If you are looking for a puppy we suggest that you visit
the UK club website for the breeders list.
(link is available on the bottom of the home page and on the links page)
the UK club website for the breeders list.
(link is available on the bottom of the home page and on the links page)
We have no breeding bitches at the moment as all our girls are too old so will be having no more litters for a few years.
We do have stud dogs available to suitable bitches but please contact us well in advance of any planned mating. See individual dog's pages for more information on the dogs we have, and feel free to email us with any particular questions.
BREEDING POLICY
We do not have many litters as we normally only ever breed when we plan to keep one ourselves. Our dogs are first and foremost pets and the vast majority of puppies born in the world are also destined to be pets. We aim to produce healthy, well balanced and socialised puppies, as true to the breed as we can, success in the show ring is a bonus! As you are probably aware hunting with dogs in the UK is illegal however even though our dogs are not worked Fauves are inbred with this ability and puppies we have sold have gone on to become very good scent dogs in other countries. Fauves can do many jobs from Search and Rescue, cadaver search, truffle hunting and deer tracking. From 2005 Basler will also be giving a donation from every litter we have to The Dogs Trust, who are committed to never putting a healthy dog down. All our puppies are born and reared in the home, we do not have kennel facilities.
The Basset Fauve de Bretagne Club (UK) has breeding guide lines which we try to adhere to. No bitch is under 2 years old or over 8 years when she has a litter. Each bitch normally only has two litters in their life time. All puppies are insured, microchipped, vaccinated, wormed, 1 years membership to the BFDB Club, puppy pack and Kennel Club registered. The latest proposal at the BFDB Club AGM was that every puppy be endorsed not for breeding and from June 2004 we shall be doing that. This is not to say that if you are looking for a possible breeding dog you will never be allowed to have a litter, we can lift the endorsement at 2 years (for a bitch, less for a dog) after discussion with you, the owners but we will not guarantee to do this at time of purchase. The breed in the UK have no hereditary faults at present and this is why we endorse our puppies. If any latent hereditary problems appear as the dog gets older or if certain lines become known carriers of a problem it can be more effectively controlled, this way breeders hope to keep the UK Fauves without any hereditary defects. If you do intend to breed, we ask that you donate £25 to the BFDB Club once the litter is born, this is to go towards breed rescue costs, for other, less fortunate Fauves.
My husband is a vet so all pups are vet checked but we would still rather you got your own vet to check the pup within 48 hrs and notify us of any problems within 7 days. Advice and aftercare throughout the pup's life, and we ask to have the pup back (at any age) if a new home is needed.