Topics for Breeders

The following resources offer information to serve as a foundation for development of well-conceived breeding strategies designed to enhance individual dog's and breed's health and welfare.

See DWN's Pedigreed Breeds

Here we provide an overview of individual breeds: pages include health information, links to breed-specific databases if available and breed club website listings. Features may include collaborative work done by member clubs participating in international groups, links to articles, videos and educational materials focused on breed-specific concerns. Breeding Strategies - English translations of The Swedish, Finnish and Norwegian Kennel Clubs' Breeding Strategy Templates and breed-specific Breeding Strategy documents. Breeding strategy documents are available on the breed's page in DWN's Pedigreed Dogs Database. You can access the English translations for multiple breeds at the following DWN Downloads links.

• Swedish Breeding Strategy (RAS) Documents (English Summary) -- Breed-specific breeding strategies
• Finnish Breeding Strategy (JTO) documents (English Summary) +  Finnish JTO and Pevisa documents in English.
• Norwegian Breeding Strategies - English Summaries + RAS Template

Featured IPFD Partner and Collaborator Databases

Pedigrees and health records as well as show records, litter information and other statistics for pedigreed breeds are housed in databases; below are links a few open databases.

• Finnish Kennel Club - KoiraNet: https://jalostus.kennelliitto.fi/ (English available)
• Swedish Kennel Club - SKK Hunddata: https://hundar.skk.se/hunddata/English.aspx (English records available on request)
• Norwegian Kennel Club - Dog Web: https://www.dogweb.no/dogweb/dw/openPage/hundIndex.html
• The Irish Wolfhound Database (IWDB) (see more about the IWDB on DWN Irish Wolfhound page)

BASICS - Resources for Breeders

  USA: AKC Breeder Webinars
  AKC Dog Breeding
       Best Practices
       Tips From Experts
       Health Testing
       Genetics & Strategies
       Breeding & Whelping
   

Focus: health screening and genetic management

• See DWN's Health and Screening Tests
• See Harmonization for Genetic Testing to search for Breed-specific tests and Testing Labs information.
• See Genetics

Dog Breeding: Underlying Principles

Cynological Org. | Ethics | Breeding
 

• Norway: Animal Welfare in Modern Dog Breeding (Norwegian Kennel Club)

• Sweden: Breeding dogs in Sweden - SKK's tools and efforts to improve canine health

• Germany: VDH: Breeding Strategies and Their Application

           https://dogwellnet.com/files/file/112-breeding-strategies-and-their-application/Finland: Finnish Kennel Club's Tools for Breeding
          

Visit IPFD Partner's websites for Breed Resources
 

• Go Here to find links to IPFD Partner's websites and get pointers to Kennel Club|country-specific breed resources.

more DWN resources...

• Education for Breeders
   

• Breeding for Behavior | Mentality | Instinct

Over time we hope to add to this list of resources.