# How do I add a dog to my profile? > Add your dog from the Dogs tab: name, breed, sex and Nordic breed, then its identification and vaccinations from the passport or a dog health sheet. Source : https://www.canicompet.com/en/docs/competitor/add-a-dog/ Mis à jour : 2026-10-06 To add a dog, open the **Dogs** tab and tap the + button at the bottom right. Enter its name, breed and sex, say whether it is a Nordic breed, then add photos of its identification and vaccinations, now or later. ## Add a dog 1. Open the **Dogs** tab (**My dogs** screen) and tap the + button at the bottom right. 2. Tap the photo to **Add photo** of your dog (optional). 3. Enter **Name of your dog** and **Breed of your dog**. 4. Choose the **Gender**: **Male** or **Female**. 5. Turn on **Is it a Nordic breed?** if this applies (see below). 6. Tap the arrow at the bottom right to continue. The screen confirms: **Congratulations! Your dog is registered.** ## Add identification and vaccinations To take part in a competition, you will need to provide photos of your dog's identification (chip and date of birth) and vaccinations (CHP, rabies, lepto, kennel cough Bb/Pi). You have three options: - **With the passport**: the app asks you for a photo of the page with the chip number, then the page with the date of birth, then the vaccination pages. After each photo, an automatic analysis suggests the values: check them and correct them if needed. - **With a dog health record**: a single photo of the dog health sheet, filled in and signed by your vet. The dog's name on the sheet must be exactly the one you have just entered. The **cyno-health sheet model** link lets you download the template. - **Enter vaccines later**: the dog is saved without vaccinations. You will add them from its record. This step and how to update vaccinations are explained in [The vaccination passport](/en/docs/competitor/vaccination-passport/). > **CAUTION** Enter the **expiry dates** of the vaccinations, not the dates they were given. ## The "Nordic" box A team is classed as Nordic only if **all** its dogs are Nordic. If the breed you enter looks like a Nordic breed (Siberian husky, Alaskan malamute, Samoyed, Greenland dog) but the box is not ticked, the app asks you when you save: "The breed of your dog seems to be a nordic breed, but the "nordic" box is not checked. Is your dog nordic?" - **Yes, it is nordic** ticks the box and saves. - **No, save as is** saves without ticking it. A cross-breed or an Alaskan husky does not trigger this question. > **NOTE** When you register with several dogs and some are Nordic and others are not, a warning tells you that your team will not be classed as Nordic. If you simply forgot, tick the box in that dog's record. ## Edit a dog 1. In the **Dogs** tab, tap the dog. 2. The **Dog** tab lets you change **Name**, **Chip**, **Breed**, **Birthday**, **Gender** and **Nordic?**. 3. Tap the save button at the bottom right. The other tabs of the record are **Identification & vaccines** and **Races** (the races the dog is entered in). The bin icon at the bottom left deletes the dog. ## Add a dog while registering In the entry form, the dog list offers **Add my dog**. Once the dog is saved, you go back to your entry. The **Search a dog** option lets you choose a dog already registered on someone else's profile (search by name or chip number). See [Register for a race](/en/docs/competitor/register/). ## Common problems **"A passport is already created on the platform with this electronic chip number".** There must be only one profile per dog. Do not create a duplicate: when you register, choose **Search a dog** and select the dog that is already registered. **"You cannot delete your dog because it is registered for one or more races."** First edit the entries concerned to change the dog, then delete it. **"Dog too young".** The race has a minimum age (in months) that your dog will not have reached on race day. **"Unable to save".** A required field is empty: name, breed or sex when creating the dog; chip and date of birth as well when editing it.