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Always buy Staffordshire bull terriers that are:
Genetically clear of L2-HGA og HC.
These diseases are breed specific, affected dogs should therefore not be used in breeding programs.
You should furthermore make sure that the parents are tested for HD, ED, eye screened, and with good results. A test in itself is not good enough.
Click on the menu to the right to read about the different diseases.
About mentaltesting
A beautiful dog is a pleasure to the eye, but even more important is the knowledge that You are sharing Your everyday life with a dog that is harmonious and well-functioning.
In DKK they are working to get a better insight in the dogs mental characteristics. One knows that the mentality of a dog is hereditary such as coat color, height and f.ex. positioning of the ears.
The mental specification is therefore an important tool for the breeder who wants to know wich dog is best suited for breeding.
The purpose of mental testing is
- to give the special clubs a tool for working with breed profiling.
- to give breeders a tool to pick right breeding dog.
- to give dog owners better insight in their dogs characteristics.
In DKKs mental description they use testmodels that in a large degree seperate the dogs congenital behaviour from the learned and trained.
Dogs can be mentally tested from the age of ten months.
All test results are registered, but only results from dogs in the age span 10 months to 24 months are entered in the calculation of different statistics for the breed in question.
All breeds can be tested, as long as there is a profile made that describes which trades are desired. That means a profile that describes a dog that shows the ideal mentality for that breed.
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