Greenland Dog Breeders UK: Advertise Your Kennel Free

Advertise your Greenland Dog puppies, litters and stud dogs

Do you breed Greenland Dogs? Litters are not frequent in the UK, so buyers can struggle to find a breeder. List your kennel on caninebreeder.co.uk with a free basic profile showing your kennel name, website, social links, location and categories. When you have a litter planned, advertise Greenland Dog puppies for sale, promote your Greenland Dog stud dog and share the hip scores and eye results that careful buyers ask for. Add your listing or see pricing.

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Do I need a licence to advertise puppies?

In England you need a dog breeding licence from your council if you breed three or more litters in 12 months or breed and sell dogs as a business, and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own schemes. Licensed breeders show their licence number and issuing council on every advert. Puppies must be at least eight weeks old before they go to new homes.

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About the Greenland Dog

The Greenland Dog is an Arctic sledge dog bred to haul loads. The Royal Kennel Club places it in the Working group and describes it as the only native breed still surviving in Greenland, where a law banning matings with imported dogs protected it after a canine epidemic. The Greenland Dog Club of Great Britain says dogs of this type reached Greenland some 4,000 to 5,000 years ago. British names have included Eskimo Dog and Husky; Greenland Dog was adopted in October 2000 to match the rest of Europe. The club notes that Roald Amundsen used these dogs on his 1910 to 1912 South Pole expedition.

Size and build

In build, the RKC puts it between two better-known sledge breeds: lighter than the Alaskan Malamute and heavier than the Siberian Husky. The breed standard gives dogs a height of 58 to 68 cm and a weight of 34 to 47.5 kg, and bitches 51 to 61 cm and 27 to 41 kg. It is a powerful, compact dog with heavy bone, a broad wedge-shaped head, short erect ears and a large bushy tail curled loosely over the back.

Coat and grooming

The coat is double: a dense undercoat of 2.5 to 5 cm beneath a coarser, straight outer coat that is longest on the neck, withers, thighs and underside of the tail. Any colour or mix of colours is accepted except merle. The RKC suggests grooming once a week, and the breed sheds. The breed club says the coat should never be trimmed or clipped.

Exercise

The RKC puts exercise at more than two hours a day and suggests a large house and garden in the country. The club advises building up a puppy's exercise gradually to protect growing bones. To channel its urge to pull, consider sled dogs and dryland mushing, canicross or bikejoring and scootering.

Temperament and suitability

The standard describes a dignified, intelligent, good-natured and affectionate dog that is also distinctly independent, alert and bold, and says bitches are more amenable. The breed club says it suits an experienced, enthusiastic owner rather than a novice, should not be kept as a guard dog, and may dig, howl or turn destructive without enough to do. It recommends fencing about six feet high, turned over at the top and sunk into the ground. For an easier family pet, compare other Working group breeders.

Greenland Dog health tests

The Greenland Dog is in Breed Watch Category 1, meaning the RKC has not flagged any breed-specific points of concern for show judges beyond those covered by the breed standard. The RKC's health guidance for the breed sets two levels. At Good Practice level, the minimum the RKC strongly recommends, breeders should prioritise genetic diversity when choosing a mate, which matters in a breed with so few dogs in the UK. At Best Practice level, breeding stock should also be hip scored under the BVA/KC Hip Dysplasia Scheme. The dog must be at least a year old and microchipped; each hip is scored from 0 to 53, giving a total of 0 to 106, and lower is better. The BVA advises breeding only from dogs scoring below or close to the breed median.

The Greenland Dog Club of Great Britain's code of ethics goes further: it requires members to hip X-ray and eye screen all breeding stock over twelve months old. Eye screening in the UK is offered through the BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Screening Scheme. You can look up any RKC-registered dog's results on the Health Test Results Finder. Health testing lowers the risk of inherited disease but cannot guarantee that a puppy will stay healthy.

Health tests and schemes the RKC lists for the Greenland Dog:

Prioritising genetic diversity, for example by checking the coefficient of inbreeding of a planned mating (RKC Good Practice)
Hip testing under the BVA/KC Hip Dysplasia Scheme (RKC Best Practice)
Breed Watch: Category 1

Choosing a Greenland Dog breeder

Greenland Dog litters are not common in the UK. The Greenland Dog Club of Great Britain, which describes itself as the only RKC-affiliated club for the breed, puts this down to the small population and to the breed's strength and working drive, which make it a demanding pet. Expect to wait.

A careful breeder will have hip scored and eye screened both parents, will show you the certificates or point you to the RKC Health Test Results Finder, and can tell you the coefficient of inbreeding for the mating. The club's code of ethics asks members not to mate a bitch before 18 months of age or before her third season, not to breed from her on consecutive seasons, and not to let puppies leave before eight weeks. Expect the RKC registration documents. A good breeder will question you closely about your experience, fencing and exercise plans, and will help rehome the dog if your circumstances change. In England, anyone who breeds three or more litters in a 12-month period and sells any of the puppies, or runs a business breeding and advertising dogs for sale, needs a breeding licence from the local council.

Questions to ask a Greenland Dog breeder:

What are the hip scores of both parents, and have they been eye screened?
What is the coefficient of inbreeding for this litter?
Do the parents work in harness, show, or both, and can I meet the mother?
How should I feed the puppy and limit its exercise while it is growing?
Are you a member of the breed club, and will you help if the dog ever needs a new home?

Greenland Dog questions

Is a Greenland Dog a good family pet?

It can be in the right home, but it is not an easy breed. The breed standard describes it as good-natured and affectionate but also distinctly independent. The Greenland Dog Club of Great Britain says it suits an experienced, enthusiastic owner rather than a novice, needs persistent, patient and consistent training, matures at around three years old, and should not be kept as a guard dog.

How much exercise does a Greenland Dog need?

The Royal Kennel Club lists more than two hours a day and suggests a large house and garden in the country. The breed club advises building up a puppy's exercise gradually to protect its developing bones, and warns that a dog without enough to do may dig, howl or become destructive.

What is the difference between a Greenland Dog and a Siberian Husky?

Both are Arctic sledge dogs, but the RKC places the Greenland Dog between the two in build: heavier than the Siberian Husky and lighter than the Alaskan Malamute. Its breed standard assesses it mainly on its freighting capacity in Arctic conditions. The breed club says its numbers have fallen, partly because other sled breeds such as the Alaskan Malamute, Siberian Husky and Samoyed became more popular.

What fencing does a Greenland Dog need?

The Greenland Dog Club of Great Britain recommends a fence about six feet high, turned over at the top and sunk into the ground, to stop the dog climbing or digging its way out.

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