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Scottish Terrier puppies

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

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Advertise Scottish Terrier puppies for sale

Have a Scottish 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 Scottish Terrier puppy

Searching for Scottish Terrier puppies for sale? Scotties come in black, wheaten or brindle and grow into sturdy, independent adults that need up to an hour's exercise a day and daily grooming. Registrations are low enough for the RKC to include the breed on its At Watch list, so litters can be scarce and waiting lists are common. Before you pay a deposit, ask which DNA tests the parents have had, particularly for von Willebrand disease and craniomandibular osteopathy. The RKC does not record these results for the breed, so ask to see the laboratory certificates, and use the RKC Health Test Results Finder to look up each parent's record. See the puppies with their mother, confirm the registration and microchip details, and agree the terms of sale in writing. Listings on caninebreeder.co.uk are supplied by breeders themselves, so carry out your own checks before committing.

Health tests to ask about

The RKC places the Scottish Terrier in Breed Watch Category 1, meaning no conformation-related points of concern are currently flagged for show judges. The RKC breed page lists no recommended pre-breeding health screening at present and there is no Scottie-specific RKC DNA package, though individual tests can be ordered from the RKC. After a 2025 review of breed health, the RKC is applying a breeding for health framework to all breeds, so check the page for changes.

Breed organisations point to several conditions. The Scottish Terrier Club (England) health page names UK laboratories that DNA test for craniomandibular osteopathy (CMO), an inherited bone disease causing painful, swollen jaws in young dogs, and von Willebrand disease (vWD), an inherited clotting disorder. A club article explains that the CMO result indicates a level of risk rather than a certain outcome. The club also publicises a long-term University of Nottingham study of Scottie health, with a focus on liver disease and cancers. The Scottish Terrier Emergency Care Scheme describes Scottie cramp, an inherited condition in which the leg muscles spasm and lock, often set off by excitement or stress, and advises buyers to ask breeders for CMO and vWD results.

  • RKC recommended pre-breeding screening: none listed at present
  • Breed Watch: Category 1
  • RKC status: At Watch list
  • DNA test for von Willebrand disease (vWD): advised by breed organisations; not among the results the RKC records for this breed
  • DNA test for craniomandibular osteopathy (CMO): advised by breed organisations; the result shows risk, not certainty
  • Genetic diversity: check the coefficient of inbreeding with the RKC inbreeding calculator

More for Scottish Terrier owners and breeders

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