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Belgian Shepherd Dog (Laekenois) stud dogs

Belgian Shepherd Dog (Laekenois) stud dogs offered by UK breeders, with health test results and registration details.

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Advertise your Belgian Shepherd Dog (Laekenois) stud dog

Offer your Belgian Shepherd Dog (Laekenois) at stud to owners of health-tested bitches. Show his registration, health test results and achievements, and link the listing to your free breeder profile.

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Using a Belgian Shepherd Dog (Laekenois) stud dog

The UK Laekenois population is very small, and the RKC warns that over-using a popular sire spreads his genes widely and makes inbreeding harder to avoid later. Owners of bitches should expect a stud dog to be RKC registered, with a BVA/KC hip score, an elbow grade and a current BVA/KC/ISDS eye certificate, all of which can be checked on the RKC Health Test Results Finder.

Because the RKC puts genetic diversity in its good-practice tier for this variety, run the proposed pairing through the RKC's online inbreeding coefficient calculator and aim for a figure at or below the breed average.

Matings between different Belgian Shepherd varieties need Kennel Club permission in advance. According to the Northern Belgian Shepherd Dog Club, applications go through the breed clubs' Inter Variety Breeding Commission and must include both parents' hip and eye results, pedigrees and awards. Stud listings here are posted by owners, so check each claim yourself.

Health tests for a Belgian Shepherd Dog (Laekenois) stud

The Laekenois is in Breed Watch Category 1: the RKC has not flagged any concerns specific to the breed for judges' special attention, beyond what the breed standard already covers.

In its pre-breeding guidance for the Laekenois, the RKC puts prioritising genetic diversity in the good-practice tier, the minimum it strongly recommends before breeding. Hip, elbow and eye screening make up the best-practice tier, and the RKC says best practice means completing both tiers. It does not offer a breed-specific DNA test package for the variety, although individual DNA tests are available. With so few Laekenois registered each year, the RKC's inbreeding coefficient calculator is a practical way to act on that advice.

The Northern Belgian Shepherd Dog Club reports, for Belgian shepherds generally, that hip dysplasia is relatively rare though most responsible breeders still hip score; that hereditary juvenile cataracts affect some dogs; and that epilepsy, which appears to be inherited, often does not show until around five years of age, by which time an affected dog may already have produced litters.

The BVA hip and elbow schemes accept dogs from one year old. BVA Canine Health Schemes advises breeding only from dogs with hip scores under, or near, the breed median and an elbow grade of 0.

  • Prioritising genetic diversity (RKC good practice), checked with the RKC inbreeding coefficient calculator
  • BVA/KC Hip Dysplasia Scheme (RKC best practice)
  • BVA/KC Elbow Dysplasia Scheme (RKC best practice)
  • BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Scheme (RKC best practice)
  • Breed Watch: Category 1

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