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Italian Spinone stud dogs

Italian Spinone stud dogs offered by UK breeders, with health test results and registration details.

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Advertise your Italian Spinone stud dog

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Using an Italian Spinone stud dog

This page lists Italian Spinone stud dogs offered by UK owners. Start with cerebellar ataxia: under RKC rules a CA carrier may only be mated to a DNA-tested clear or hereditarily clear Spinone, and the breed club's control scheme says both results must be known before mating and advises allowing at least four weeks for a result. The RKC registers a litter by an overseas sire only if he is proven clear or a carrier. Then check his BVA hip score, elbow grade and eye certificate on the RKC Health Test Results Finder. Confirm he is registered with The Royal Kennel Club, run the pairing through the RKC inbreeding coefficient calculator (formerly Mate Select) and, as the RKC advises, aim at or below the breed average. Ask how many litters he has sired and put the fee and any repeat-mating terms in writing. Our stud dogs and stud services guide has more.

Health tests for an Italian Spinone stud

The RKC lists three Good Practice checks for the Italian Spinone, which it strongly recommends as the minimum before breeding: a DNA linkage test for cerebellar ataxia (CA), hip scoring and elbow grading. Eye examination is on its Best Practice list. In CA, cells in the cerebellum, the part of the brain that coordinates movement, deteriorate; the RKC's CA test page says signs usually appear in the first weeks or months and affected puppies are often put to sleep before they reach one. It is autosomal recessive, so two carrier parents can produce affected puppies. A linkage test reads DNA markers almost always inherited with the faulty gene rather than the mutation itself, so it is highly accurate but slightly less precise than a direct test.

Since 6 January 2025 the RKC registers imported Spinoni, and litters by overseas sires, only if the dog is proven clear or a carrier of CA or has hereditary clear status, and carriers may only be mated to a DNA-tested clear or hereditarily clear Spinone. The breed club also has information on bloat, cancer, epilepsy, hip dysplasia and osteochondritis, and asks owners to submit every hip X-ray so the published breed average stays accurate. The breed is in Breed Watch Category 1. No test result can guarantee a puppy's future health.

More for Italian Spinone owners and breeders

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