WHAT IT REALLY MEANS
NEARCTIC DOBERMANNS ARE KENNEL CLUB ACCREDITED BREEDERS.
Many of you will have read about the Kennel Club Accredited Breeder scheme and see adverts on Epupz and other puppy sales sites using the logo.What follows here is our personal opinion of the scheme as it stands at present.
We have now joined the scheme but we still have a few issues with it at present and feel that it is occasionally being used in inappropriate situations which causes confusion for potential new owners. For example I was browsing a well known puppy advertising website the other day and came across an advertisement for a litter of dobermann crossed with a poodle. This advert carried the Kennel Club Accredited Breeder logo very prominantly. Obviously this was an accidental mating that had occured and non of the puppies could be registered with the KC so why was the Logo for the scheme appearing on the website ? as the puppies would not be covered under the scheme.I am not saying that there was anything wrong with these puppies but you are an accredited breeder for pure bred pedigree dogs not cross breeds.
Then I had a telephone conversation with a fellow dobermann breeder who was on the scheme. She had bred a puppy with what would be considered a major fault for show purposes it was a perfectly healthy puppy but she decided that she didn't want it breeding out of so applied the endorsement to the papers "progeny not eligible for registration" and explained this to the owners which they had no problem with. Some 2 years later the owners came back to the breeder having had the health tests done and wished to breed from the dobie. Again the breeder explained that it was not on health grounds as explained previously but she did not want the dobie bred from. The owners then objected to this and contacted the KC. After explaining her beliefs to the KC but KC rejected the breeders reasons and lifted the endorsement and the dobie was duely bred from. I must agree with this breeder if we as breeders cannot be allowed to make our decisions based on our experience and what we consider to be best for the breed what are we here for?? Accredited for what ???
There is a long way to go before this scheme can be relied upon by the general public as a standard for good puppy rearing and management so don't be fooled the logo is no guarantee you still have to investigate the breeders look at their experience and the recommendations by those who have lived with their dogs. MANY of the people registered under the scheme are caring and responsible breeders but the scheme isn't restricted to these people so beware.
As we said at the beginning we have now joined the scheme and hope that in time it will be what all the decent breeders expect from it.
The scheme as it stands at the moment does take steps in the right direction it does ensure that all breeding stock is fully health tested for von willebrands disease and hip scored in the case of the dobermann and that a dogs health pedigree is available( although it still allows for a dog to be bred from no matter what its health results). It does ensure that contracts are drawn up between breeder and new owners and gives new owners opportuntiy to give feedback to the Kennel club on their experiences. All these are positive moves but remember the scheme is in its early stages and you still need to be careful.
AT NEARCTIC DOBERMANNS WE HAVE ALWAYS TRIED OUR BEST TO USE HEALTHY BLOODLINES AND WORK HARD TO PRODUCE PUPPIES THAT ARE HAPPY,SOUND CHARACTERS.
Many of you will have read about the Kennel Club Accredited Breeder scheme and see adverts on Epupz and other puppy sales sites using the logo.What follows here is our personal opinion of the scheme as it stands at present.
We have now joined the scheme but we still have a few issues with it at present and feel that it is occasionally being used in inappropriate situations which causes confusion for potential new owners. For example I was browsing a well known puppy advertising website the other day and came across an advertisement for a litter of dobermann crossed with a poodle. This advert carried the Kennel Club Accredited Breeder logo very prominantly. Obviously this was an accidental mating that had occured and non of the puppies could be registered with the KC so why was the Logo for the scheme appearing on the website ? as the puppies would not be covered under the scheme.I am not saying that there was anything wrong with these puppies but you are an accredited breeder for pure bred pedigree dogs not cross breeds.
Then I had a telephone conversation with a fellow dobermann breeder who was on the scheme. She had bred a puppy with what would be considered a major fault for show purposes it was a perfectly healthy puppy but she decided that she didn't want it breeding out of so applied the endorsement to the papers "progeny not eligible for registration" and explained this to the owners which they had no problem with. Some 2 years later the owners came back to the breeder having had the health tests done and wished to breed from the dobie. Again the breeder explained that it was not on health grounds as explained previously but she did not want the dobie bred from. The owners then objected to this and contacted the KC. After explaining her beliefs to the KC but KC rejected the breeders reasons and lifted the endorsement and the dobie was duely bred from. I must agree with this breeder if we as breeders cannot be allowed to make our decisions based on our experience and what we consider to be best for the breed what are we here for?? Accredited for what ???
There is a long way to go before this scheme can be relied upon by the general public as a standard for good puppy rearing and management so don't be fooled the logo is no guarantee you still have to investigate the breeders look at their experience and the recommendations by those who have lived with their dogs. MANY of the people registered under the scheme are caring and responsible breeders but the scheme isn't restricted to these people so beware.
As we said at the beginning we have now joined the scheme and hope that in time it will be what all the decent breeders expect from it.
The scheme as it stands at the moment does take steps in the right direction it does ensure that all breeding stock is fully health tested for von willebrands disease and hip scored in the case of the dobermann and that a dogs health pedigree is available( although it still allows for a dog to be bred from no matter what its health results). It does ensure that contracts are drawn up between breeder and new owners and gives new owners opportuntiy to give feedback to the Kennel club on their experiences. All these are positive moves but remember the scheme is in its early stages and you still need to be careful.
AT NEARCTIC DOBERMANNS WE HAVE ALWAYS TRIED OUR BEST TO USE HEALTHY BLOODLINES AND WORK HARD TO PRODUCE PUPPIES THAT ARE HAPPY,SOUND CHARACTERS.