Breeding a Show Dog

Learn the fundamentals of responsible breeding for show dogs, including health testing, bloodline knowledge, and ethical breeding practices.

10 Question to Ask Yourself Before Breeding Your Dog

Think you’d like to breed from your dog? Maybe you think your dog is really special and would like to produce more like her? Or perhaps you’ve had lots o...

Breeding Dogs Responsibly

You’ve bred a litter of beautiful puppies and waved them on their way to their new homes. You thought that was the end of if? WRONG! The well-known phrase...

Considerations when Choosing the Brood Bitch

Your bitch is a very important part of your show career. When you mate her and the stud dog you choose, will have a bearing on your future as a breeder and e...

Factsheet: Health Tests a Breeder Should Know About

Unfortunately, many pedigree dogs are prone to a range of hereditary diseases and defects and a good breeder should only ever breed from dogs that have been...

How DNA Profiling Can Help Puppies and Dog Owners

DNA profiling is now available to dogs owners just as it is for human beings. We will be able to identify parentage of puppies and also use profiling to look...

Making Sure Your Dog Breed is Healthy

Anyone who purchases a puppy be it a pure breed dog with a pedigree or a cross breed from a rescue centre needs to know that the puppy is healthy and hopeful...

Selling Your Puppies

There are usually lots of people only too keen to buy a sweet fluffy puppy. However you want your puppies to go to homes they will be happy in and live out t...

The Stud Dog

The stud dog is a very important part of a breeding programme. For most show enthusiasts with limited space it is wise to keep bitches and find a stud dog wh...

When is the Best Time to Breed Your Dog?

So you’ve decided to breed from your bitch, there are still some points to consider. How old is your dog? How many seasons has she had? She may be too youn...

Whether to Breed

Ask yourself why do you want to breed from your bitch? If it’s because you see pound signs flashing in front of your eyes, forget it! Any honest dog breede...