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Several
years ago the Doberman Pincher Club of America implemented a Longevity
Program to recognize dogs that attain the age of 10 years or more. The
goal was to identify bloodlines strong in longevity and to establish
longevity as a measure of overall good health. We would like to thank the
DPCA for allowing us to utilize their concept as a prototype for our own
Longevity Program.
It is NOT
the purpose of this program to track the major causes of death affecting
the Chinese Shar-Pei, but rather to follow those pedigrees which, due to
genetics or environment, have dogs surviving beyond the average life span
of the breed as a whole. We not only want to celebrate those dogs
that have made it to their "Golden Years", but to also draw
attention to the possible value their lines could contribute to our breed
in general. While old age and good health in a pedigree cannot
guarantee that every puppy in each successive generation will attain 10
years of age or more, we do need to consider the significance these lines
could possibly offer to our breeding programs.
In the future, we hope to see the Longevity Certificate number
included in the pedigrees of the progeny, much as we see OFA and CERF
numbers being used now. We can only hope that as years pass,
pedigrees with a large number of LC dogs and bitches will produce progeny
with an increased chance of living long lives themselves.
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Any Chinese Shar-Pei whose age can be verified and who has lived to age 10 years or more, and which is registered with the official breed registry of its country, is eligible. Eligibility is not restricted to CSPCA membership. Eligibility is also not limited to dogs in the United States.
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