Verstone Gundogs
are Kennel Club Accredited Breeders
VERSTONE GUNDOGS
PUPPY WAITING LIST .. Please see details below
Verstone Gundogs are Members of The Kennel Club Accredited Breeder Scheme
We are now adding names to our 'Puppy Waiting List' (see below for details)
... please note that all potential homes/owners will be vetted.
All our pups are whelped in our home so both mother & pups receive constant attention and care throughout the birth and the subsequent important early days. Puppies are handled from birth and everyday thereafter … well-socialised, happy, bold and confident pups are the result of the time and effort given to them during their early weeks.
At around three days old puppies are checked over by our Vet to ensure they are healthy, and in accordance with the regulations connected to the Animal Welfare Act 2007, they are also docked & DC at this time.
As Members of The Kennel Club Accredited Breeders Scheme, all of our pups will leave at the minimum age of 8 weeks and with the following:
Kennel Club Registration DocumentationContract of Sale
Six weeks Puppy Insurance via The Kennel Club Healthcare Plan
A copy of the 5 generation pedigree
Advice and Guidance notes on:
Socialisation,
Future Training (inc House Training),
Feeding,
Exercise,
Their worming programme to date; (all are wormed with Panacur at 2, 5 & 8 weeks of age)
All pups are Front-lined prior to leaving.
Pups will also leave us with Puppy Food Packs and future feeding guidance
We also provide a full "back up service" should you need our advice or help at any time.
You can register an interest in a puppy from a specific litter without a deposit and you will be advised by email of any developments. Please note that this does not mean that you have entered into any agreement and that you have not been given preference for any puppy.
Alternatively, you can ask to be placed on the Preferred List for a puppy i.e. to be added to our Puppy List .. this means that, should he or she be available, the puppy of your preferred gender and/or colour will be *reserved for you - for this we will require a small non-refundable deposit of £50.00 to be deducted from the puppy purchase.
This deposit will be refunded by us should we be unable to provide you with a puppy of your (previously agreed) preferred gender and/or colour when the chosen bitch whelps. If for any reason you are unable to complete your purchase of the puppy then the deposit is non-refundable.
* Please note: At Verstone Gundogs we always reserve the right to refuse to home or supply a puppy to what we may consider, at any time, to be an 'unsuitable home or unsuitable owner' for what ever reasons. We always put the welfare of our puppies first.
Please contact us to discuss your requirements; email: bramble243@msn.com
As a member of
The Kennel Club Accredited Breeder Scheme,
all our Spaniels are:
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Eye Tested under the KC/BVA/ISDS Eye Examination Scheme
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Recorded on The Kennel Club registration system as DNA Profiled
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Registered and Microchipped
The Kennel Club Accredited Breeder
Scheme
The aim of the Kennel Club
Accredited Breeder Scheme is to provide a framework to encourage the breeding of
healthy, well-adjusted puppies. It lays down a series of requirements that
breeders must follow in order to participate in the scheme.
Accredited Breeders agree to:
1. Ensure that all breeding
stock is Kennel Club registered.
2. Hand over the dog's registration certificate at time of sale if available, or
forward it to the new owner as soon as possible. Explain any endorsements that
might pertain and obtain written and signed confirmation from the new owner, at
or before the date on which the dog is physically transferred, that the new
owner is aware of the endorsement(s), regardless of whether or not the endorsed
registration certificate is available.
3. Follow Kennel Club policy regarding maximum age and number/frequency of
litters.
4. Permanently identify breeding stock by DNA profile, microchip, or tattoo.
(N.B. After the first year of the Scheme’s operation, all breeding stock will
be required to be DNA profiled.)
5. Make use of health screening schemes, relevant to their breed, on all
breeding stock. These schemes include DNA testing, hip dysplasia, elbow
dysplasia and inherited eye conditions.
6. Socialise the puppies and provide written advice, in the Puppy Sales Wallet,
on continuation of socialisation, exercise and future training.
7. Provide written advice, in the Puppy Sales Wallet, on feeding and worming
programmes.
8. Provide a written record, in the Puppy Sales Wallet, on the immunisation
measures taken.
9. Provide reasonable post-sales telephone advice.
10. Inform buyers of the requirements and the recommendations that apply to
Kennel Club Accredited Breeders as well as the existence of the complaints
procedure.
11. Draw up a contract of sale for each puppy and provide a copy in the Puppy
Sales Wallet.
In addition to the above requirements, it is recommended that Accredited Breeders should:
1. Make sure that whelping
facilities accord with good practice.
2. The contract of sale should clearly lay out to the buyer the nature and
details of any guarantee given (e.g. time limit) and/or any provisions for
refund or return and replacement of puppy. If endorsements are being used the
contract should also explain why these have been placed and under what
circumstances they would be removed (if any). The contract should be signed and
dated by both breeder and purchaser, showing that both have agreed to these
terms.
3. Commit to help, if necessary, with the re-homing of a dog, for whatever
reason, throughout the dog's lifetime.
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