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Bouvier Des Flandres stud dogs

Bouvier Des Flandres stud dogs offered by UK breeders, with health test results and registration details.

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Advertise your Bouvier Des Flandres stud dog

Offer your Bouvier Des Flandres 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 Bouvier Des Flandres stud dog

Bouvier des Flandres stud dogs

In a small population such as the Bouvier's, the choice of stud dog has a lasting effect on the breed. The RKC's good-practice advice for this breed is to prioritise genetic diversity, and its wider guidance names heavily used popular sires as a major cause of lost diversity. It advises stud owners to limit how often a dog is used, with the right number depending on the size of the gene pool. Before choosing a stud, ask to see his BVA/KC hip score and elbow grade, a current BVA/KC/ISDS eye certificate and his RKC registration. Then run the pairing through the RKC inbreeding coefficient calculator and aim for a result at or below the breed average. Agree the fee, any return-service terms and the paperwork in writing before the bitch travels. Want a puppy rather than a mating? See Bouvier des Flandres puppies.

Health tests for a Bouvier Des Flandres stud

Bouvier des Flandres health and testing

The Bouvier des Flandres is in Breed Watch Category 1, the category the RKC uses for breeds with no visible health concerns linked to conformation. The RKC says there are currently no additional breed-specific breeding restrictions for the Bouvier.

The RKC's good-practice advice for the breed is to prioritise genetic diversity, which matters in a breed the breed club describes as numerically small in the UK. Its best-practice list covers hips, elbows and eyes. Dogs must be at least a year old for hip scoring and elbow grading; the BVA recommends breeding only from dogs with an elbow grade of 0, and choosing dogs whose hip scores are below or close to the breed median.

The Bouvier des Flandres Club of Great Britain reports very few recorded health concerns in Bouviers bred in the UK, but describes conditions seen in the breed, including bloat (gastric dilatation-volvulus), hip and elbow dysplasia, cataract, glaucoma, hypothyroidism and subaortic stenosis. Its health page also discusses heart scanning by echocardiogram and thyroid blood tests.

Tests and schemes the RKC lists for the breed:

  • Good practice: prioritising genetic diversity
  • Best practice: BVA/KC Hip Dysplasia Scheme
  • Best practice: BVA/KC Elbow Dysplasia Scheme
  • Best practice: BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Scheme

No screening result guarantees a healthy puppy. Registered dogs' results can be checked on the RKC Health Test Results Finder.

More for Bouvier Des Flandres owners and breeders

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