Kernewekglas are Kennel Club Accredited Breeders
A) Ensure that all breeding stock is Kennel Club registered.
B) Hand over the dog's registration certificate at time of sale if available, or forward it to the new owner as soon as possible. Explain any endorsements that might pertain and obtain written and signed confirmation from the new owner, at or before the date on which the dog is physically transferred, that the new owner is aware of the endorsement(s), regardless of whether or not the endorsed registration certificate is available.
C) Follow Kennel Club policy regarding maximum age and number/frequency of litters.
D) Permanently identify breeding stock by DNA profile, microchip, or tattoo. (N.B. After the first year of the Scheme’s operation, all breeding stock will be required to be DNA profiled.)
E) Make use of health screening schemes, relevant to their breed, on all breeding stock. These schemes include DNA testing, hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia and inherited eye conditions.
F) Socialise the puppies and provide written advice, in the Puppy Sales Wallet, on continuation of socialisation, exercise and future training.
Provide written advice, in the Puppy Sales Wallet, on feeding and worming programmes.
G) Provide a written record, in the Puppy Sales Wallet, on the immunisation measures taken.
H) Provide reasonable post-sales telephone advice.
I) Inform buyers of the requirements and the recommendations that apply to Kennel Club Accredited Breeders as well as the existence of the complaints procedure.
J) Draw up a contract of sale for each puppy and provide a copy in the Puppy Sales Wallet. 







Kernewekglas puppies are very occasionally available for sale. All potential owners are advised at the very outset that (a) they will be expected to sign a legally binding contract before the dog/bitch is sold; and (b) that there will be BREEDING and EXPORT RESTRICTIONS placed on the dog/bitch. This is purely for the protection of the individual dog and the welfare of the breed.As a prospective new owner it is understandable to want some kind of reassurance that you are purchasing a pedigree puppy from someone whose priority is the health and welfare of the puppies that they breed. Someone who will provide you with a quality, supportive and informative service both before and after you take your puppy home

To see an example of the current  Kernewekglas Puppy contract:, CONTRACT
Puppies will be raised in a family environment mixing  with our other dogs, therefore will be well socialised from a very early age
Kennel Club Accredited Scheme puppy wallet.


Puppy's Kennel Club Registration
6 Weeks Kennel Club Insurance
Full worming record - detailing type of Wormer used and dates
ARDEN GRANGE gift wallet with money off vouchers
 five generation Pedigree - detailing health tests and Titles won
Copies of Health Certificates for the Dam and Sire
(Grandparents Health Certificates if available)
Tattoo or Microchip transfer documentation

Detailed explanations of breed traits, training tips, health and welfare advise.
Details of full diet plan from 8 weeks old all the way through to adulthood.
Explanations of socialising, training,
Photograph album or Photograph CD showing the clients puppy
from birth to 8 weeks of age.

Contact Numbers and Email addresses.
Feedback form for the Kennel Club Accredited Breeders Scheme
Details of our own training facilities or if distance demands contact
number for details of local training clubs
All our puppies are given a full Health check by our Veterinarian
before leaving  Kernewekglas Kennels
All our puppies are solicialised with humans (of all ages), dogs,  normal household noises and few extras to boot!

We at  Kernewekglas are on hand for any advise for the lifetime of the puppy.
We also offer help if the puppy/dog is needing to re-homed for any reason.
If atall possible we at
 Kernewekglas will try to take to dog back ourselves,
so we can then get a better chance of assessing for any rehabilitation
required before being placed in a new home.

We do have a contract which you can view  below  and we expect all potential Puppy Owners to sign



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Accredited Breeder Scheme(information for pedigree puppy buyers)

Once you have made that important decision to have a puppy would you know where to go to find a responsible breeder and where you can find a puppy who will be credit to both you and to the breeder?
As a prospective new owner it is understandable to want some kind of reassurance that you are purchasing a pedigree puppy from someone whose priority is the health and welfare of the puppies that they breed. Someone who will provide you with a quality, supportive and informative service both before and after you take your puppy home. One way to do this is to contact a Kennel Club Accredited Breeder. The scheme, which is voluntary and was launched in 2004, promotes good breeding practices, giving prospective owners the best opportunity to bring home a healthy well adjusted puppy. As a puppy buyer there is now some kind of benchmark to help you in your search to find a responsible breeder.
While the Kennel Club Accredited Breeder Scheme is a good starting point for people wanting to find their way in the sometimes tricky process of choosing a puppy, it is not the only route to finding a suitable breeder as the Breed Clubs and Societies are also an excellent resource

The Kennel Club Accredited Breeder Scheme - Buyer's FAQs


Why did the Kennel Club introduce the Accredited Breeder Scheme (KCABS)?

The Accredited Breeder Scheme was introduced to raise the standard of breeding and to help puppy buyers ensure that they are given the best possible chance of buying a puppy that will lead a happy, healthy life.
The KCABS reinforces the basic concepts of responsible breeding practice, which includes ensuring that breeders take all of the required health tests for their breed. By bringing all responsible breeders - who believe in and subscribe to these values - together as one group the Kennel Club empowers puppy buyers to make the right buying decision and to distinguish between responsible breeders and those who deliberately commit themselves to less.

What makes Accredited Breeders better than any other breeders?

Accredited Breeders have all agreed to follow basic good breeding practice. This includes agreeing to give their dogs the required health tests for their breed; permanently identifying dogs if their progeny are to be registered under the scheme; following guidelines about the maximum age and frequency of litters and providing post-sales advice to their customers. There are also many recommendations that Accredited Breeders are advised to follow and vast numbers of those on the scheme often go above and beyond these requirements. Every Accredited Breeder is confident of his or her credentials and agrees to allow a Kennel Club Breeder Advisor to check their premises, so that we can ensure that these standards are maintained.
This is not to say that there are not responsible breeders who are outside of the Accredited Breeder Scheme – but there are also irresponsible breeders, who deliberately and cynically commit themselves to lower standards and who for those reasons choose not to be a part of it. By buying from a Kennel Club Accredited Breeder puppy buyers have the assurance that they are not helping to line the pockets of such breeders or risking the future and health and welfare of their puppy.

Will buying from a Kennel Club Accredited Breeder increase my chances of giving my puppy a happy, healthy life?

Absolutely. Kennel Club Accredited Breeders have agreed to take the necessary steps that will give your puppy the best possible chance in life. This includes giving their dogs the required health tests for their breed, which enables them to ensure that only the healthiest genes are passed through the gene pool. Other steps, such as ensuring that they have proper whelping facilities and that the dogs are properly socialised also mean that your puppy should be well adjusted and of good temperament. Equally importantly, a Kennel Club Accredited breeder will ensure that you are choosing the right breed for you and give you guidance about how to look after your dog throughout its life.

Is it ok to buy my puppy from a pet shop?

The Kennel Club would strongly advise you not to buy a puppy from a pet shop. The puppies have often come from puppy farmers, unscrupulous breeders who breed purely for profit and have no concern for the puppies heath and welfare. Instead, puppy buyers should always see a puppy in its home environment and with its mother – so that they can see the conditions it has been brought up in and the way it is likely to turn out. They should also make sure they have all of the appropriate certification, which includes appropriate health test result certificates for that breed and a pedigree registration certificate, the authenticity of which can be checked with the Kennel Club. This is why the Kennel Club always recommend using a Kennel Club Accredited breeder, who will follow all of these steps.

Is it possible for puppy farmers or pet shops to become an Accredited Breeder?

Certainly not. There are many requirements of the scheme that puppy farmers and pet shops will not be able to fulfil, which include having the proper whelping facilities; proper home and kennelling standards; and fulfilling our health screening criteria, which has a cost implication and will not be appealing to those where profit is the prime motive These people will therefore not be accepted onto the scheme. Furthermore, if the standards of any of our KCABs were to slip then they would not survive on the scheme, as our system of routine and random inspections would ensure that we sift out those who do not follow good practice.

If puppy farmers cannot join the KCAB does that mean that mean all Accredited Breeders breed only on a small scale?

The vast majority of Accredited Breeders breed just one or two litters each year. We do have a very small number of breeders (less than 1% of our membership) who breed on a larger scale, such as organisations like the Guide Dogs for the Blind who do breed in larger numbers but these have all been inspected to ensure that their standards of care are exemplary.

Why do you allow Accredited Breeders unlimited access to the Find a Puppy service

We do this in order to promote and help those breeders that have subscribed to the basic standards of responsible breeding practice. These breeders will find that an Accredited Breeder badge appears next to their litters, on the site, in order to empower buyers to make responsible buying choices.

Given the importance of health testing, does the Kennel Club insist on health checks from those breeders that it is endorsing through the Kennel Club Accredited Breeder Scheme?

It is essential that all Kennel Club Accredited Breeders health screen. Breed specific requirements are made where an official Kennel Club scheme is in place and where the results can be independently verified. Fulfilment of requirements is checked automatically at the time of registering a litter, from data stored on our registration database.
Puppy buyers can check these results on the Kennel Club's online health test page at www.thekennelclub.org.uk/doghealth
Breed specific recommendations are made where there is either no official scheme in place or where there may not yet be enough evidence, research or uptake of screening, to suggest that a problem is significant in a specific breed. We make these types of schemes KCABS recommendations to help raise the profile of such schemes and Kennel Club Accredited Breeders are strongly encouraged to follow recommendations for their chosen breeds.

We are constantly updating and reviewing the list of ABS requirements and recommendations and the Kennel Clubs Charitable Trust gives grants to continually advance research into dog diseases. As soon as an inherited disease is found to be significant in a breed, a test for it has been developed and an official scheme adopted, it is likely to then be added to the list of KCABS requirements, after consultation with the relevant breed clubs.

  
  DNA  PROFILING IDENTIFICATION      

The DNA profile is the ultimate in individual identification and offers a 'tamper-proof' means of identity. The profile need only be produced once and the DNA sample used to produce it can be stored as a permanent DNA record throughout the dog's life. Identification could be essential in a number of instances. For example, the availability of a profile could be used to identify an animal that may have been lost or stolen, and subsequently recovered. The profile could also be used to check the authenticity of a DNA sample being used to screen for the presence of disease-causing genes. Many such tests are being developed and it would be invaluable to be able to verify that the correct dog's DNA is being tested for the presence of the deleterious gene. Repeating the DNA profile on the same sample of DNA being used to carry out the gene test would be straightforward and prove conclusively that the correct animal is being tested.

  THE PROOF OF THE PUPPY IS IN ITS PROFILE

 'Do I really need to vaccinate my dog?' The short answer is yes.

"Vaccines are health products that trigger protective immune responses in pets and prepare them to fight future infections from disease-causing agents," according to the American Veterinary Association. "Vaccines can lessen the severity of future disease and certain vaccines can prevent infection altogether."

Simply explained, vaccines stimulate a dog's immune system to protect itself against disease. "When the antigen or infectious agent enters the dog's body, it is recognized as foreign and antibodies are produced to bind to it and destroy it," according to the Dog Owner's Guide. "The cells that manufactured the antibodies 'remember' it and will respond more quickly the next time the same agent [infection] is confronted."

However, nothing is 100 per cent, including vaccines. Breakdowns can occur for any number of reasons, including fever, steroids, disease and maternal antibodies - which are provided to newborn puppies from their mother's milk, which can all block the dog's ability to create antibodies. Vaccines can also fail if they are given too close together. However, if given too far apart, the memory response of the immune system may not be properly stimulated.

Prevention against Distemper is extremely important as it can permanently damage the dog's nervous system, sense of smell, sight and sound.

Prevention against Distemper is extremely important as it can permanently damage the dog's nervous system, sense of smell, sight and sound.

Parvovirus
The Parvovirus is, unfortunately, the most common viral illness in dogs. Parvo is more likely to infect a puppy versus an adult dog. Vaccinating a puppy against Parvo is complicated because the maternal antibody can interfere with the vaccine. Which is why puppies receive the Parvo vaccine every three to four weeks, starting at six weeks of age, until they are between 16 and 20 weeks.

Corona
The Corona virus may cause the Parvo virus to become fatal, especially if the two infections occur concurrently. On the other hand, on its own, the Corona virus can cause minimal damage to the intestine and may also not even cause a clinical illness.

Bordetella
Bordetella is the most common cause of kennel cough (tracheobronchitis). The bacterial illness occurs mostly in dogs that congregate together at daycares, kennels or parks.

Para Influenza
Para influenza is a minor contributor to kennel cough, however, this vaccine is still found in almost all of the vaccine combinations.

Canine Hepatitis
Canine Hepatitis is a viral disease most commonly found in young (9-12 weeks) and unvaccinated puppies. The disease is spread by contact with urine from an infected dog. Symptoms include discharge from the nose or eyes, coughing or the evidence of liver and/or kidney disease, which is detected by jaundice, appetite loss, vomiting, as well as a change in drinking and urinating behaviour.

Giardia
Giardia is a rather new vaccine and deemed optional at this time. Giardia is a parasite that can cause chronic gastro-intestinal upset - mostly diarrhea - and can also be spread to humans.

Lyme Disease
Lyme Disease is caused by a bacterial organism carried by certain species of ticks. The necessity of this vaccine is determined by your location, as this is not prevalent in all areas.

Leptospirosis
Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease that is no longer prevalent in many countries, therefore, is not always given to dogs.

Which vaccines your dog receives and how often, is dependant on your location. Consult your veterinarian to create a schedule that is best suited to your dog and its needs.




The chip identification  microchip

Enter the microchip, a tiny transponder the size of a grain of uncooked rice. This is a permanent radio-frequency identification (RFID) chip implanted under the dog's skin and read by a chip scanner or wand. Implantation is done with an injector that places the chip under the loose skin over the dog's shoulder.

The advantages are obvious — the process is quick and no more painful than a vaccination, the chip can't get lost, the number is unique, the dog doesn't have to be wrestled to the ground and shaved to see if it's there, and the owners name and address are available on regional or national data bases so a dog can be returned quickly and safely.

The chip identification number is stored in a tiny transponder that can be read through the dog's skin by a scanner emitting low-frequency radio waves. The frequency is picked up by a tiny antenna in the transponder, and the number is retrieved, decoded, and displayed in the scanner readout window. The radio waves use a frequency much lower than AM broadcast stations use, and they must be approved by the Federal Communications Commission before they can be marketed.

The chip, antenna, and capacitor are encased in a tiny glass tube. The tube is composed of soda lime glass, which is known for compatibility with living tissue. The glass is hermetically sealed to keep moisture out.

Two companies, Schering-Plough Animal Health and AVID, share the bulk of the business of pet identification by microchip.

In 1996, Schering-Plough Animal Health, marketer of the HomeAgain™ microchip identification system, announced distribution of a universal scanner by Destron-Fearing* that can read all microchips and removed a major obstacle to widespread acceptance of pet identification with the new technology. Until then, no one scanner could read the chips of all the US manufacturers, a situation that impeded efforts to involve shelters in a national effort to return stray dogs to their owners through a chip program. The new scanners were given to thousands of shelters throughout the country so that quick and easy identification of those dogs with microchips could be achieved.

There are some drawbacks. AVID^® encoded its chips so that the number cannot be read, even by the HomeAgain™ universal scanner. Unless the shelter has an AVID^® scanner, the best it can do is identify that a chip from AVID^® is present. Thus it is still necessary to have access to at least two scanners in order to assure that the chip number can be retrieved.

A few chips do move out of place and can't be found by the scanner, a problem that Schering-Plough's Destron system addressed with a polypropylene shell on the tip of its transponder. This coating bonds the transponder to the dog's subcutaneous tissue.

Dogs can be scanned when picked up by an animal control officer or brought to the shelter. If a chip is present, the scanner will read the number and the shelter staff member can call the appropriate registry for the identity of the owner.

Anyone breeding a litter is strongly advised to take the whole litter for chip identification  microchip  before sale






The Pet Travel Scheme 
The Pet Travel Scheme (PETS) is the system that allows pet dogs, cats and ferrets from certain countries to enter the UK without quarantine as long as they meet the rules. It also means that people in the UK can take their dogs, cats and ferrets to other European Union (EU) countries, and return with them to the UK. They can also, having taken their dogs, cats and ferrets to certain non-EU countries, bring them back to the UK without the need for quarantine. The rules are to keep the UK free from rabies and certain other diseases.

Dogs, cats and ferrets

The UK does not permit the import of dogs, cats and ferrets that have not been vaccinated against rabies. Once they have reached the minimum age for vaccination (as stated on the vaccine manufacturer's datasheet) they must be prepared in accordance with all the requirements explained on this website, taking account of the required order of preparation.

PETS only applies to dogs, cats and ferrets travelling between the UK and certain countries and territories. Dogs, cats and ferrets must not have been outside any of these countries in the 6 calendar months before entering the UK.

Before travelling, you must make sure that your pet cats and dogs (including assistance dogs) or your ferret meets all the rules of the Scheme.

Dogs, cats and ferrets entering the UK under PETS may only do so on certain sea, air and rail routes.

Dogs, cats and ferrets entering the UK from non-qualifying (unlisted) countries must spend 6 months in quarantine on arrival