Currently living

All dogs are considered currently living when they were born 9 years ago at most. This is based on the 9 years average lifespan of the breed used in all calculations on this website.

E.g. in 2022, currently living animals were born between 2013-2022.

Current litter or individual

In database views, any with the word current refers to what we consider the current breeding population. In this database this means dogs with birth years 3-9 years ago. Because avoiding the use of very young animals is a part of good population management (shorter [generation length] can cause inbreeding to rise faster [1]), dogs born less than 3 years ago are not visible in these views.

E.g. in 2022, current animals were born between 2013-2019.

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