What is a Reputable Breeder

Why should you care if a breeder if reputable or not?

“I don't care about papers, I just want a pet to spoil.”

“I don’t want a show dog, I just want a pet.”

A reputable breeder is purposefully breeding not only to protect the future of the breed, but to produce quality puppies that have typical features, sound temperaments, and with a stacked deck towards lifelong health. 

In a nutshell, reputable breeding practices include careful consideration of the following things:

• Breed history and the Breed standard to understand structure, health and what defines a typical PWC

• Pedigree and ancestor research 

• Registration with the Canadian Kennel Club

• Sound structure in accordance to the breed standard 

• Sound mind/temperament

• Health testing

• Lifetime breeder support

What makes us reputable?

Barbara has been breeding and showing corgis since 1972 and Juliana has been part of this all her life. Pembrokes are our only breed and our passion — our dogs are members of our family first and foremost. We strive to preserve and protect this hertitage breed for future generations while aiming to improve structure, health and temperment. 

We are members of the Canadian Kennel Club, the Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club of America and Pembroke Welsh Corgi Association (Canada) and follow the Code of Ethics of all three clubs. In addition to showing, we have also done herding, tracking, obedience, barn hunt and agility with our dogs as time permits.

All breeding dogs are tested for or are clear by parentage for genetic defects such as hip dysplasia, eye abnormalities and von Willebrands disease (a hereditary bleeding disorder although not severe in the corgi breed). In selecting a suitable mates for our girls, we do not spare any expense in choosing the best possible sire for her puppies. In our search for the perfect match, we have bred to dogs from across North America, and don’t just look for something close to home for convenience and cost.

We have a lifetime return policy. Puppies are registered with the Canadian Kennel Club with a non-breeding agreement and are expected to be spayed or neutered at the correct time as determined in consultation with your veterinarian. Prior to leaving our home, the puppies will be microchipped for identification purposes, will have been examined by our veterinarian and will have received their first set of shots as well as having been wormed several times. Our puppies do not leave our premises before 10 weeks of age to ensure proper socialization to their own kind.

We temperament test all of our puppies at 7 weeks of age to help us match each puppy with the right family. It is therefore important for us to have as much information from you as possible. Details on your premises (do you live in an apartment or single home, do you have a fenced in yard, are there parks or walking areas in your neighbourhood), your family (are there children and what are their ages – having an infant and a puppy in the house might be somewhat challenging, since both require a great deal of time and care), other pets currently in the family, your lifestyle, and your plans for and expectations of a puppy (for example: family pet, jogging partner, obedience or performance dog, etc).

We want to meet you and your family before we agree if you will make a good home for one of our puppies.