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Shetland Sheepdog stud dogs

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

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Advertise your Shetland Sheepdog stud dog

Offer your Shetland Sheepdog 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 Shetland Sheepdog stud dog

Shetland Sheepdog stud dogs on this page are offered by their owners to breeders planning a litter. Before booking a mating, confirm the dog's RKC registration and review his results on the RKC Health Test Results Finder: a current BVA/KC/ISDS eye certificate, DNA results for CEA/CH, MDR1, BBS2-PRA, CNGA1-PRA and vWD3-2, and a hip score and elbow grade if he has been X-rayed. Use the RKC inbreeding coefficient calculator (Mate Select) to work out the coefficient of inbreeding for the planned litter; the RKC advises aiming at or below the breed average. The breed health plan reported rising inbreeding and the influence of popular sires, so a less widely used dog can help diversity. If your bitch is merle, choose a non-merle stud, as the RKC will not register puppies from a merle-to-merle mating.

Health tests for a Shetland Sheepdog stud

The RKC Health Standard sets out the tests it expects before a Sheltie is bred from, split into Good Practice (the minimum) and Best Practice. The Kennel Club's Breed Health and Conservation Plan for the Shetland Sheepdog, available on the English Shetland Sheepdog Club website, names generalised progressive retinal atrophy (GPRA) and Collie eye anomaly (CEA) as the breed's priorities. DNA tests cover CEA/CH and two PRA variants, and are used alongside clinical eye examinations.

MDR1 is an inherited drug sensitivity. In affected dogs, some medicines, including ivermectin and loperamide, can build up in the fluid around the brain and spinal cord and cause serious illness, so a dog's MDR1 result is worth sharing with its vet. The club's health pages also cover dermatomyositis, an uncommon inherited skin disease, and the breed plan discusses gallbladder mucoceles.

The RKC does not register puppies from merle-to-merle matings whelped on or after 6 July 2010, because of the risk of impaired sight and hearing. The breed is in Breed Watch Category 2, with misplaced canine teeth listed as a point of concern for judges. Health testing reduces risk; it cannot guarantee a healthy puppy.

Good Practice (RKC Health Standard)

  • Prioritising genetic diversity
  • Eye testing using the BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Scheme (including litter screening)

Best Practice (in addition)

  • DNA test for Collie eye anomaly/choroidal hypoplasia (CEA/CH)
  • DNA test for multi-drug resistance (MDR1)
  • DNA test for progressive retinal atrophy (BBS2-PRA)
  • DNA test for progressive retinal atrophy (CNGA1-PRA)
  • DNA test for von Willebrand disease (vWD3-2)
  • Elbow testing for elbow dysplasia (BVA/KC Elbow Dysplasia Scheme)
  • Hip testing for hip dysplasia (BVA/KC Hip Dysplasia Scheme)

Breed Watch: Category 2 (misplaced canine teeth)

More for Shetland Sheepdog owners and breeders

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