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Owners want the healthiest companions they can have, and veterinary healthcare teams play a key role in achieving this goal. Predicting health characteristics is critically important for responsible pet ownership and that requires accurate health data. Veterinarians should recommend relevant health testing for all pets and then encourage owners to submit the results of those tests to existing health registries. Genetic health registries compile health data, making that information available to breeders who can then breed with intentionality, owners who can better predict the health of their individual pet, and researchers who can use that information to study disease inheritance and prevalence, and identify emerging health conditions. The value of such health information in breeding and health research cannot be overstated. It is through this type of collated information that genetic diseases are described and tools to reduce incidence discovered.