If you are thinking of breeding, you might want to read these documents in order to familiarise
yourself with good breeding practice:
Not exact matches
Breed club members will be expected to comply
with their club's Code of Ethics which sets out expected
good practices for breeders.
The Assured Breeder Scheme is designed to promote
good breeding practice and help prospective purchasers to identify those breeders who
breed responsibly,
with the health of the dogs and puppies a priority, and who take care in ensuring that their puppies go to suitable caring owners.
With continued improvement for farming
practices, such as
better year - round nutrition and improved
breeding and genetic selection, fewer than 1.7 billion cattle and water buffalo will be needed to provide adequate global beef supplies.
In keeping
with best practices within the animal welfare community, The Animal Foundation will only identify a
breed if there is proof of registration from the American Kennel Club.
When choosing to welcome a DDR German Shepherd into your home, make sure you choose to deal
with a reputable breeder that truly cares for the
breed and has
good breeding practices.
The popular sire syndrome is a direct consequence of selective dog
breeding to the extreme, especially
with breeders
practicing grading up (where the same dog, usually a stud, is used over several
breedings with, at each
breeding, a the
best partner or candidate from his own descendants).
The Kennel Club Assured Breeder Scheme promotes
good breeding practice and aims to work together
with breeders and buyers to force irresponsible breeders, or puppy farmers, out of business.
Cutting - edge research reveals that we should focus our efforts on
breed - neutral
best practices with proven effectiveness to make policy and adoption decisions, rather than relying on
breed.
Being
good with children is highly dependent on the
breed, temperament and
practicing good obedience training.
They all took the time to talk
with me about their
best practices, laws and regulations of interest to them, and how they got into show
breeding.
So along
with encouraging pet relinquishment, feel -
good laws guarantee that
good breeding and placement
practices will be replaced
with poorer
practices, and in the long term they assure an increase in shelter animals — one of the original target problems that the new restrictions were supposed to solve.
I understand that close line -
breeding or inbreeding should be conducted
with caution, since both
practices can reinforce bad as
well as
good characteristics.
Getting involved
with breeding Corgis require a comprehensive knowledge of the health issues commonly found in the
breed, but also the
best breeding practices.
To have attended and been successful at an English Springer Spaniel
Breed Assessment that was organised and run in accordance
with the KC Code of
Best practice;
To have attended at least one English Springer Spaniel
breed specific seminar that has been organised and run in accordance
with the relevant Kennel Club Code of
Best Practice;
A friend of mine has a standing reward offer for anyone that can find a pet shop
with truly responsible selling
practices (including proper
breeding for
good genetic health and lifetime take back of their animals).
The
Bred with H.E.A.R.T. program engages and educates breeders on
best practices, including health testing.
I was proud to serve as the chair of the committee, working closely
with PIJAC staff and industry executives from the retail,
breeding and distributing communities to create uniform
best practices.
We found, likewise, that
breeds with more inherited disorders have been more popular, rather than less popular, suggesting that health considerations have been secondary in the decision to acquire dogs as
well as in dog
breeding practices.