Responsible breeding
Why eligibility is checked before anything is ranked, and what the compatibility report can and cannot tell you.
Eligibility is a gate, not a score
A pet that does not meet the requirements is not shown with a low score. It is not shown at all, and the owner sees exactly which requirements are outstanding.
The requirements come from reviewed policy data — age windows, profile completeness, verified ownership and health evidence. They are entered by a reviewer, never generated. Where no reviewed policy exists for a species, breeding discovery stays closed for it.
What the score is made of
Verified health evidence on both animals, any breed-specific screening the policy names, reported genetic results, recorded ancestry, observed temperament, travel distance and availability, and how complete and verified both profiles are.
Each of those is weighted and the result is a compatibility percentage with a confidence level. It is a structured summary of evidence, not a prediction.
What it refuses to guess
Genetics come only from actual reported test results. If no panel covers both animals, the report says so and that dimension is excluded from the score rather than filled in with an assumption.
The same applies to every other dimension. A missing input is reported as a limitation, never scored as neutral, because a confident-looking number built on nothing is worse than an honest gap.
Relatedness
Where both animals have recorded ancestry, a shared ancestor within the policy window blocks the pairing. This only works with the pedigree data you record, which is one reason recording it matters.