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by Videx on 19 January 2011 - 11:01
ACCREDITED BREEDER SCHEME LATEST CHANGES
The Kennel Club has announced the latest changes to its Accredited Breeder Scheme’s list of requirements and recommendations relevant to each breed, including health screening.
The changes have been brought in following extensive consultation with breed clubs and councils in order to ensure that the health and welfare requirements of the scheme remain relevant to each breed.
The changes are as follows:
Breed Change
DALMATIAN Add recommendations:
• Bitches under 2 years not to produce a litter
• Bitches not to produce more than 4 litters in their lifetime
• Bitches not to produce more than one litter in a 12-month period
GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG Add recommendations:
• Bitches under 2 years not to produce a litter
• No stud dog to be used under 18 months of age
MASTIFF Add recommendations:
• Bitches under 20 months not to produce a litter
• Bitches over six years not to produce a litter
RHODESIAN RIDGEBACK Add recommendations:
• Bitches under 2 years not to produce a litter
• Bitches not to produce more than 3 litters in their lifetime
• Bitches not to produce more than one litter within a 12-month period
ROTTWEILER Add recommendation:
• Bitches not to produce more than five litters during their lifetime
SPANIEL (COCKER) Change requirement:
• ‘Eye testing – including gonioscopy’ now becomes simply ‘Eye testing’
Add recommendation:
• Gonioscopy
SPANIEL (FIELD) Add recommendations:
• No stud dog to be used under 12 months of age
• DNA of breeding stock to be held at the Animal Health Trust
TIBETAN SPANIEL Add recommendations:
• Bitches not to produce more than 5 litters in their lifetime
• Bitches not to produce more than one litter within a 12-month period
The changes will be effective from Jan 1st 2011 and existing Accredited Breeders have six months’ grace in order to come in line with these.
Bill Lambert, Health and Breeder Services Manager, said: “The Kennel Club is delighted that so many breed clubs and councils are engaging with us with regard to the fine-tuning of the requirements and recommendations of the Accredited Breeder Scheme. It was always the intention to make the scheme as relevant to each breed as possible and breed clubs and councils have a major part to play in this process.”
Breeding parameter recommendations have been included for certain breeds which include changes to the minimum age of mating a bitch, maximum number of litters for a bitch and restriction on breeding from a bitch more than once in any 12-month period.
The Kennel Club will continue to update the Accredited Breeder Scheme requirements and recommendations on a regular basis and encourages breed clubs and councils who wish to propose recommendations and/or requirements for their breed to write to the Accredited Breeder Scheme, The Kennel Club, 1 – 5 Clarges Street, Piccadilly, London W1J 8AB. The requirements and recommendations of the scheme are adjusted at least twice a year and the next set of changes is due to be announced in the summer of 2011.
The list of all requirements and recommendations for the Accredited Breeder Scheme can be found at:
http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/download/1100/abshealthreqs.pdf.
The Kennel Club has announced the latest changes to its Accredited Breeder Scheme’s list of requirements and recommendations relevant to each breed, including health screening.
The changes have been brought in following extensive consultation with breed clubs and councils in order to ensure that the health and welfare requirements of the scheme remain relevant to each breed.
The changes are as follows:
Breed Change
DALMATIAN Add recommendations:
• Bitches under 2 years not to produce a litter
• Bitches not to produce more than 4 litters in their lifetime
• Bitches not to produce more than one litter in a 12-month period
GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG Add recommendations:
• Bitches under 2 years not to produce a litter
• No stud dog to be used under 18 months of age
MASTIFF Add recommendations:
• Bitches under 20 months not to produce a litter
• Bitches over six years not to produce a litter
RHODESIAN RIDGEBACK Add recommendations:
• Bitches under 2 years not to produce a litter
• Bitches not to produce more than 3 litters in their lifetime
• Bitches not to produce more than one litter within a 12-month period
ROTTWEILER Add recommendation:
• Bitches not to produce more than five litters during their lifetime
SPANIEL (COCKER) Change requirement:
• ‘Eye testing – including gonioscopy’ now becomes simply ‘Eye testing’
Add recommendation:
• Gonioscopy
SPANIEL (FIELD) Add recommendations:
• No stud dog to be used under 12 months of age
• DNA of breeding stock to be held at the Animal Health Trust
TIBETAN SPANIEL Add recommendations:
• Bitches not to produce more than 5 litters in their lifetime
• Bitches not to produce more than one litter within a 12-month period
The changes will be effective from Jan 1st 2011 and existing Accredited Breeders have six months’ grace in order to come in line with these.
Bill Lambert, Health and Breeder Services Manager, said: “The Kennel Club is delighted that so many breed clubs and councils are engaging with us with regard to the fine-tuning of the requirements and recommendations of the Accredited Breeder Scheme. It was always the intention to make the scheme as relevant to each breed as possible and breed clubs and councils have a major part to play in this process.”
Breeding parameter recommendations have been included for certain breeds which include changes to the minimum age of mating a bitch, maximum number of litters for a bitch and restriction on breeding from a bitch more than once in any 12-month period.
The Kennel Club will continue to update the Accredited Breeder Scheme requirements and recommendations on a regular basis and encourages breed clubs and councils who wish to propose recommendations and/or requirements for their breed to write to the Accredited Breeder Scheme, The Kennel Club, 1 – 5 Clarges Street, Piccadilly, London W1J 8AB. The requirements and recommendations of the scheme are adjusted at least twice a year and the next set of changes is due to be announced in the summer of 2011.
The list of all requirements and recommendations for the Accredited Breeder Scheme can be found at:
http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/download/1100/abshealthreqs.pdf.
by Videx on 19 January 2011 - 12:01
HEALTH WARNING
Every reader should fully understand how very little in the Kennel Club "ACCREDITED BREEDERS SCHEME" is actually "REQUIRED". most aspects are simply "RECOMMENDATIONS" - which can be, and usually are, ignored.
Every reader should also fully understand that even where HIP X-RAYS ARE "REQUIRED" under the KC/BVA Hip Scheme, there is ABSOLUTELY NO REQUIREMENT for the ACTUAL HIP SCORES to even be reasonable, they can actually be APPALLINGLY BAD, and any resultant litters WILL BE REGISTERED with the KENNEL CLUB AND STILL BE PROMOTED UNDER THE KENNEL CLUB PUPPY SALES REGISTER.
BE VERY AWARE
THE MAJORITY OF KENNEL CLUB "ACCREDITED BREEDERS"
ONLY JOIN THE "ACCREDITED BREEDERS SCHEME"
TO BOOST THEIR PUPPY SALES
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
by missbeeb on 19 January 2011 - 12:01
Thanks for that David.
Still nothing mandatory... so worth Jack!
by jaymesie51 on 19 January 2011 - 16:01
what if an ABS breeder uses a dog at say 14 months to a bitch at say 16 months do you suppose the KC would refuse to register the litter the answer is no, they will still register anything with a pulse or even no pulse just as long as you pay for it that is why the KC will only recommend these things and not make them mandatory because they are afraid of lost revenue.
jim h
jim h
by Videx on 21 January 2011 - 00:01
The Kennel Club "Accredited Breeders Scheme" should definitely carry a "Health Warning"
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