Pedigree certificate
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Fill in the subject animal at the top, then work across the three columns: parents, grandparents, great-grandparents. Fourteen ancestor slots in total. Click Generate and the certificate downloads as a PDF you can print. Nothing is required beyond the names you already have, and you can leave slots blank if you only hold part of the lineage.

Yes. The template is free, there is no account, no signup, and no watermark on the certificate. I built it because the alternatives either charged for a single PDF or stamped their own branding across the middle of it.

Yes. Generate produces a PDF that lands in your downloads folder under a filename derived from the animal's name. There is no print-only mode and no emailing it to yourself: the file is yours as soon as it downloads.

No. This is a presentation certificate, not a registry document. Registered pedigrees come from registries like AKC, UKC, ABKC, ACA, or breed-specific clubs after registration paperwork is processed. This tool prints the lineage you supply onto a clean landscape certificate that looks the part. Most breeders use it as a buyer hand-off document alongside the actual registration papers.

Three: parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents. Fourteen ancestor slots total. That is the depth the landscape certificate holds without the great-grandparent boxes becoming unreadable, so four and five generation certificates are not something this tool produces. Empty slots render as placeholders, so a half-filled tree still produces a usable document for buyers who only have part of the lineage on hand.

Not from inside the PDF itself. To make changes, edit the form on this page and regenerate. The PDF lands in your downloads folder under a filename derived from the animal's name. Older versions stay where you saved them, so iterating is non-destructive.

Not yet. The current version covers identification fields (breed, sex, DOB, registration, color, breeder, owner) and the lineage tree. Health-test results, titles, and DNA verification belong on the actual registration paper or in a buyer-facing animal record. The records app and Breed Ledger both surface those fields properly for the long-term version of this data.

Landscape (11 by 8.5 inches) is the format that fits a 3-generation tree without cramping the parent boxes or losing readability on the great-grandparents. Letter size prints cleanly on every consumer printer in North America. If you need A4 for a non-US buyer, the PDF still prints clean since most printers auto-scale.