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Bernese Mountain Dog stud dogs

Bernese Mountain Dog stud dogs offered by UK breeders, with health test results and registration details.

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Advertise your Bernese Mountain Dog stud dog

Offer your Bernese Mountain Dog 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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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.

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Using a Bernese Mountain Dog stud dog

A Bernese Mountain Dog stud dog should be RKC registered, over 12 months old in line with the breed club's Code of Ethics, and hip and elbow scored through the BVA/KC schemes that the RKC recommends before breeding. Ask the owner for the dog's DM DNA result, since the Code of Ethics asks that no mating should be able to produce affected puppies, and for his Antagene histio result, and check recorded results yourself on the RKC Health Test Results Finder. Run the pairing through the RKC inbreeding coefficient calculator: the RKC advises a predicted COI at or below the breed average, and the breed club asks breeders not to go above twice the average. Given the breed's longevity problems, the ages and causes of death among the stud's relatives matter as much as his show record. Agree the stud fee and paperwork in writing before the mating.

Health tests for a Bernese Mountain Dog stud

Short life expectancy is the breed's main health problem. The Bernese Mountain Dog Club of Great Britain reports an average UK age at death of under eight years, with cancer behind around two-thirds of deaths. One cancer, histiocytic sarcoma, accounts for about a quarter of deaths, most often in middle age between five and seven. The club also highlights hip and elbow dysplasia, degenerative myelopathy (DM), which it links to older dogs losing the use of their back legs, and gastric torsion (bloat), an emergency that can be fatal within hours if untreated.

The RKC recommends hip and elbow scoring before breeding. It does not offer a breed-specific DNA testing package, though individual DNA tests are available. The breed club's Code of Ethics asks for all breeding stock to be hip and elbow x-rayed, for DM testing so that no mating can produce affected puppies, for testing through the Antagene (University of Rennes) histiocytic sarcoma scheme, and for a litter COI no higher than twice the breed average. The club's health work runs through its Bernese Health Initiative, launched in late 2020.

  • BVA/KC Hip Dysplasia Scheme (RKC recommended; dogs must be at least one year old)
  • BVA/KC Elbow Dysplasia Scheme (RKC recommended; dogs must be at least one year old; the BVA advises breeding only from grade 0)
  • Degenerative myelopathy (DM) DNA test (breed club Code of Ethics)
  • Antagene histiocytic sarcoma test (breed club Code of Ethics)
  • Litter COI at or below the breed average (RKC general advice); no more than twice the average (breed club)
  • Breed Watch: Category 1 (no breed-specific points of concern listed)

More for Bernese Mountain Dog owners and breeders

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