The "breeding regulations" for registration on the "Danish Münsterländer club's" list of puppies for sale.
The Breeding Committee under the Club Committee's responsibility administrates the club's breeding regulations and the list of puppies for sale.
The Breeding Committee is committed to follow the recommendations made by experts who's experience lies with breeds with a relative small amount of individuals - with the emphasis on health, mentality as well as preservation and improvement of qualities which are typical for the breed. Therefore the Breeding Committee assesses the breed's effective population regularly.
The Club's Breeding committee will inform and guide members with breeding queries, as well as finding the right breeding partner for their dog, with reference to improve and strengthen the qualities of the breed.
The club's Breeding Committee guides and referrers prospective buyers via the list of puppies for sale. The Breeding Committee only refers prospective buyers to the breeders, if their soul purpose is to use the dog for hunting.
The Breeding Committee reserves the right to gather any documentation necessary to see if the regulations regarding "registration of a breeding male" as well as "registration on the Club's list of puppies for sale have been met.
Offspring can be registered on the list of puppies for sale, when the demands mentioned below have been met. The Breeding Committee will forward a form for registration on the list of puppies for sale.
The Breeding Committee - or if necessary a substitute - reserves the right to inspect any litter which is breed in agreement with the demands mentioned below. If an inspection takes place, the Breeder must pay a fee, set by the Club Committee, to cover driving expenses.
The Breeding Committee reserves the right to refuse a littler being registered on the list of puppies for sale, if the litter is kept under conditions which the Club cannot answer for. Under such circumstances the registration fee paid to the Club will not refunded.
The Breeding Committee can in conjunction with the Club Committee refuse to accept matings that can effect the development of the breed in a unwanted direction. Offspring from such matings will not be registered on the list of puppies for sale.
Formal demands for parent animals and owners of these:
1. The dog must have a pedigree approved by the FCI.
For dogs bred in Denmark, only a pedigree registered in the Danish
Kennel Club (DKK) is recognized. Imported dogs must prior to a mating
become registered in the Danish Kennel Club (DKK). The dog must further
more be registered in the "Danish dog Register" (Dansk Hunderegister).
2. Prior to a mating, the parent animals must be at least 18 months
of age.
3. Owners of the parent animals must be members of the Danish Münsterländer
Club (DMK).
4. It is the responsibility of the owner/s of the bitch, to contact
the Breeding Committee at least 14 days before the bitch goes on heat,
so that a breeding male can be directed.
5. The owner/s of the bitch will pay an fee set by the Club Committee,
that also gives the right to have the littler registered on the club's
list of puppies for sale up to four months after the birth. The registration
can only be extended to times four months. For each period the breeder/s
will be charged a new fee.
5a. The registration fee for the club's list of puppies for sale is
200DKK for the bitch and 200DKK for a Danish owned breeding male. It
is the Breeder's/owner's of the bitch responsibility to collect the
account for both.
6. The owner/s of the bitch have the responsibility of forwarding the
registration form for the list of puppies for sale, immediately after
the mating - the registration will take place when the Breeding Committee
has received the form. By signing the form, the owner/s agree that the
information given is correct and that they are aware of the Club's regulations.
7. It is only possible to register up to two litters from the same breeder
in each calendar year. More than one owner registered to a kennel, does
not allow any further litters.
8. The breeder is responsible for regularly informing the Breeding Committee
about the selling of the puppies.
9. The owner of the breeding male has the right to se the bitch, the
pedigree of the bitch and collect information regarding the bitch from
the owner or the Breeding committee. The owner/s can at any time refuse
a bitch that has been recommended by the Breeding Committee.
10. For every recommended mating resulting in any offspring, the owner/s
of the Breeding male must pay a fee set by the Club Committee.
11. All agreements made by the breeder and the breeding male's owner/s
is seen as being a matter between the two parties, and not a matter
for DMK.
12. All agreements made by the breeder and the purchaser is seen as
being a matter between the two parties, and not a matter for DMK.
Field trail- and Trial regulations:
1. The dog must be used for hunting purposes.
In case of doubt, it is the owner's responsibility to be able to document
that the dog is used for hunting purposes.
2. The dog must have passed/achieved a prize at an official field trial
"where shots are fired", approved by DKK. Here it is possible
to se weather the dog has a strong nerve or is frightened when shots
are fired (see item 1 above). If the dog has passed/achieved
a prize at an official field trial approved by DKK, where NO
shots are fired, the dog must (in good time before the mating takes
place) pass a test "where shots are fired" (after the Club's
regulations).
3. The dog must have achieved at least one 2nd prize at a FCI approved
show in middle/open or working class. The dog must, how ever, at any
given time, observe the existing standard as well as being free from
any hereditary deceases/flaws and deformities. Any notes regarding the
dog's temperament can effect the registration/continuance in the register,
as well as any offspring being registered on the club's list of puppies
for sale.
4. If the dog does not achieve a prize at an official Show (approved
by the FCI), it must participate in another official show (approved
by the FCI) and achieve at least a 2nd prize in one of the classes mentioned
above. Any notes regarding the dog's temperament can have an effect
the registration/continuance in the register as well as any offspring
being registered on the club's list of puppies for sale.
Health regulations:
1. The parent animals must be certifiably HD-free: A1-B1 or be in possession
of a HD-index on 100 or over.
1a. The HD-index for both parent animals must altogether be at least
200 or over.
2. The owner/s of the parent animals is a guarantor for the dogs being
in a health wise proper state and that they have not, or have ever had,
any hereditary deceases. In case of doubt regarding the hereditary deceases,
the Breeding Committee must be contacted in good time prior to a mating
taking place.
3. If there later is found hereditary deceases/deformities/flaws in
the dog or its offspring, the owner/s must contact the Breeding Committee
immediately.
4. The owners of the parent animals are responsible for the mating taking
place in accordance with the veterinary recommendations regarding vaccinations
in connection with mating.
5. Only mating with an inbreeding percent of 3,25 max. are allowed.
This is to preserve the genetic variation (and thereby the health) of
the breed.
6. During the age of 18 months to 9 years, a bitch can have five litters
max. registered on the club's list of puppies for sale.
7. A breeding male can only father 5% max. of all puppies born
in a period of five years. In exceptional cases the Breeding Committee
can in conjunction with the Club Committee, recommend further use of
a breeding male, if it's offspring has documented qualities,
that can be of greater use for the breed and the Club's future breeding
work.
Exemption:
1. An exemption for the trial-regulations mentioned above can exceptionally
be granted by a first-time mating - and only if a "test where shots
are fired" (approved by DMK) has been passed. Under special circumstances
the Breeding Committee can in conjunction with the Club Committee give
further exemption, if a new mating is required.
2. If the parent animals can contribute with special working qualities
to the breed, the Breeding Committee and the Club Committee can, under
special circumstances, give an exemption for minor flaws related to
the regulations regarding the exterior mentioned above.
3. An application for exemption must be forwarded to the Breeding Committee,
who will inform the Club Committee.
Various things:
The Club Committee and/or the Breeding Committee has the right to issue
publicly, the reason for the Club not registering offspring after one
or both the parent animals on the list of puppies for sale.
Sanctions:
If the breeding regulations for registration on the Danish Münsterländer
club's list of puppies for sale are not followed, the Club Committee
can impose sanctions against the member/s involved as, well as the member's
household/s, if these go against the rules and regulations of DKK.
Item 1
At present the following foreign trials/tests are recognized:
Sweden and Norway:
Official "drag and retrieve-test".
Being placed at an official wood-, high- or lowlands test or the equivalent.
Germany:
Official HZP and VGP.
Austria and the Czech Republic:
An official test similar to the German HZP and an official Field trial.
Item 2
Furthermore the German VJP is recognized as a "test where shots
are fired", if the test is without any further notes.
Item 3
Flaws and minor defects, which can be granted an exemption:
- one or two P1's missing (show-regulations must be observed).
- possessing two P1's.
- one molar missing (show-regulations must be observed).
Flaws and/or minor defects must be stated clearly from the show critic.
