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When you identify the species Dog on an animal record, the primary breed will automatically be set to Unknown breed. If you do not want to identify a primary dog breed, just leave the primary breed field blank. That field is no longer required.that default setting. In our first example of adding an animal record below, you can see we have not yet identified a species, so the primary breed is not set:
Once you set Species to Dog, the primary breed value defaults to Unknown breed:
If Species is set to any other option besides Dog, the primary breed must still be identified:
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This change only pertains to dogs. All other species still require a primary breed. |
This change corresponds to "Mixed breed" in Petfinder and Adopt-a-Pet adoption sites. Dog descriptions no longer require a breed to be selected. RescueGroups.org calls this "unknown" breed. Dogs without a breed are exported to Adopt-a-Pet.com and Petfinder using the breed identifier: Mixed breed. They will be displayed in the Website service and Toolkit, however, In all RescueGroups.org services, such as our Website and Toolkit, these animals will be listed as Unknown breed.
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If you do not select a primary breed but you do select a secondary breed, the secondary breed you select will populate the primary breed field on the adoption sites. The secondary breed is optional. You do not have to select a breed for that field. |
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