Breeding
Breeding Girls
I buy all our dogs at puppy age, it then takes us a year and a half to two years to mature a girl to breeding age so this means daily care, feeding, vet fees alongwith training classes and many hours spent making sure our dogs are well socialised.
Regulations state no girl can be bred under the age of 1 year old
All my girls do not have there first litter until they are at least a year and a half to two years old. Regulations also state that any female cannot have more than six litters in their lifetime.
The kennel club won’t register any more than four litters to a female in their lifetime without special permission. So my girls have their four litters in their lifetime. The only time they may have more than four is if they have a small litter of only two or three pups.
No female can have more than two c sections in there lifetime
Pregnant Girls Care & Birthing
Puppies
Breeding Boys
Once again we buy all our boys in at puppy age to train and mature our dogs properly. We make sure they are not over exercised, fed properly and well socialised. Again,this takes years of hard work and dedication.
There is no limit as to how many litters a male can father in their lifetime, but my boys come nowhere close to the amount of litters produced by some males who can produce over 80 litters in there lifetime.
Once one of our girls are mated they come into the house whelprooms when they are four weeks pregnant. We have three fully equipped whelprooms in the house, each pregnant girl has their own whelprooms so they can get comfy and nest. They can also scent their room to their own scent. This helps the pups once they are born. When our girls come in they have a bath at four weeks pregnant this is the last time they get a bath until they are fully weaned from their pups as each dog needs there scent so there pups feel comfortable and secure with there mum.
Our mums then have four meals a day to make sure they have as much food as they need while they are pregnant. To ensure their bodies do not lack an essential nutrients they need.
Each room is cleaned several times a day and all mums get out for exercise and loo breaks as needed. Having my whelprooms in the house means I am able to monitor my mums closely to make sure all is going well with there pregnancy.
So it takes a keen eye with some mums to know when they are in labour. Some are very obvious others more subtle and don’t show they are in labour to the untrained eye.
I stay with my mums while in labour and all through the birth of their pups, some mums can be in slow labour for 24/48 hours. This can be gruelling as I then have to go on to delivering the pups after being awake for many many hours. I delivery every puppy born here to ensure there safe arrival.
Another myth is that dogs just get on with birthing and doing it all themselves! This is not the case, if you are not there with your dog you can loose a whole litter at birth. It is a learning curve for new first time mums so they need extra care and attention.
You also need to know when a c-section is required, again, if u do not pay proper attention to a pregnant girl and do not realise a c-section is required u can loose a whole litter and potentially your dog, so great care and attention is given to our girls while pregnant, birthing and beyond.
As well as my normal duties I stay with my mums and pups in their individual whelprooms overnight for at least the first week or longer if needed. This can mean many days of not much sleep and still full days work to be done! this can be gruelling but so worth it to make sure all the pups are feeding and thriving.
Our refurbished Whelprooms provide nesting, warmth, safety and comfort for our mums and her newborn pups
Dakota with her pups born 8th September 2026 (Dad Rios)
The puppies I produce are Kennel Club registered breed unless otherwise stated.
I supply individual litter details to anyone enquiring about a particular litter.
All of my pups are vet checked at around seven weeks old and leave here microchipped as per legal regulation.
My pups are then ready to leave here from eight weeks of age onwards. No puppy will leave here before this age
I do not give any of my pups their first vaccine and never have, the reason for this is it is far better for the pups to have the same two vaccines at their own vet than to have two different vaccines from two different vets.
I have a contract of sale for all my pups and no pup leaves here without one.
My contract is available to view upon request before visiting to view any of my litters. It can also be viewed when visiting. It is not required within the breeding regulations, but we have always had one.