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Chinese Crested puppies

Chinese Crested puppies and litters from UK breeders, with the parents’ health tests and licence details.

Advertise Chinese Crested puppies for sale

Have a Chinese Crested litter due or ready? Advertise it here with the mother's details, health test results and your licence number, and link it to your free breeder profile.

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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.

Buying a Chinese Crested puppy

Looking for Chinese Crested puppies for sale? This page gathers litters and available puppies from UK breeders listed on caninebreeder.co.uk. Each advert contains what the breeder has told us, so check the details yourself. Ask for both parents' PLL and prcd-PRA DNA results and look them up on the RKC Health Test Results Finder. Decide early whether you want a hairless puppy or a Powder Puff: a hairless dog needs its time in the sun watched and a coat in winter, while a Powder Puff coat mats without thorough grooming. The RKC suggests up to 30 minutes of exercise a day and a lifespan of over 12 years. The breed rescue says many Cresteds start howling when left alone for long periods and does not rehome its dogs to full-time workers, so think honestly about your hours. See the puppies with their mother, collect no earlier than eight weeks and read our buyer safety guide.

Health tests to ask about

The RKC's health guidance for the Chinese Crested lists prioritising genetic diversity as good practice, and two DNA tests as best practice: primary lens luxation (PLL) and progressive retinal atrophy (prcd-PRA). Both are inherited in an autosomal recessive way: a puppy needs two copies of the faulty gene to be affected, while a carrier with one copy shows no signs of the disease but can pass it on. PLL is a painful condition in which the lens moves out of position, which can lead to glaucoma and loss of sight. prcd-PRA makes the cells of the retina degenerate; night blindness is usually the first sign, and sight starts to fail from around three years of age or later. The RKC offers a Chinese Crested DNA testing package covering both tests plus a DNA profile, and publishes lists of tested dogs. Results for registered dogs appear on the Health Test Results Finder.

The breed is in Breed Watch Category 2, with nervous temperament flagged as a point of concern for show judges. Merle is not an acceptable colour under the standard, and the Chinese Crested is not one of the breeds in which the RKC will register merle dogs.

  • DNA test for primary lens luxation (PLL) (RKC best practice)
  • DNA test for progressive retinal atrophy (prcd-PRA) (RKC best practice)
  • Prioritising genetic diversity: coefficient of inbreeding at or below the breed average (RKC good practice)
  • Breed Watch: Category 2

More for Chinese Crested owners and breeders

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