Breeding goals for our puppies
Anyone who takes on dog breeding as an official breeder in the KfT / VDH / FCI also takes on a great responsibility for the well-being of the breed in question. The wish of many people started with keeping dogs, but also once in a while to pursue the great but also very elaborate hobby of breeding. Before you can finally experience your first litter, it takes years of preparation including the selection and training of a suitable bitch. The environment must meet the necessary requirements. Space in the house and in the garden must be available and the time to look after a litter, to accompany and to socialize in the best possible way, so that the new owners receive a great and loving puppy who accompanies them faithfully for a dog's life. Not only the socialization, the balanced diet and the constant proximity to the mother and the breeder (including his family) are important cornerstones of a successful breeding, because the basic condition for the well-being of the puppies is the health of the parent animals. Ultimately, one would like to make the great breed of the Kerry Blue Terrier known to a wider community and bring the attractiveness as family dogs closer to interested dog lovers.
Therefore we pursue the following breeding goals:
Preventing the spread of specific hereditary diseases through the
1. Selection of healthy parent animals that should meet the following conditions:
Only parent animals with hips HD-A to HD-B
Parent animal free of vWD - von Willebrand's disease is the most common hereditary blood clotting disorder in dogs and unfortunately also occurs in Kerrys.
Parent animals free of DM - Degenerative myelopathy (DM) is a genetic spinal cord disease that disrupts the pathways in dogs. It is chronic, progressive and untreatable. As the disease progresses, the dog's musculoskeletal system becomes increasingly restricted until it becomes paralyzed.
Parent animals free of CMSD - Multiple System Degeneration in Dogs (CMSD) is an autosomal recessive genetic disease that has been diagnosed in Chinese Crested Dogs and Kerry Blue Terriers.
Further explanation:
Possibility 1: Both parents are carriers of the same disease gene, in which case puppies in the litter are very likely to contract the disease.
Possibility 2: One parent is a carrier of a disease gene, in which case the puppies may also become carriers of this gene but not contract the disease.
Possibility 3: Both parents are not carriers, i.e. free of these disease genes, in which case the puppies will neither be carriers of these genes nor contract the disease. That is our goal!
2. recoloring of the puppies to the typical steel grey of the breed by the age of three by selecting appropriate parents with their ancestors. The recoloring is a goal in breeding, but cannot be guaranteed due to certain factors in the hereditary sequence.
3. very well socialized and lovingly human-oriented puppies. The buyer is responsible for the further training of the dog for a certain purpose such as family dog, sporting dog and breeding dog, as a breeder you have no further influence on this.