1.
How long have you been breeding Shetland Sheepdogs?
2.
Where did you purchase/acquire your foundation stock?
3.
Why do you breed dogs?
4.
How many litters per year do you breed?
5.
What is the name of your veterinarian?
6.
Please provide the names of four people who have purchased dogs
from you in the past.
7.
Have the dogs in this litter's pedigree been tested for genetic
abnormalities, specifically for Hip Dysplasia, inherited Eye
Disorders, bleeding/blood clotting disorders such as von Willebrand's
Disease ( a bleeding/clotting disorder which can cause death),
inherited Thyroid disease?
8.
Is there any history of Sheltie Skin Syndrome or other skin problems in this line?
Do you guarantee
against inherited skin diseases?
9.
Is there any history of inherited seizure disorders in this line?
Does your guarantee cover inherited
seizure disorders?
10.
Do the parents have their championships? If not, do they conform
to the breed standard, in terms of
size and structure and type? Have
the parents been shown in the conformation ring, and with what results?
11.
Are the parents CKC registered? Will I receive registration papers
for my puppy, identifying it as a purebred dog? **
**In
Canada, purebred dogs are governed under the Canadian Pedigreed
Livestock Act. Any puppy sold
in Canada as purebred MUST
be sold with Canadian Kennel Club registration papers provided at
no
charge to the purchaser. A breeder selling dogs/puppies as
"purebred" who does NOT provide CKC registration papers
with the animal, is in violation of the Pedigreed Livestock Act
and may be charged
by the RCMP with a violation under that act.
Dogs
from "AKC registered parents" are not considered
purebred as there is no way to verify the
pedigrees. Only
those sold with Canadian Kennel Club registration are pure bred,
when sold in Canada.
Dogs
sold without registration papers are not purebred dogs, regardless
of their appearance.
