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Kerry Blue Terrier puppies

Kerry Blue Terrier puppies and litters from UK breeders, with the parents’ health tests and licence details.

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Advertise Kerry Blue Terrier puppies for sale

Have a Kerry Blue Terrier 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 Kerry Blue Terrier puppy

Kerry Blue Terrier puppies for sale

Kerry Blue Terrier litters are scarce because this is a vulnerable native breed, so it pays to contact breeders early rather than wait for an advert to appear. Do not be surprised if the puppies look black: the RKC notes that the blue colour develops by about 18 months. Ask for the coefficient of inbreeding of the mating and any health results for the parents. Every dog in the UK has to be microchipped and registered on a database by eight weeks old, and licensed breeders in England may only show a puppy together with its mother. In England a local authority licence is needed to breed three or more litters in any 12-month period, unless none are sold, or to breed dogs while advertising a business of selling them (2018 regulations). See also Kerry Blue Terrier breeders and our buyer safety guide.

Health tests to ask about

Kerry Blue Terrier health and testing

The RKC health standard gives one Good Practice priority for the Kerry Blue Terrier: prioritising genetic diversity. No BVA screening scheme or DNA test is listed as Good or Best Practice for the breed at present, the RKC offers no breed-specific DNA testing package, and there are no additional breed-specific breeding restrictions.

With registrations this low, careful management of the gene pool matters. The RKC's guidance on managing genetic diversity is to breed puppies with a coefficient of inbreeding at or below the breed's annual average, and preferably as low as possible, and to avoid heavy use of popular sires. Any health tests a breeder has had recorded can be looked up on the Health Test Results Finder, and the RKC names a breed health co-ordinator for the breed. If you have a question about a particular dog's health, speak to your vet.

The breed is in Breed Watch Category 1: the RKC has not flagged any breed-specific points of concern for show judges.

  • Good Practice: prioritising genetic diversity (coefficient of inbreeding at or below the breed average)
  • No BVA scheme or DNA test currently listed by the RKC as Good or Best Practice
  • Breed Watch: Category 1
  • Status: vulnerable native breed (fewer than 300 RKC registrations a year)

More for Kerry Blue Terrier owners and breeders

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