Question to ask yourself and the breeder. | Description | At Blackpool | Check |
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for a breeder? |
often advertize in dog magazine |
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Deworming? |
Following minimum vaccination: |
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before leaving the kennel? |
will not let them go before eight weeks. |
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have OFA,BVA or PennHip? |
to experts in The UK or the US since Canada no longer does hip certifications "My vet cleared them" is just not good enough! |
and occasionally PennHip and BVA in the UK |
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current eye clearences (OFA)? |
by a certified Ophthalmologists |
done yearly! |
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had cardiac examinations? |
if possible. |
Our dogs are done by: all are: |
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at least 18 months old and have health clearances? |
Ages for each clearances: |
Never before two years of age. ALL our dogs have hips elbows, eyes heart, DNA tested for Ichthyosis, PRA 1 -2 PRDC PRA and D. M. |
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This depends on age, health and number of puppies. |
and only happens if the previous litter was small. |
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Both Dogs and kennels should be clean and spacious! |
This depends my maid's mood. :) The "kennel" is my house after all. | ____ | |
brother to sister, father to daughter, mother to son breedings a grandfather or a grandmother in common in the pedigrees no relation at all! |
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a Canadian Kennel Club non-breeding contract? |
show quality pups should be tested prior to breeding. They should have fine set up for breaking their contracts. |
we insist the pup must be spayed or neutered at two years of age. Our contracts are void if a dog is bred without our permission, we will ask for and pursue legal action and compensation totalling $10,000. |
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for a long time? Most breeders only stay in the business for five or six years. |
1986. |
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you have about the puppies training? |
pre-training schedule? Have they been crate trained? |
a crate training method that ensures easy and quick house training once the pup leaves our kennel. |
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breeder should be looking for the best match. |
in the country for our girls. |
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then the test is not valid. They must spend hours everyday observing the reaction of the pups to different situations |
from day one until they go to your house. We spend many hours with them and know their personnalities. We will pass on our opinion on the pups temperament to you before you make your choice on a puppy. We welcome new owners to come visit every week if they want. This allows you to see how your pup reacts to you. We make the final decision on which pup would fit your lifestyle. |
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they know if their dogs are within standard. Do they only rely on feedback from puppy owners. |
If we find a certain dog is harder to train, too hyper or un-goldenlike in attitude we neuter and place in a pet home. We have four open stud dogs and five females all chewing bones together outside never do they fight this is truly a golden temperament. |
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and phone number. |
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if things don't turn out. |
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Be an informed buyer. Do you want more info on hips, elbows, genetics and eye test? | Visit these web sites to view statistics on the breed's health issues. | Optigen genetic tests available. Since breeders are responsible for the health of this breed. I suggest that only breeders doing these test should be supported. The following test are available to prevent these diseases affecting Goldens it very important to illuminate bad stock from the gene pool. Many puppy owners never communicate health problems to the breeders so those breeders say they have never produce it do not know for sure. Please visit the following links to learn more about what could possibly happen to your unchecked puppy. You may have paid less for him but he could be blind by two or six years. | |
HIPS and Elbows | Hips | Eyes |