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Interview
To register a puppy with out championship. Recently a A lot of DNA tests are
canine associations you need blue merle girl with a full tail completed, and it seems to
to either produce DNA which finished her championship be an ever-growing list. Many
st
says the puppy is NBT or winning a Group 1 . different labs are being used
complete a vet letter than says and not all labs seem to have
they are NBT. For a vet letter What are breeding rules in all the tests being completed.
to be accepted the vet must Australia for Aussies? I mean The general minimum for DNA
see the litter before they are 3 is it hard process to make testing is CEA, HC, MDR1
days old and then again when male a stud dog and female a and more increasingly DM.
they are microchipped confirm brood bitch? Testing for colour such as
they puppies are who they are All animals must be ANKC Pied and Merle is also a part
and identify them with their register and on the main of the full profiles as well
microchip. The pedigrees are register to be bred from. The and NBT status. IVDD testing
marked as Natural Bobtail. only health testing that is has recently become more
required for a dog to be bred common.
from and marked on the ANKC
database is hip and elbow In your breeding program
scores. Dogs and bitches must is it important for you what
be 12 months before they length of tail partners have?
can bred in states of Australia Have you ever bred two NBT
except for Victoria (our home together?
state) where dogs can be bred Absolutely it is. At this time I
from 12 months, but bitches ensure at least a parent is NBT.
must be 24 months before I have bred two NBT dogs
they are bred. together on three occasions
with no health issues at all.
Some of the Australian Only one of the NBT to NBT
Shepherd breed clubs do have litters produced a litter of all
much stricter guidelines for NBT puppies. The litter sizes
their members which includes were 4, 5 and 7. I think one of
far more health testing, my NBT lines is far stronger
Vixen puppy
including eye tests and DNA at producing the gene, with
testing. It also have maximum one of my boys, Cooper
Imports that come into scores for hip and elbows as to producing between 80-100%
Australia docked must come in what they feel is acceptable to NBT puppies in his litters. I do
with a vet letter to say that the be bred from. my best to not let NBT status
dog was legally docked before cause me to use inferior stud
leaving their home country. What health tests are dogs over my girls. At this
Those dogs have a docked tail common in your region? point in time I am trying to
card which you must take to all Health testing really does keep only NBT girls, so I can
shows in case you are asked differ between breeders, all utilise imported semen from
for it to be seen. I have never ANKC registered puppies do dogs abroad that I love.
been asked to see a docked have two parents that are
tail card for any of my three hip and elbow scored. Many On behalf of the Australian
imports. breeders do complete annual Shepherd Magazine and our
eye tests and eye test their readers, we would like to
There is not a lot of tailed litters, but it isn’t all. The PHA thank you for this wonderful
Aussies being shown, but blood tests are completed by interview and also for
there is some with a couple some breeders, but I am not everything you do for our
that have finished their sure how wide that is. amazing breed.
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