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Welsh Springer Spaniel stud dogs

Welsh Springer Spaniel stud dogs offered by UK breeders, with health test results and registration details.

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Advertise your Welsh Springer Spaniel stud dog

Offer your Welsh Springer Spaniel 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 Welsh Springer Spaniel stud dog

When choosing a Welsh Springer Spaniel stud dog, start with his health paperwork. He should hold a BVA/KC/ISDS eye certificate with a gonioscopy grade: the RKC advises against breeding from Grade 3 dogs, and says that in breeds where genetic diversity is a significant concern a Grade 2 dog may be used with caution, paired only with a Grade 1 mate. Ask for his BVA/KC hip score too. Confirm he is RKC registered and that no endorsement would stop his puppies being registered. Then run the pairing through the RKC's online inbreeding coefficient calculator and aim for a litter CoI at or below the breed average. In a breed this size, spreading matings across several dogs helps protect diversity. The WSSC Code of Ethics also asks stud owners to refuse clearly inferior bitches.

Health tests for a Welsh Springer Spaniel stud

For the Welsh Springer Spaniel the RKC lists two Good Practice measures before breeding: prioritising genetic diversity, and an eye examination that includes gonioscopy for pectinate ligament abnormality (PLA). PLA is linked to primary closed-angle glaucoma, a painful condition that can cause blindness. Since 1 January 2026 gonioscopy results are recorded as Grade 1, 2 or 3. The RKC advises that Grade 3 dogs should not be bred from, and suggests testing at around 1, 4 and 7 to 8 years, as grades can change with age. Hip scoring is listed as Best Practice.

The breed's Joint Health Group, made up of delegates from the UK breed clubs, has concentrated on hip dysplasia, epilepsy and glaucoma, and a breed health survey covering 938 dogs was published in 2025. The WSSC Code of Ethics asks that a sire or dam is not bred from again after producing a puppy diagnosed with idiopathic epilepsy.

The breed is in Breed Watch Category 1, with no breed-specific points of concern for show judges, and the RKC applies no extra breed-specific breeding restrictions.

  • Prioritising genetic diversity (RKC Good Practice)
  • Eye testing (and gonioscopy for PLA) using the BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Scheme (RKC Good Practice); gonioscopy from 6 months of age
  • Hip testing (for hip dysplasia) using the BVA/KC Hip Dysplasia Scheme (RKC Best Practice); dogs must be at least 12 months old
  • Breed Watch: Category 1
  • The RKC does not currently offer a breed-specific DNA testing package for the Welsh Springer Spaniel

More for Welsh Springer Spaniel owners and breeders

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