IPFD Organizations -- Guide to Roles & Resources

Virtually every kennel club’s mission statement includes the words, “To encourage and promote quality in the breeding of pure-bred dogs”. Identifying and addressing health and welfare issues which impact breeds, dog’s lives, owner’s interactions with their animals and communities through education of dog owners and breeders, judges, governmental bodies and the general public is a primary focus of kennel club’s operations.

Edited April 29, 20168 yr by Ann Milligan

Here you will find an overview of information and IPFD's articles that cover various kennel clubs efforts to see to understanding and management of canine health and welfare concerns.

Ethical and Breeding Guidelines

This section contains information from national kennel clubs and other cynological organizations relative to health management of purebred dog breeds. Here you will also find regulations and guidelines from numerous sources, e.g. governments and other authorities, which may impact dog breeder’s practices as regards approaches to addressing health issues that affect dog’s quality of life.

IPFD Articles

Kennel Clubs – Breeding Strategies

National Programs for Breed Health

Many national kennel clubs, other cynological organizations (e.g. breed clubs) have developed guidelines, approaches or programs to:

describe and evaluate the health of specific breeds
outline guidelines or regulations for screening tests or other assessments on potential breeding dogs
raise awareness about issues in a given breed.

These programs take different forms in different countries. In this section we will provide information on various approaches and programs and direct you to online resources. For general guidelines (not breed-specific) see also: country-specific General Breeding and Ethical Guidelines.

Ethics and Breeding Dogs

IPFD Partners' Educational Resources

• IPFD Partner YouTube Resources

In this article, we provide links to our Partners' YouTube channels and videos of particular interest to the DogWellNet Community. These videos may cover topics such as behavior testing, breed specific evaluations, tools for education, and explanations of health related programs.

• The Swedish Kennel Club

• The French Kennel Club: Societe Centrale Canine (SCC)

• The Norwegian Kennel Club

• Breed Specific Health Programs

• Approaches to Combating Inherited Disease

• Breed-Specific Instructions Initiative for Judges (BSI)