Working-dog pedigree research

Every dog has a story in its bloodline.

Build and explore your dogs' pedigrees, connect historical records, and follow bloodlines across generations.

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Example pedigree

Simpson's Tom Pete

Tom PeteWalker • Male
Simpson's Cat BirdSire
Simpson's GracieDam
Simpson's Black BirdGrandsire
UnknownGranddam
UnknownGrandsire
UnknownGranddam
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Pedigree research built around evidence

HoundLine is a working-dog pedigree database for tracing ancestry, bloodlines, registrations, competitions, kennels, and historical records. Public research profiles connect evidence across documents while personal pedigree work stays private.

Old records do not always agree. HoundLine preserves reported differences and source context instead of turning the most repeated answer into unquestioned fact.

How the database worksResearch methodology
01

Follow the bloodline

Move through linked sire, dam, grandparent, and offspring profiles one documented relationship at a time.

02

Keep private trees private

Public HoundLine research is separate from a user's personal pedigree, notes, saved dogs, and private images.

03

Keep uncertainty visible

Conflicting names, dates, registrations, and parentage remain research information that can be revisited.

Public discovery

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Dogs

Source-backed research

Learn how HoundLine connects ancestry, offspring, registration, source, and performance records. Complete profiles require Plus.

Breeds

Evidence-based breed coverage

See which working-dog breeds have enough categorized public records for a useful research page.

Kennels

Opt-in public pages

Find published kennel and breeder profiles and their approved connections to public dog records.

Competitions

Shared performance history

Explore reported events, placements, scores, awards, and titles as that evidence enters the database.

Independent research

Registry names provide context—not endorsement

HoundLine is not sponsored by or affiliated with the registries named in reported records. A registry name tells you what a source reports; it does not make HoundLine an official registry record.