What should a
Responsible English Springer Spaniel Breeder Do:
1. Strive in each and every breeding to achieve the highest quality possible relative to the breed standard for conformation, excellence in hunting, trainability for obedience, tracking, and temperament, while still maintaining the breed's characteristics.
2. Use only physically sound, mature dogs of stable temperament for breeding. These characteristics are rarely, if ever, determined before the age of two for either males or females.
3. Continue to educate themselves regarding genetic diseases pertinent to the breed.
4. Apply the same high standards to outside females sent to their stud dogs as they apply to their own breeding stock.
5. Match each puppy's personality as carefully as possible with a compatible buyer/family.
6. Take appropriate steps to have each puppy examined by a veterinarian for general health and examined by a veterinary ophthalmologist for congenital eye disease prior to placement.
7. Encourage buyers of pet puppies to spay/neuter. Methods may include written spay/neuter contracts, limited registration, and/or spay/neuter rebates.
8. Endeavor to gain personal knowledge of the temperament and health of every dog they breed, or to which they breed in order to gather information on which to base future breeding decisions.
9. Sell breeding prospects to knowledgeable, ethical, and experienced persons or are willing to help educate and guide novices. They should at any time accept the return of any male or female their breeding program produces and they should always help when relocation is needed.
10. Does not sell, supply, donate or surrender any dog for which they are responsible to a pet shop, catalogue house, wholesale dealer in dogs, Humane Society, or non-diseased dogs to a laboratory.
11. Encourage puppy buyers to go to puppy and obedience classes to help their puppies to become better canine good citizens.
How can you tell the difference from a puppy mill, commercial breeder, backyard breeder, reputable hobby breeder, and the reputable experienced English Springer Spaniel breeder? Some things to look for:
1. Strive in each and every breeding to achieve the highest quality possible relative to the breed standard for conformation, excellence in hunting, trainability for obedience, tracking, and temperament, while still maintaining the breed's characteristics.
2. Use only physically sound, mature dogs of stable temperament for breeding. These characteristics are rarely, if ever, determined before the age of two for either males or females.
3. Continue to educate themselves regarding genetic diseases pertinent to the breed.
4. Apply the same high standards to outside females sent to their stud dogs as they apply to their own breeding stock.
5. Match each puppy's personality as carefully as possible with a compatible buyer/family.
6. Take appropriate steps to have each puppy examined by a veterinarian for general health and examined by a veterinary ophthalmologist for congenital eye disease prior to placement.
7. Encourage buyers of pet puppies to spay/neuter. Methods may include written spay/neuter contracts, limited registration, and/or spay/neuter rebates.
8. Endeavor to gain personal knowledge of the temperament and health of every dog they breed, or to which they breed in order to gather information on which to base future breeding decisions.
9. Sell breeding prospects to knowledgeable, ethical, and experienced persons or are willing to help educate and guide novices. They should at any time accept the return of any male or female their breeding program produces and they should always help when relocation is needed.
10. Does not sell, supply, donate or surrender any dog for which they are responsible to a pet shop, catalogue house, wholesale dealer in dogs, Humane Society, or non-diseased dogs to a laboratory.
11. Encourage puppy buyers to go to puppy and obedience classes to help their puppies to become better canine good citizens.
How can you tell the difference from a puppy mill, commercial breeder, backyard breeder, reputable hobby breeder, and the reputable experienced English Springer Spaniel breeder? Some things to look for:
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