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A closed stud book is a stud book or breed registry that does not accept any outside blood. The registered animals and all subsequent offspring trace back to the foundation stock. This ensures that the animal is a purebred member of the breed. In horses, an example of a closed stud book is that of the Thoroughbred, with a stud book tracing to ...
Responsible breeders take into consideration the temperament, as well as the health and appearance of the mating pair before breeding. Breeders of purebred dogs can register the birth of a litter of puppies to a dog registry associated with a kennel club to record the parentage of the litter in stud books.
The APGAW report indicates that the low breeding standards practiced by some in the Kennel Club's Accredited Breeder Scheme - a scheme meant to help potential dog owners identify responsible breeders - may allow the public to be "falsely led into thinking a puppy they buy from an accredited breeder registered with the KC will have no health or ...
In 1791, James Weatherby published Introduction to a General Stud Book, which was an attempt to collect pedigrees for the horses racing then and that had raced in the past. It was filled with errors and was not at all complete, but it was popular and led in 1793 to the first volume of the General Stud Book which had many more pedigrees and was ...
Bruce the 9-year-old golden retriever spent most of his life living in a shed as a breeding dog for a backyard breeder A couple adopted the senior pet in 2024 from Humane Fort Wayne
Breeders who sell puppies by misrepresenting these standards may be liable to prosecution under the Sale of Goods Act 1979. Members of the UK public frequently buy puppies and kittens without knowing the conditions under which the animals were reared, the Blue Cross estimates from 40,000 to 80,000 puppies are sold that way per year.
Ohio is second in the nation in the humane society's report, having 20 of the 100 problem puppy mills on the list. Only Missouri is worse, with 23. Ohio ranks No. 2 on 'Horrible Hundred' report ...
The 19th examines developments in school book bans across the U.S. ... with two states—Iowa and Florida—responsible for most of them, according to preliminary findings released by PEN America ...