All
Siddhartha
puppies are raised in the house from
parents who have current eye-certificates, have been hip
scored under the KC & BVA schemes, and have DNA Profiles.
Since October 2009, when PLL Genetic
Testing became available, all parents are tested.
Since the DNA test became available in
America all parents are also screened for NCL.
Siddhartha
puppies have always been sold with the breeding endorsement
‘Not to be bred from’.
Please see the Puppy Contract for conditions required to
have endorsement lifted.
Siddhartha
puppies are wormed two weekly and are fully vaccinated and
health checked by the Veterinary before being placed
at a minimum age of twelve weeks.
All Siddhartha puppies are micro-chipped for permanent
identification, and of course I.K.C.
registered .
This tiny chip contains a unique
number, which can then be registered by any of several
animal recovery databases identifying the owner. This number
will remain with your dog for its entire life. It cannot be
altered or changed. It will identify that particular dog
much as our PPS number does us.
Your Siddhartha puppy will
come with a certification of implantation, which will
contain the number forever assigned to your dog. The
number will also appear on your IKC registration papers, and
also your contract and your puppy's vaccination record.
This number, with you as owner, and myself as breeder will
have been registered with the national recovery database
Animark before your puppy leaves us. This will enable you to
be contacted if your dog is ever lost and found, and I can
also be contacted.
Nametags attached to
collars though helpful in identifying dogs can often be lost
or removed. This implanted chip cannot. It is chip about the
size of a grain of rice, which is totally inert and is
encased in biocompatible glass. It is inserted just under
the skin between the shoulder blades using a syringe. A
handheld scanner can then read its unique, encoded,
unalterable number. Most shelters and many veterinarians
have scanners available to read these implanted microchip
numbers. It is the first step in identifying the dog’s
owner. Animal recovery associations can then be contacted.
Their database can supply the name and location of the
registered owner.
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