Adding an unregistered animal
Step 1: Enter the animal's Full Name, and click Continue:
Step 2: The Add Animal form will display with the Full Name prefilled.
a. Complete the additional required data:
- Animal's Barn/Nickname
b. Add any additional information you may have:
- Honor and award titles
- Herdbook/Register and/or Breed
- Date of Birth
- Pedigree information, and any additional profile data on pedigree animals you may have
c. Indicate the animal's Source (how it came to be in your herd):
An animal must be added with a Source to ensure proper inclusion in reports. To indicate its Source on the Add Animal form, click the radio button next to the appropriate selection:

...And the applicable fields will display. Complete the required fields, and add any additional information you may want to enter related to the animal's Source:An animal must be added with a Source to ensure proper inclusion in reports. To indicate its Source on the Add Animal form, click the radio button next to the appropriate selection:


To learn more about what's the appropriate Source to use, visit: What is Source, and which to use.
Step 3: Once you have completed all the fields you want to have information in, save the animal's Folder to your herd by clicking one of the Save buttons at the bottom of the Add Animal form:
- Clicking "Save and Go to Folder" saves the animal Folder, and loads the animal's Snapshot page
- Clicking "Save and Add Another Animal" saves the animal Folder, and loads the Add Animal function's Select registration type page

Adding an unregistered animal without a Full Name
An unregistered animal must have a Full Name included on the Add Animal form to be added to the system.