On November 3rd I announced the 1st Phase of a Breeder/Owner Contact database. This consisted of a Contact Profile page that displayed their postal address, phone numbers, website, etc., along with a list of dogs owned and/or bred by that contact. As expected, the reaction to this new feature was very positive -- I already knew of several Breeders waiting patiently for this. :-) Of course the usefulness of these new pages was limited since the Contact Update (2nd Phase) and Contact Search (3rd Phase) functionality was not available yet. It took a lot of hard work, but I've finally finished the 2nd Phase: the Contact Updates. There are a couple of ways to update a contact; On the left-side menu you'll find a new "SUBMIT A New Contact" link, on the Dog Info pages you'll find an [Update Contact] link for associated Owners and Breeders, and finally on the Contact Profile page there's also an [Update Contact] link. I've tried to test everything as best I can, but there could still be one or two bugs left. If you have any problems, even if it's just a page layout issue, please let me know.

Aside from updating the contact profiles, you can also add / change the Owner and Breeder IDs when updating a dog. For now, there's no way to easily find those ID numbers -- that's part of the 3rd and final phase. If you try and submit a new contact using your First and Last Names, you might be able to locate your Contact ID from it's simple name check. The actual search pages will offer many more options, including some small pop-up search windows in strategic locations.

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