Labradoodle & Goldendoodle Forum
Attention BREEDERS (and anyone searching for a puppy!)
Dear Members,
One of my goals with Doodle Kisses, is to support and promote responsible doodle breeding practices. To help encourage all current and future breeder members of Doodle Kisses to breed responsibly I would like you to please read IDOG's article on Selecting A Breeder and my blog on doodle health before purchasing a puppy.
By setting your standards high, responsible breeders will thrive and less responsible breeders will either raise the bar on their programs or realize that their time is better invested in other endeavors.
Because 1) I believe in assuming honesty and 2) I cannot, single-handedly check up on breeders to ensure that they meet a high standard of practice, I will only require that breeders mention their compliance with a few key items.
From now on all litter announcements (be it in a Blog or Forum post) must contain a yes or no to a bulleted list of Good Breeding Practice Criteria addressing testing of parents and health guarantee. Breeders please cut and paste the list below into any future litter announcement you make:
* OFA or PennHIP clearance on hips (or Euro equivalent) for both sire and dam:
* CERF or PRA eye clearance for both sire and dam:
* 2 yr Health Guarantee that offers monetary reimbursement (and does not require return of puppy)
* Pet puppies are sold on contract that nullifies owner's breeding rights or puppies undergo early spay/neuter.
The above list must accompany any litter announcement from now on with simple yes, no, or not tested response to each of above criteria. No further explanation is necessary. I will not ask for proof -- but as puppy buyers you should.
Thank you for joining me in supporting responsible breeding!
Adina
P. S. --- The permanent location for these rules is under the Notes tab, or click here to save them for easy access.
One of my goals with Doodle Kisses, is to support and promote responsible doodle breeding practices. To help encourage all current and future breeder members of Doodle Kisses to breed responsibly I would like you to please read IDOG's article on Selecting A Breeder and my blog on doodle health before purchasing a puppy.
By setting your standards high, responsible breeders will thrive and less responsible breeders will either raise the bar on their programs or realize that their time is better invested in other endeavors.
Because 1) I believe in assuming honesty and 2) I cannot, single-handedly check up on breeders to ensure that they meet a high standard of practice, I will only require that breeders mention their compliance with a few key items.
From now on all litter announcements (be it in a Blog or Forum post) must contain a yes or no to a bulleted list of Good Breeding Practice Criteria addressing testing of parents and health guarantee. Breeders please cut and paste the list below into any future litter announcement you make:
* OFA or PennHIP clearance on hips (or Euro equivalent) for both sire and dam:
* CERF or PRA eye clearance for both sire and dam:
* 2 yr Health Guarantee that offers monetary reimbursement (and does not require return of puppy)
* Pet puppies are sold on contract that nullifies owner's breeding rights or puppies undergo early spay/neuter.
The above list must accompany any litter announcement from now on with simple yes, no, or not tested response to each of above criteria. No further explanation is necessary. I will not ask for proof -- but as puppy buyers you should.
Thank you for joining me in supporting responsible breeding!
Adina
P. S. --- The permanent location for these rules is under the Notes tab, or click here to save them for easy access.
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Diane Dolphin Rocker on
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Great idea Adina! Hopefully nobody would be ugly enough to lie about these things....
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Permalink Reply by Adina P on
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I hope so too. Thankfully the VAST majority of our member breeders are doing these things and I trust them from reputation at least. But that's where the whole "Buyer Beware" plays in.
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Permalink Reply by April Cliber on
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Adina,
This is great! Kudos to you!
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Permalink Reply by Jacque Reynolds on
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This is an excellent idea...I hope that you can keep this information easy to locate...I will respond more when I have a bit more time, and I'll post the results of my dogs too. Thanks, Adina, for helping us to raise the bar on quality.
I do want to add that test scores alone are not the full story...many times a test score can be less than expeced or hoped for but the breeder also has to weigh the potential for serious health issues, pain/suffering/recovery, etc. with other factors that are important too, such as temperament, intelligence, trainability...much more to discuss, so I'll do that soon.
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