IPFD Organizations -- Guide to Roles & Resources

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

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:

1. describe and evaluate the health of specific breeds
2. outline guidelines or regulations for screening tests or other assessments on potential breeding dogs
3. 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

• Breed-Specific Instructions Initiative for Judges (BSI)

• Judges Education

• Welfare and Health

• Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA)

• Agria