Breed dogs for stud dogs and stud services? Advertise here
Buyers and trainers use this page to find breeders whose lines do this work. List your kennel free, tick the industries your dogs work in, and advertise litters and stud dogs from proven working lines.
No breeders are listed here yet, so the first profiles get the page to themselves.
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- Featured placement at the top of this page, labelled as sponsored.
Is it free to advertise here?
Yes. A breeder profile and your litter and stud dog adverts are free. Premium profiles, featured placement and sponsored articles are optional paid extras; see pricing.
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.
Is my listing already here?
We add licensed breeders from councils' public registers. Search for your kennel name; if it is listed you can claim it and edit everything.
About stud dogs and stud services
Choosing a stud dog is one of the biggest decisions in planning a litter. This page explains how stud dog services work in the UK, what the Royal Kennel Club requires for the litter to be registered and what to ask before you agree terms. Canine Breeder lists stud dogs by breed and discipline, so you can find a stud dog that suits your bitch and your aims.
What this work involves
A stud dog owner offers a male for mating to another owner’s bitch. The terms are agreed between the two owners: usually a stud fee, sometimes a puppy from the litter instead, and sometimes a repeat mating if no puppies result. A responsible owner of a dog at stud offers a mature, health-tested dog of sound temperament, checks that the bitch is healthy and suitable, looks at the combined pedigree and declines matings that are not in the interests of the dogs or the breed.
For a litter to be registered with the Royal Kennel Club, both parents must be on its Breed Register and the breeder must be the registered owner of the dam when the puppies are born. On a paper application the stud dog owner signs the form; on an online application the Royal Kennel Club notifies the sire’s owner. Where the sire lives overseas, the breeder needs a certified copy of his three-generation pedigree from the overseas kennel club.
Who trains and supplies these dogs in the UK
Stud dogs are privately owned, usually by breeders and exhibitors, and there is no central supplier. The Royal Kennel Club sets the rules for registering litters and publishes health test results and a genetic diversity calculator for inbreeding coefficients. It will not normally register a litter where:
- the dam was under one year old when mated;
- the dam had already reached eight years of age at whelping;
- the dam had already whelped four litters;
- the dam had already had two litters delivered by caesarean section; or
- the mating was between father and daughter, mother and son or brother and sister.
The Royal Kennel Club can make exceptions to some of these, such as the age and litter limits, if approval is sought in advance, and some breeds carry extra breeding restrictions. Breed clubs often publish guidance on health testing for breeding stock.
Breeds and lines
Any breed on the Royal Kennel Club Breed Register can be used at stud within these rules. On Canine Breeder, stud dogs are listed by breed and by discipline, so you can look for show, working, field trial or companion lines. Whatever the breed, compare the dog’s health results with the Royal Kennel Club Health Standard for the breed, check how closely related he is to your bitch and look at the puppies he has already sired.
What to ask a breeder
- What health tests does he hold, and can I check them on the Royal Kennel Club Health Test Results Finder?
- What would the inbreeding coefficient of this mating be?
- Is he proven, and can I speak to owners of puppies from earlier litters?
- What is the stud fee, when is it payable, and what happens if no puppies result?
- Will you sign the Royal Kennel Club litter registration application, and on what conditions?
- If either dog was imported, has Brucella canis testing been done?
Legal and welfare notes
In England and Wales, the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 makes it illegal to breed from, sell, give away or abandon a dog of a banned type. The banned types are the Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, Fila Brasileiro and XL Bully, and whether a dog is a banned type depends on what it looks like, not its breed or name. Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own rules, including on XL Bully type dogs. Canine Breeder does not accept stud listings for these types.
The Animal Welfare Act 2006 duty of care applies in England and Wales to both dogs before, during and after mating, with equivalent laws in Scotland and Northern Ireland. In England, a licence is needed to breed three or more litters in any 12-month period or to breed dogs and advertise a business of selling dogs. Licensed breeders must not mate a bitch under 12 months, let her have more than one litter in 12 months or six in total, or mate her after two caesareans. Licensing turns on litters bred and puppies sold, so it mainly concerns the bitch owner, but stud owners should ask about the bitch owner’s position and check their own if they also breed litters.
Frequently asked questions
How much is a stud fee?
It varies with the breed, the dog’s record and demand. Some owners charge a fixed fee, others take a puppy from the litter or a combination. Agree the terms in writing before the mating, including what happens if the bitch does not conceive.
Can any registered male be used at stud?
Within the Royal Kennel Club rules, yes, provided he carries no endorsement that stops his puppies being registered, but he should only be used if he is mature, healthy, of sound temperament and has the health tests relevant to his breed. Hip and elbow screening cannot be done until a dog is at least a year old.
Does Canine Breeder check stud dogs?
Listings are written by stud owners, and we show what they declare. Always check health results yourself on the Royal Kennel Club Health Test Results Finder and ask to see the paperwork before you agree a mating.
If you own a health-tested dog at stud, you can list him on Canine Breeder with his health results, pedigree and terms so bitch owners can find him by breed and discipline.