OKay, let me try this again - inclusion in the CHIC database is not a requirement by anyone. Your dog doesn't even have to be AKC registered for inclusion. Participation is voluntary, but the parent clubs of each breed effectively "tell" CHIC what tests are required to get a CHIC number.
The point of the database is for informational purposes, because the information is public domain, but, the intent behind consolidating the information is to make the information available to breeders, scientists (and, yes, the general public) in an effort to help reduce genetic issues with pure bred dogs. That's why the numbers are linked to lineage.
Certifications on the OFA site are easily searched, but the CHIC database consolidates the OFA information to give people a more concise view of each dog, not seperate tests one at a time (The 332 results on a search for Yorkshire Terriers on the OFA database aren't individual dogs, but individual results for tests submitted to the OFA, many of the entries are multiple tests on one dog).
I have seen nothing anywhere saying that a dog has to be owned by a member of a parent club in order to get a CHIC number. For Yorkies, it is my understanding that the only REQUIREMENTS for a CHIC number (which in itself is not required by anyone) are:
Must be a Yorkie
Must be permanently identified by either microchip or tattoo
Must have been tested for Luxating Patella and the results submitted to the OFA
Must have a CERF examination on file
That's all I can see as the requirements for inclusion in the CHIC database, nothing about the owner of the dog being a YTCA member.
I did an open search on CHIC for "Pellerd" and got no results, same search for "Calaryn" and got no results. I repeated the searches on the OFA database and also got no results. I repeated the search on the CERF database and got no results. of course, I may be missing something (like I said before, I can be a bit dense sometimes).
I am just trying to find out for sure how the certification works. We are getting our CERF exams next week, which, to my understanding would mean that our dogs would then be given a CHIC number (within about 4 weeks of CHIC getting the results of the exams). |