Lost pedigree, no pedigree...where do we draw the line? Me personally, unless I can obtain the pedigree from the original breeder I don't breed the animal no matter how nice the quality is. That's just me apparently, what is the purpose of a pedigree if you just go about breeding animals regardless? Based on appearance? I've seen plenty of beautiful, show quality rescues. I've seen plenty of beautiful PEDIGREED chins with malo rampant in their lines as well. I wouldn't breed either. I understand that a pedigree has to start somewhere...but if this is how we're to start them understand this:
Are you willing to cull any and all offspring AND/OR parents should something genetic crop up?
Do you know what animals these chins are related to, to be sure not to breed too closely to related animals?
Do you plan to have someone KNOWLEDGEABLE grade or assess your animals?
If you answered no to any of these, then a NO should be your answer to breeding them. Breeding quality animals are minimal in cost honestly, why breed unpedigreed chins? I mean, I don't have a large herd and never have. But I've "gone through" a lot of animals in my 9 (going on 10) years of breeding and have honestly never lost a pedigree. I realize it does happen, but that is such a small herd there really is NO excuse to not know enough info to "salvage the pedigree" meaning, even with 16-20 breeding females right now...I could lose a pedigree and know how old the animal was and who bred it.