Health Testing
All our dogs are purebred German Shepherds with pedigree papers. We are members of Dogs SA and the German Shepherd Club of SA(GSDCSA).
Hip and Elbow Scoring
As we are a member of the GSDCSA we must abide by their rules around hip and elbow xrays. Each animal that we use in our breeding program will have obtained the A and Z Certifcate. This is issued to a dog who scores 8 or less on each hip with a total of no more than 3 points on any section and Grade 1 or clear Elbows
Breed Survey
The GSDCSA encourages all dogs to be breed surveyed before they are bred with. We breed survey all our dogs unless for unforseen circumstances they cannot. A breed survey involves assessing conformation and character, this is done by watching the dog in movement and in show stand as well as going through a crowd and gun test.
Health Check
All our puppies receive a health check at 7 weeks old from our vet, you will receive this in their folder
Vaccinations
All our puppies receive their first vaccination (7 weeks old) before they go to their new home and our adult dogs are titre tested
Worming
All puppies will have been wormed at 4,6 and 8 weeks old. Our older dogs are heartwormed and all wormer treated.
Flea/Mite
Our puppies are not flea or mite treated before they go unless we feel it is needed, same as our adults
DNA Profiling
We are curently DNA profiling all our dogs, this is done to confirm the parentage of each puppy we sell. So when you get your pedigree paper it is to ensure that the dogs listed are the ones actually used.
DNA genetic testing
There is genetic testing that can we done on each dog to determine if they are affected, a carrier or clear of certain diseases/traits, examples of this is the long hair gene, DM etc. All our breeding dogs have been breed genetic tested either through Orivet (Aus) or Embark (USA). We will never breed two dogs who are both affected or carriers of a disease.