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Scottish Terrier stud dogs

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

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Advertise your Scottish Terrier stud dog

Offer your Scottish Terrier 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 Scottish Terrier stud dog

A Scottish Terrier stud dog should be RKC registered, and his owner should be willing to share every health result he has. The RKC does not currently name pre-breeding tests for the breed, but breed organisations encourage DNA testing for von Willebrand disease and craniomandibular osteopathy, and a stud owner should explain how those results are weighed against each bitch's. With registrations this low, genetic diversity matters. Breeders may know the RKC's inbreeding checks from its Mate Select service, launched in 2011; today its online inbreeding coefficient calculator predicts the figure for a proposed mating, and the RKC advises aiming at or below the breed average. It also warns that heavy use of one popular sire spreads his genes widely and shrinks the gene pool, so limit how often any one dog is used. Record what is known about Scottie cramp, jaw problems and longevity in his family.

Health tests for a Scottish Terrier stud

The RKC places the Scottish Terrier in Breed Watch Category 1, meaning no conformation-related points of concern are currently flagged for show judges. The RKC breed page lists no recommended pre-breeding health screening at present and there is no Scottie-specific RKC DNA package, though individual tests can be ordered from the RKC. After a 2025 review of breed health, the RKC is applying a breeding for health framework to all breeds, so check the page for changes.

Breed organisations point to several conditions. The Scottish Terrier Club (England) health page names UK laboratories that DNA test for craniomandibular osteopathy (CMO), an inherited bone disease causing painful, swollen jaws in young dogs, and von Willebrand disease (vWD), an inherited clotting disorder. A club article explains that the CMO result indicates a level of risk rather than a certain outcome. The club also publicises a long-term University of Nottingham study of Scottie health, with a focus on liver disease and cancers. The Scottish Terrier Emergency Care Scheme describes Scottie cramp, an inherited condition in which the leg muscles spasm and lock, often set off by excitement or stress, and advises buyers to ask breeders for CMO and vWD results.

  • RKC recommended pre-breeding screening: none listed at present
  • Breed Watch: Category 1
  • RKC status: At Watch list
  • DNA test for von Willebrand disease (vWD): advised by breed organisations; not among the results the RKC records for this breed
  • DNA test for craniomandibular osteopathy (CMO): advised by breed organisations; the result shows risk, not certainty
  • Genetic diversity: check the coefficient of inbreeding with the RKC inbreeding calculator

More for Scottish Terrier owners and breeders

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