Sentences with phrase «health standards for breeding»

Although the AKC has run advertising campaigns that imply a commitment to healthy dogs, they have no health standards for breeding other than a minimum age of 8 months.

Not exact matches

This process should yield decisions resulting in high quality specimens with regard to meeting the breed standard, general health and temperament for future generations.

Please note: Breeding is the process of selecting the most desirable partners for a mating with the anticipation of showing an improvement in the offspring in terms of health, temperament, and adherence to the established breed standard.

We selectively breed for temperament, health and standard of the breeds.

The club has since issued new breed standards that place more of a priority on health, less on appearance, and it has enlisted a team of vets and monitors to be on the lookout during the show for breeds deemed to be at risk from health problems, including the basset hound, bulldog, mastiff, pug and shar - pei.

Participating breed clubs (including IGCA) determine what is considered a minimum standard for health testing for their breed.

Although our first priorities are temperament and health, we strive to keep the standard look for this breed.

We breed quality, home raised, health tested, medium and standard sizes for therapy, service, and family pets of all colors.

People can research breed standards for information about the size, temperament, and potential health problems of their chosen pup.

If you wish to advertize that you have purebred puppies for sale then you must breed to the breed's standard with regard to health, temperment and conformation; it is not the place of any breeder to change the breed's standard based on their own whims and every breeder should do all that is humanly possible to not perpetuate hereditary health or temperment problems!

The goal of breeding is to breed for health, temperament, conformation to the breed standard (which includes a dog's work, e.g. herding, sporting), pedigree and betterment of each with successive generations.

You should become informed on the various medical conditions, appropriate health clearances, and the Official Standard for the breed before deciding to breed your Labrador.

In our lines we breed for soundness, health, temperament, and conformation of the AKC Standard for Yorkshire Terriers (with the exception of color in the teacup line).

SC expressed concern that all commercial breeders were tarred with the same brush and emphasised that it is possible to be a commercial breeder and have excellent standards of health and welfare for the breeding dogs and puppies.

The report's recommendations include: reward for breeders who deliver high welfare standards; establishing a non-statutory independent Advisory Council on Dog Breeding to develop breeding strategies on an individual breed basis; a computerised system for the collection of disease prevalence from vets; an Accredited Breeder Scheme with UKAS accreditation; permanent identification of dogs; new regulations under the Animal Welfare Act creating an obligation on dog breeders to have regard to the health and welfare of parent dogs and their ofBreeding to develop breeding strategies on an individual breed basis; a computerised system for the collection of disease prevalence from vets; an Accredited Breeder Scheme with UKAS accreditation; permanent identification of dogs; new regulations under the Animal Welfare Act creating an obligation on dog breeders to have regard to the health and welfare of parent dogs and their ofbreeding strategies on an individual breed basis; a computerised system for the collection of disease prevalence from vets; an Accredited Breeder Scheme with UKAS accreditation; permanent identification of dogs; new regulations under the Animal Welfare Act creating an obligation on dog breeders to have regard to the health and welfare of parent dogs and their offspring.

The report's recommendations include: a limit on the number of times a sire can be used for breeding; health screening should be made a legal requirement for dogs selected for breeding; the title of Champion should not be given unless a dog has been health screened; the word «pedigree» should be linked to a high standard of breeding for health and welfare; an independent advisory body should be set up to advise the Kennel Club and breed clubs; a puppy sale contract should be introduced to protect consumers; DEFRA should take forward a campaign for public awareness.

Once a dog is bred to a specific look or «standard», i.e., height, coat, head type, etc., the ability of the dog to do the job it was intended for is many times lost, along with solid temperament and health.

Contents include: Foreword, The Origin of the Kerry Blue Terrier, The KBT as a Pet, Feeding, Health Hints, Housebreaking, Grooming, The KBT as a Show Dog, The KBT in Obedience Training, Conditioning the KBT, Trimming the KBT, Preparing and Handling a Kerry — Show Competition, Official American Standard of the KBT, Basic Functional Anatomy of the KBT, Contemplations for the Novice Breeder, Miscellaneous Hints to the Novice Breeder, Tail docking and dew claw removal, Setting Kerry ears, Repeat Breeding, Bringing Kerry History Up To Date, 1968 - 1976, The Parent Club and the AKC, Breeders Displays.

If the goal is strictly to win in the show ring, then the dogs over time will manifest whatever physical extremes are called for in the breed standard, often at the expense of health and temperament.

Both publish magazines; train judges; support dog health research; attempt to assure the integrity of their registries; work for reasonable laws to protect dogs and dog owners; oppose unreasonable laws that target dog breeds and numbers and restrict breeding; allow affiliated clubs to host shows and trials; and work with breed clubs to establish and maintain standards by which the breeds can be judged.

ur dogs were selected not only for their beauty and conformation to the AKC Italian Greyhound standards but, for the overall health that has been proven and bred into the lines we have selected.

Our dogs are chosen for health quality, elegant looks and breed standard, with emphasis on temperament and personality.

Each breed has a national club that hosts an annual show for that breed only, maintains the breed standard, participates in breed rescue, and raises money to support breed health research.

Showing for Conformation rewards breeders whose dogs meet the breed standard — a standard which emphasises the health and working abilities, not the looks, of the breed.

Provide a list of club member breeders who are committed to preserving the health, soundness, and quality of breed type as stated in the AKC breed standard for the Golden Retriever.

Health and Temperament should be held to the highest standard possible for English Cocker Spaniels but, because of a field bred dog's specific purpose, its physical appearance and natural instincts will differ from that of the dog bred for conformation (the show ring).

Breeding should be done by knowledgeable professionals who work to maintain the breed standard for health, temperament, and form.

Asheville dog boarding services are experienced in caring for a variety of breeds, staffed by people who love dogs and (usually) required by state law to have a license / permit that acknowledges minimum standards of care (health, safety, space limitations) for your dogs.

In consideration for increasing concern for health and for breeders who want to make certain that they breed for characteristics that will not contribute to health concerns — i.e., that their dogs will not have difficulty breathing, for instance — we have also included relevant descriptions for nostrils, from the breed standard where they exist.

For over 100 years the BCA and its member clubs have focused on maintaining the breed standard by breeding for good health, conformation, and temperament, while continuously promoting the health and welfare of the breFor over 100 years the BCA and its member clubs have focused on maintaining the breed standard by breeding for good health, conformation, and temperament, while continuously promoting the health and welfare of the brefor good health, conformation, and temperament, while continuously promoting the health and welfare of the breed.

All of my breeding dogs have passed OFA standards for heart, hips, elbows and eyes and are accompanied by a health guarantee that covers these genetic defects.

This gives the puppy buying public additional confidence that Assured Breeders are committed to meeting and maintaining high standards for caring for the health and welfare of their puppies and breeding bitches, and are the best point of contact for buying a healthy, happy puppy.

AKC national breed clubs set the breed standards for their breeds and maintain useful information about the character, exercise requirements and health issues relevant to each breed.

She has arranged for presentations not only on the breed standard or performance events, but also on health issues, legal issues, and just plain informative and fun issues.

To that end, only breed dogs and bitches of sound temperament and structure, good health, and characteristic type as described in the American Kennel Club's (AKC) approved Official Standard for the Pembroke Welsh Corgi.

A facility that breeds for profit with no regard for breed standard, genetically linked defects, socialization, temperament, or the overall health and welfare of the dogs in their breeding program.

At the same time, a small group of enthusiasts for this breed set to work reviving it, finding approximately 100 specimens of the breed and then narrowing it down to the best 30 that most closely resembled the standard and that displayed the proper temperament and excellent health.

There are many reasons that a responsible breeder might determine that a cat falls short of meeting the high standards for health, temperament and / or the written standard of perfection for the breed, and therefore should not be bred.

Dasuquin with MSM is a new breed of joint health supplement in a tasty chewable tablet for dogs that goes beyond standard glucosamine supplements.

Recognition of the benefits of crossbreeding, acceptance for registration of dogs with a distant ancestor of another breed, and offspring limits imposed on stud dogs in Kennel Clubs worldwide would improve breed health without compromising many breed standards.

Its stated mission is to promote and guide the development of the Goldendoodle to achieve a consistent standard for the «breed» in terms of coat, type, health and temperament.

To breed as closely to the standard of the breed as adopted by the ECSCA with the goal being to produce the highest quality English Cocker Spaniel in temperament and health which promotes the breeds true characteristics and versatility as a companion and for the function for which it was bred.

In all likelihood, these breeders do not test for genetic diseases, place no limits on puppy registrations, have a marginal health program, know little about the breed standard, and have poor quality breeding stock.

With the support of dog breeders, pet industry representatives, animal health and welfare experts, and other key stakeholders, the researchers are developing and testing voluntary standards for the care and well - being of dogs in commercial breeding facilities.

Then, as a member of the BTCA, we breed exclusively to the Boston Terrier Standard for excellence in health, conformation, and temperament.

In January 2009, after the BBC documentary Pedigree Dogs Exposed, the The Kennel Club introduced revised breed standards for the British Bulldog, along with 209 other breeds, to address health concerns.

Those pillars of the Great Dane Standard for breeding are Conformation and Temperament plus the added pillars required are Health testing and breeding for Longevity.

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The Italian Greyhound Club of America has a standard list of recommended health tests for all IG breeding stock.

Although the Kennel Club breed standards, which are a description of the appearance, characteristics and temperament of pedigree dogs, make clear that health must come before looks, some breeders continue to breed for looks and fashion.