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Schipperke stud dogs

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

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Advertise your Schipperke stud dog

Offer your Schipperke 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 Schipperke stud dog

Owners offering a Schipperke stud dog should be able to show RKC registration and DNA results for MPSIIIB and the T-box (bob tail) mutation, the two tests the RKC lists at best practice. The bob tail result is critical: puppies that inherit two copies of the mutation are likely to die before birth, so the bitch's result must be known before any mating is agreed. The Schipperke Club also encourages testing for von Willebrand disease type 1, so share those results too. As the RKC's good practice step for the breed is prioritising genetic diversity, check the pairing with the RKC's inbreeding coefficient calculator and aim at or below the breed average. The RKC also asks stud owners to limit how often a dog is used, to avoid the popular sire effect. Agree the fee, any repeat-mating terms and the paperwork in writing. See our stud dogs and stud services page.

Health tests for a Schipperke stud

The Schipperke Club describes the breed as robust and hardy, with few health problems. The RKC's good practice step is prioritising genetic diversity, which its guidance links to using inbreeding calculators and limiting popular sires. At best practice it adds two DNA tests: one for mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIB (MPSIIIB), a progressive disease that mainly affects the brain, usually showing as tremor and poor balance at two to four years old, and one for the T-box (bob tail) mutation.

One copy of the T-box mutation shortens the tail. The RKC says puppies with two copies are likely to die before birth, and any born have severe deformities, so the club says two bob tail dogs should never be mated. Since October 2008 the RKC has recorded natural bob tails on registration certificates if a vet's confirmation on practice headed paper accompanies the litter registration.

The club also encourages DNA testing for von Willebrand disease type 1, an inherited bleeding disorder, and keeps a UK register of MPSIIIB results; its health page reports carriers but no affected dogs in the UK. It also monitors epilepsy and Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease, a hip joint disease seen mainly in small breeds, while stressing that neither is common. The Schipperke is in Breed Watch Category 1.

  • Prioritising genetic diversity (RKC good practice)
  • DNA test for Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPSIIIB) (RKC best practice)
  • DNA test for T-box (bob tail) (RKC best practice)
  • DNA test for von Willebrand disease type 1 (encouraged by The Schipperke Club; not listed by the RKC)
  • Breed Watch: Category 1

More for Schipperke owners and breeders

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