Below is a list of important factors you should consider when considering breeding from your bitch:

Before Breeding

• Transfer the dog into your registered ownership if you have not already done so.
• Microchip your dog.
• DNA profile your dog.
• Obtain a Kennel Club Kennel Name.
• Check that no breeding endorsement has been placed on your dog’s records.
• Ensure your dog is healthy and suitable (especially in temperament) to whelp a litter.
• Carry out all relevant health checks e.g. hip scoring, eye testing and DNA testing.
• Contact the breed club for more breed specific information.
• Ensure that the health status of the proposed stud dog is satisfactory.
• Talk to the breeder of your bitch, as they may be able to help you.                

Before the Whelping

• Decide what whelping facilities, including bedding, are most appropriate.
• Ensure that you have the necessary equipment to deal with the whelping.
• Inform your vet when your bitch is due to whelp and keep their phone number to hand.

After Breeding

• Register your litter with the Club - ideally in time for new owners to be given the registration certificate when they collect their puppy.
• Register your litter on the Puppy Sales Register (included on the Litter Registration Form).
• Provide a puppy contract with all puppies sold.

Notes:

Transfer Issues

Once you have sold a puppy to their new owner, you should encourage them to transfer the ownership of the puppy into their name with the Club. You need to sign the Transfer of Registered Ownership Form (all Breeders must sign if there is more than one) on the reverse of the Club Registration Certificate and the new owner must complete the rest of the form and return to the Club.  

It is vital that you ask the new owner to transfer the ownership as soon as possible so that the correct information is recorded on our database. Additionally in order to show or breed from the dog, the new owner needs to be aware that it must be registered with the Club in their name.

Endorsements

Utonagan Club regulations allow the registered owner of a dog to place certain endorsements on a dog's records, provided that the dog is in their physical possession and registered ownership.

Hip Scores, Eye Testing and DNA Testing for disease

Health schemes are in place to help breeders screen their stock before breeding and the information they provide can be used to help reduce the passing on of these health issues to puppies.

Microchipping

Microchipping provides a permanent, inexpensive form of identification that cannot be lost, altered, or intentionally removed. The process is quick and painless and can help ensure a happy reunion, should a dog become lost or stray.  If you decided to microchip your litter, you should advise the owner that they must change the ownership.  One of the benefits of microchipping your litter is that you can arrange for your details to be included as the second carer after they have gone to their new home, and if anything goes wrong, you may be contacted.