Advertise your Miniature Smooth Haired Dachshund stud dog
Offer your Miniature Smooth Haired Dachshund 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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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?
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Using a Miniature Smooth Haired Dachshund stud dog
This page lists Miniature Smooth Haired Dachshund stud dogs offered by UK owners. Before booking a mating, ask for the dog's grade under the RKC IVDD scheme; the RKC publishes a traffic-light guide to grade pairings and says high-risk pairings should never knowingly be made. The stud should also have a cord1 PRA DNA result and, as the RKC advises, an eye examination within 12 months before mating. Dachshund Health UK reports an RKC policy requiring dogs listed as hereditary clear to be DNA tested again after two generations, so ask when the line was last tested. Confirm every result on the Health Test Results Finder, check the dog is registered with The Royal Kennel Club, and run the pairing through the RKC's online inbreeding coefficient calculator, aiming at or below the breed average. Never pair two dapples, as the RKC will not register the litter. Agree the fee and terms in writing.
Health tests for a Miniature Smooth Haired Dachshund stud
Dachshund Health UK identifies back disease, intervertebral disc disease (IVDD), as the most frequent health problem in the breed in the UK. In IVDD, spinal discs harden early and can herniate, causing pain, poor coordination or loss of use of the legs. The RKC cites the breed council's DachsLife 2018 survey, in which 29.9% of Miniature Smooths over three years old had been reported with IVDD, the highest of the six varieties. The IVDD scheme X-rays dogs aged 24 to 48 months, counts calcified discs and grades the spine from 0 (none) to 3 (five or more). One screening lasts for life. The RKC says grading reduces risk but cannot guarantee an unaffected puppy.
All three miniature varieties can inherit cord1 PRA, a recessive mutation that causes night blindness and usually progresses to loss of sight. It was first thought to appear at around two years, but some affected dogs are not diagnosed until as late as ten. The RKC places the variety in Breed Watch Category 2, for breeds with visible conformation-related concerns needing closer monitoring; judges are asked to look for thin dogs, sore or weeping eyes, poor hind movement and too little ground clearance. The RKC will not register puppies from dapple-to-dapple matings made on or after 1 January 2010.
- Spine screening under the KC intervertebral disc disease (IVDD) screening scheme, supported by Dachshund Health UK (RKC Good Practice)
- DNA test for progressive retinal atrophy PRA (cord1) (RKC Best Practice)
- Eye testing under the BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Scheme (RKC Best Practice)
- Genetic diversity: check the pairing on the RKC inbreeding coefficient calculator
- Breed Watch: Category 2
- Colour Watch: Category 4
More for Miniature Smooth Haired Dachshund owners and breeders
- Miniature Smooth Haired Dachshund: breeders
- Miniature Smooth Haired Dachshund: puppies for sale
- Miniature Smooth Haired Dachshund: stud dogs
- All Hound group breeds
Official sources
- Dachshund (Miniature Smooth Haired) breed information u2013 The Royal Kennel Club
- Dachshund (Miniature Smooth Haired) breed standard u2013 The Royal Kennel Club
- Breed Watch: Dachshund (Miniature Smooth Haired) Category 2 u2013 The Royal Kennel Club
- IVDD Scheme for Dachshunds u2013 The Royal Kennel Club
- DNA test: PRA (cord1) u2013 The Royal Kennel Club
- BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Screening Scheme u2013 The Royal Kennel Club
- BVA Eye Scheme
- Health Test Results Finder u2013 The Royal Kennel Club
- Inbreeding calculators u2013 The Royal Kennel Club
- Colour Watch u2013 The Royal Kennel Club
- Dachshund Health UK
- Caring for your Dachshund u2013 Dachshund Health UK
- Dachshund health priorities u2013 Dachshund Health UK
- Eye disease in Dachshunds u2013 Dachshund Health UK
- Breeding from your Dachshund u2013 Dachshund Health UK
- UK Dachshund breed clubs u2013 Dachshund Breed Council
- The Miniature Dachshund Club
- The Smooth Haired Dachshund Club
- Code of ethics u2013 The Smooth Haired Dachshund Club
- Dog breeding licence (England) u2013 GOV.UK
- Get your dog or cat microchipped u2013 GOV.UK
