Mochavulin Golden Retrievers
Preserve, Protect, Perfect with Love, Dedication and Commitment

Our Breeding Practices

As Preservation Breeders, we always aim to produce the best puppies - true to type and temperament of the Golden Retriever as a breed.  We do not breed to supply the demand for puppies and all our litters are carefully planned, months, sometimes years in advance.

Below are some of the Breeding Practices that we follow:

  • We adhere to the KUSA Code of Ethics
  • We microchip all our puppies and register them with KUSA
  • We follow inoculation guidelines and have our puppy's inoculated by registered Veterinarians.
  • We do not keep our dogs in kennels - they are part of our family, live in the home with us.  We also raise our puppies inside our house, with 24/7 supervision.
  • We do all the possible health checks for our puppies and breeding dogs.
  • We do temperament assessments for our puppies when they are 7 weeks old and provide all puppy owners with the respective reports.
  • We don’t breed with females that are younger than 18 months old.
  • We only breed with dogs that has undergone full health checks.
  • We don’t breed more than 4 – 5 litters per female in her lifetime.
  • We don’t breed with females over 6 years of age.
  • We allocate puppies to prospective puppy owners based on matching the right home with the right puppy (temper-ament assessments and how we learn each puppy’s personality throughout the 8 weeks that they are cared for my us (24/7)
  • We don’t let puppies leave before they have reached 8 weeks old.
  • We don’t sell puppies to breeders – unless we have had extensive discussions and engagement.
  • We do not export our puppies from South Africa.
  • When we are planning a litter, we communicate with the prospective puppy owners on the dates and timing and ask if they are still interested.  Once the puppies are born, we know how many (as well as male/female) and we start the process of puppy allocations.  We request (where possible) to visit us and meet our dogs and puppies (usually once the puppies are 4 weeks old) and if acceptable, we then confirm that we have a puppy available for you.
  • We require a deposit to secure a puppy when the puppies are 4 weeks old and the final payment when the puppies are 7 weeks old.  Puppy allocation and selection is based on adhering to the requirements and timeous deposit payments.  This is due to having numerous prospective puppy owners on our list that we are trying out utmost to accommodate.
  • We never work on a first come, first serve basis – for us, we select prospective puppy owners based on their suitability for the Golden Retriever Breed. Our puppies and their welfare and future are of utmost importance and our puppies come first, before anything else.
  • We do take personal preference relating to color, sex and temperament into consideration, but we do ask prospective owners to work with us through the process and to trust that we will provide you with the puppy best suited to your family, lifestyle and requirements.  No puppies are allocated to prospective puppy owners until after their temperament assessments (at 7 weeks).


ETHICAL BEHAVIOUR OF KUSA MEMBERS AS BREEDERS

Members who breed dogs shall:

  • pursue the fundamental goal of dog-breeding, i.e. strive to breed functionally and clinically healthy dogs with a construction that conforms to the Breed Standard adopted by KUSA for the breed in question, free of exaggeration, and with a temperament typical for the specific breed, which will have the expectancy of a long and happy life for the benefit and pleasure of their owners and the dogs themselves;
  • only breed with a view to promote the health and wellbeing of the progeny and the bitch and base their selections for breeding on knowledge, research, honesty and international cooperation;
  • take all reasonable steps to reduce the incidence of hereditary diseases, including researching the bloodlines for the occurrence rate of hereditary diseases and commissioning the available health tests for the hereditary diseases for which the breed shows a predisposition;
  • cooperate with scientists, veterinarians and other breeders on genetic health issues and make every effort in the selection of breeding lines to prevent the result of unhealthy offspring;
  • take all possible steps to ensure that dogs bred by them do not suffer from any disorder that impedes the dogs’ sight, breathing or ability to move freely, or which might otherwise be detrimental to the dogs’ comfort and wellbeing;
  • not sell or dispose of dogs unless they are in a peak state of health or, if this is done, then with full disclosure of the condition to the new owner and upon receipt of a signed acknowledgement from the new owner that the dog has been accepted in full knowledge that it was suffering from a specific pre-existing health condition;
  • ensure that the Registration Certificates of all dogs afflicted with health of disability conditions contain the endorsement “N/P Progeny not Eligible for Registration”;
  • not breed specifically or predominantly for a pet-supply or commercial market and only for the non-commercial purpose of improving the quality, or working ability, of the breed and, to this end, through constantly striving to improve their knowledge of their chosen breed - save in extenuating circumstances, to be adjudicated by the Executive Committee, strictly adhere to Schedule 2 Regulation 12.2 by not breeding from a bitch that has not reached twelve (12) months of age, save in extenuating circumstances, to be adjudicated by the Executive Committee, strictly adhere to Schedule 2 Regulation 12.3 and not breed from a bitch to the extent that she is caused to whelp more than twice in a period of eighteen months;
  • preserve, or preferably extend, the genetic diversity of the breed by refraining from matador breeding (using the same stud dog for most matings on account of it being considered the best specimen of the breed at any given time) and heavy inbreeding;
  • in the interest of genetic diversity, generally avoid “first generation” matings, i.e. father-daughter, brother-sister or mother-son matings;
  • in the interest of improving breed health, avoid further breeding from bitches that failed to give natural birth due to anatomical deficiencies, or inherited inertia, or bitches that showed mental instability in the acceptance of her puppies, or had been diagnosed with hereditary agalactia (failure to lactate sufficient milk);
  • not permit purebred dogs registered on KUSA’s breed registers, to mate with dogs of a different breed (save for permissible inter-variety matings between KUSA-registered dogs as provided in Schedule 2 Regulation 4.1), or with unregistered dogs of the same breed, or with cross-bred dogs, or with dogs registered with organisations, societies or associations not recognised by KUSA;
  • save in extenuating circumstances, to be adjudicated by the Executive Committee, strictly adhere to Schedule 2 Regulation 12.4 by not permitting a bitch to whelp more than five times during her lifetime as provided in Schedule 2 Regulation 12.5, not mate a bitch of eight years or older, unless a veterinary certificate has been obtained testifying to the bitch being in peak breeding health;
  • as required by Schedule 2 Regulation 4.3, read with Regulation 4.6, register all puppies in a litter with KUSA that are alive on the date of registration, which must take place within twelve (12) months of whelping. Ensure that Breeders’ Restrictions (Endorsements on the Registration Certificates) are placed on any puppies that, for various reasons, are not considered suitable for breeding;
  • unless necessitated by special circumstances, not transfer from their care, by sale or otherwise, any puppy under eight (8) weeks of age;
  • not knowingly transfer from their care, by sale or otherwise, a puppy to a person residing in a foreign country known to be involved in the use of dogs for the meat trade, dog-fighting, or dog-racing;
  • ensure that new owners of puppies/dogs acquired from them shall be informed in writing, preferable by private contract, signed by both parties, that the Registration Certificate of the puppy/dog has been/would be endorsed, which the new owner needs to acknowledge.
  • make every effort to ensure that any person acquiring a dog from them understands the requirements for proper care, welfare and responsible ownership of dogs and take all reasonable steps to establish that the new owner has the time and facilities to fulfil their responsibilities towards the dog;
  • provide the person acquiring a dog with such documentation as agreed in advance by contract, or in correspondence, which will conceivably include the following: (1) If the sale, transfer or other form of acquisition is governed by contract, a copy of the agreement, signed by both parties and duly witnessed; (2) The dog’s vaccination and deworming record; (3) The dog’s microchip certificate; (4) Details of the dog’s dietary and immunisation requirements. (5) Breed-specific information; (6) Information about responsible dog ownership;
  • Depending on the agreement, the dog’s Registration Certificate, or copy thereof. Should the Registration Certificate not be available yet, a signed declaration by the Member that the Registration Certificate (or copy thereof) was owing to the person acquiring the dog and that, depending on the agreement, the documentation would be delivered/sent as soon as it became available.
  • Any other information considered relevant, such as nutritional guidance, puppy training advice, socialisation suggestions, etc.
  • keep detailed records of all litters bred, copies of Registration Certificates and Microchip Certificates, as well as the contractual information and contact details of every new owner and maintain reasonable contact with persons who have acquired their dogs, offering continued advice and reasonable assistance;
  • not purposefully misrepresent the characteristics of a breed in order to encourage the sale/acquisition of a dog;
  • not sell a dog to a commercial pet trader or pet shop;
  • not knowingly transfer from their care, by sale or otherwise, a puppy to a person on whom persona non grata status has been imposed by the Federal Council.
  • keep detailed records of all stud services and the resulting litters;
  • keep detailed records of all co-owned dogs not residing with the Member and the contractual arrangements governing co-ownership;
  • not indulge in any activity or practice which infringes the Animals Protection Act No. 71 of 1962, the Veterinary or Para-veterinary Professions Act. No. 19 of 1982, or the Animal Improvement Act No. 62 of 1998.
  • familiarise themselves with content of document entitled FCI International Breeding Strategies, published by the FCI and available on ( http://www.fci.be/en/Breeding-42.html).





 
 
 
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