassign the owner (a customer or family) from a dog?** > > Open the dog's profile, click **Edit Details**, click **Clear** next to the **Owner** under **Relationships**, and hit **Save**. This only removes the link; the contact stays in your Contacts. To give the dog to someone else instead, pick the new contact in the same field. If the old owner was on a Go-home email series for that puppy, their remaining emails stop. > **How do I mark a puppy or dog as deceased?** > > Open their profile, click **Edit Details**, set **Type** to **Deceased**, and hit **Save**. Don't delete them: deceased dogs keep their records and still show in pedigrees. > **How do I edit a dog's name or other details?** > > Open the dog's profile, click **Edit Details**, change **Name** (or any other field), and hit **Save**. A dog born in one of your litters gets their sire, dam, and date of birth from the litter, so change those on the litter instead. > **How do I label keepers, sold dogs, or my own custom statuses?** > > For puppies, use **Market Status** on **Edit Details**: **Retained** means held back for breeding, show, or training, and **Went home (Sold)** means placed. For anything else ("Guardian Home", "Show Prospect", "Needs Vet Follow-up"), create your own [Tags](https://breederbuddy.com/docs/features/core-animal-litter-management/tags.md) and filter your Dogs list by them. > **Where's my list of outside (external) dogs?** > > On the [**Dogs**](https://app.breederbuddy.com/animals) page, click **External pedigree catalog** near the page title. It lists every outside dog in your pedigrees. Click one to edit its name, breed, and other details, then click **Save External Profile**. You can also pick **External** in the [**Pedigree Viewer**](https://app.breederbuddy.com/pedigrees). To use one as a litter's sire, open the litter's **Edit Details**, click **Select a Sire**, search his name, and click **Use** next to him under **Outside sires already in your pedigrees**. > **How do I change a dog's collar color?** > > Click the small colored dot on the dog's profile picture (hover text: **Set collar color**), pick a color, and click **Save**. You can also set **Collar Color** on **Edit Details**, or click the dot on a puppy's card in the litter's **Puppies** tab. > **Can I add vaccine records to several dogs at once?** > > Yes. Add the record on any one dog's **Health** tab as usual, then click **Log this for more dogs** at the bottom of the form and check off the others. Search and the **Adults** / **Puppies** / **Littermates** filters keep the list short. You can also click **Log Care** on the **Care Schedules** page, or **Add Bulk Health Records** on a litter's **Puppies** tab. > **Can I see all my dogs' health tests in one place?** > > Not in one program-wide list yet. Each dog's **Certifications** tab shows all of that dog's tests at a glance, grouped by category with a green, yellow, or red badge for valid, expiring, or expired. You can request a combined view on the [**Feedback**](https://app.breederbuddy.com/feedback) page. > **Can I print a dog's profile?** > > There's no single "print profile" button. To print health records and weights, use **Export PDF Report** on the dog's **Health** tab. To send someone the whole profile, use **Share** → **Share profile** and send them the link. > **Does co-ownership work for any breed?** > > Yes. You can invite a co-owner on any dog in your program, whatever the breed. All you need is the other breeder's email. > **Can BreederBuddy remember my filters and page size on the Dogs page?** > > Yes. Turn on **Remember page filters** in [**Settings → Preferences**](https://app.breederbuddy.com/settings?tab=preferences). Your search, filters, sorting, and view stay put when you come back to Dogs, Litters, Contacts, and reports. The setting is saved in your browser, so turn it on separately on each computer or phone you use. > **Can I merge two duplicate dog profiles?** > > No — there's no merge tool right now. If you end up with a duplicate, keep the profile with the most complete records and archive (or delete) the other one. Archiving is the safer choice since it keeps the duplicate's history on file. *** ## Still Have Questions? We're here to help. If something isn't working the way you expect, or you'd just like to share feedback, reach out to us anytime through the chat in the bottom right corner of your screen. We read every message and genuinely want to hear from you — your questions help us make BreederBuddy better for every breeder. This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.