Abstract: A method for encouraging purchasers of animals to register the animals with a genealogical registry involves providing a purchaser of an animal an application form for registration of the animal with the registry wherein the application form has printed thereon sire and dam information for at least two immediately previous generations of the animal to permit the purchaser to make informed purchasing decisions concerning the genetic history of the animal. Application forms for registering an individual animal with the registry may be provided by the registry to intermediate distributors of the animals to permit the distributors to print the identifying information and sire and dame information for an individual animal on the registration application and then transfer the registration application to the purchaser at the time of purchase.

Abstract: A method for encouraging purchasers of pets or other types of animals to register the animals with a genealogical or breed registry involves providing a purchaser of an animal, at the time of purchase, an application form for registration of the animal with the registry wherein the application form has printed thereon sire and dam information for at least two and preferably three or four immediately previous generations of the animal to permit the purchaser to make informed purchasing decisions concerning the genetic history of the animal at the time of purchase. The purchaser of an individual animal is instructed by instructions on the registration application to complete the application by providing a name for the animal and to return the application to the registry.