FINN.NO

Det finnes mange forskjellige måter og selge hunder og det er mange som fremstår som seriøse i annonsene som ligger ute på nettet. MEN det stemmer ikke alltid. Dere som ønsker å kjøpe hund - kontakt enten raseklubben ( http://www.nsbk.org/) eller Norsk kennel klubb ( http://www.nkk.no/) Selv om det ligger at hunden er vaksinert / følger helsebok osv.. er det MYE annet som man som oppdretter har ansvar for. OG hunder som ikke registreres i NKK er ofte ett utgangspunkt for å være mistenksom/skeptisk.

Dette bildet er hentet fra FINN.NO idag og skal være en "mini" dvergschnauzer s/s. Men når jeg går inn på nettsidene til selger finnes det mange blandings-varianter som fremstår som "ekte raser" NOE DET IKKE ER!!! Dvergschnauzeren på bildet over selges uten stamtavle og dermed å anse som en blandingshund. Og det finnes ikke dvergschnauzers i mini-utgave.

Hvis dere kjenner noen eller skal selv ha dere en dvergschnauzer ( eller annen rase for den saks skyld ) IKKE BRUK FINN.NO som utgangspunkt for kjøp av hund. Det finnes seriøse oppdrettere som selger hunder der også, disse vil i tillegg også benytte raseklubber som referanse når de selger valper.

When visitors comes around..

Every now and then people that want to be more familiar with the miniatureschnauzers drops by our place to meet the dogs and see what they are like. This week 2 pictures was attached to the mail and I wanted to share them. Maren and Edvard are not used to dogs, and this is how our mini's convinced them that miniatureschnauzers just love people :o)

Inherited cateract

Our Axcium Casanova "Cosmo" has been at stud here in Norway since age 1. Out of his 46 offsprings in 11 litters Norway, plus 13 offsprings in 3 litters in Sweden and 9 pups in 1 in Denmark he has proven to be a good studdog and given breeders really nice dogs to continue breeding on.
But I would like to ask you who has offsprings out of him to be careful when choosing breeding-mates to your dogs out of Cosmo. 2 offsprings has been confirmed with inherited cateract and another offspring is diagonsed with PTHVL.
We do NOT know if he is proven carrier as he never has been test-bred but we choose to inform about this as we know it.
If you want more information, you are welcome to contact me.

Kent

Our males...

We haven't shown our boys much during 2010, but hope that our males can be seen this year in the ring. Greypix's Dark Dante, Greypix From US by Axcium and Greypix Innocent will be in the ring again if everything goes as planned here. Look to our webpage - our dogs - to read more about them.

Ch. Greypix's Dark Dante

and his son Nord JW-10 Greypix's Innocent

Nordic Winnershow 2010- Best in Show Breeder

It is amazing how pleased we sometime can be.

Among more than 40 groups in the final at the Nordic Winner show 2010 and with the biggest entry ever at a dogshow in Norway our 4 dogs - Timtim, Camilla, Moa and Elskling went to Best in Show under judge Svend Lövenkjaer from Denmark.

These 4 dogs are all related to eachother and goes back to our fundationbitch Arbeybuffel's Missed me bye - Kate.

Timtim is great-grandson of Kate, and grandson to Camilla. He is also son of Moa's brother. Camilla is out of Kate. Moa breeding is straight down from Kate's father. And Elskling is out of Camilla's sister - also daughter to Kate.

These 4 miniatures are aged from 8 yrs down to 1. And we at Greypix are just proud!!!

It's Saturday

And the Norw. judge ass. arranged a dogshow today. The judges only had 20 - 30 dogs
( most of them ) and used the time well on the dogs they had in the ring.

Only Norwegian judges - and the show was arranged by them as well.... Not something we who shows see often. FUN



BTW we did well also with our "Elskling" ( In English : Darling ) - look to our website for updates... Snapshot from the ring above taken by Eli Nesset ( Kennel Black-Emac )

How is it to breed a dog??

I just want to share a story that really set me out a while ago.

As a breeder we're all responsible for the pups we sell, and when selling a 8 weeks old puppy we inform about the "flaws" and sickness/illness in the breed and what to look out for. And as difficult it is to see what this cutie will grow into, we sell all our 8 week's puppies with written information about it's well-beeing and that it is NOT sold as a rising star, or if it is a dog to be bred to.
However - If a puppy grows into this "star" and owner chooses to breed on the dog, it is then our responisibility to tell what to breed to and what to look out for?

I was contacted by the proud owner, when they decided to breed the bitch, and I ask what they looked for in the breed. They told me about a mini that they had seen and loved, and I said that I do not have dogs looking like her, but I have a male that is half-brother that could suit the bitch well. And he could fill out the bitch's details. Then they could have a start on the way to "the look" they wanted.

Litter born, and puppies looked good - until suddenly I got a phonecall about the recommandation of this combination.... How I did not mention the 2 dogs related to this combination had the one-eye cateract, and that it was something wrong with a male in the pedigree that had Myotonia.
I tried to explain about the cateract and how we are recommaned to breed on this. And how vet's in Norway and other contries means that cateract is inherited.
And I also explained about the myotonia desease and what we had done with our stock that was related to the carrier.
The owner of the bitch still didn't understand how we saw things and I just ended the phone-call, with telling them that I'm sorry, but if there is so much faults and flaws in this combination I hope you will be so serious about your stock that you choose NOT breed on these pups....

Later on, a couple of the pups has done quite well in shows and now the are proudly announced as stud's.

What is there to say????

We was told that we did not inform enought when selling that bitch / recommanding the breeding and withheld information about our dogs.
What kind of information should be explained in big words and what should be mentioned?

When selling a pup in Scandinavia, we do not use terms as "Pet" and "show" on puppies. We do either sell them spayed, and we have nothing saying on what to do with the dog.

If you as a owner choose to breed to it, is it us as breeder of the dog that should be "aware" or should the owner that owns it, make sure that they have enought knowlegde to be a breeder?
If you breed puppies I asume that breeder is the correct term, or are you still a puppy-buyer?

For us it looks to be a problem in the future with owners that think they know-how just points the finger at the pedigree instead of understanding the pedigree.

Wonder also if the owner of the stud-dog is informed about the faults and flaws in his pedigree, as they are now breeders and responsible for what he is bred to...