Breeding

Our breeding goal is to produce breed standard, dual purpose, healthy dogs with no defects. We aim for both working and home environments, therefore it is important for us that our dogs are confident and social.

We do not breed of dogs that are under 2 years old, unless the mating is done close to 2 years old mark and the female is mature. We find that Malinois are not fully mature before then and as that it wouldn’t be humane nor healthy for them and future puppies to reproduce.

We do genetic testing to ensure high quality of health in or pups. If any of our dogs are a carrier of any disease (like SDCA1 or 2, CJM, DM, CACA) we will make sure that the dog they are mated with are free from it, which means that 50% of the pups might be carriers, but not will get sick. Please refer to Laboklin. 
We will never breed with affected dogs. This is why our planned breeding (planned in 2021) between Ivy and Enzo (AnkerCanis Aslan) did not happen as both are carriers of SDCA2.

We are aiming to breed dogs that can easily switch on and off and can be kept both at home around children and other animals.
From 2023 we have split our lines into more working environment (min of 75% working lines) and show lines (min of 75% show lines).

We socialise our puppies from the day one with as many different environments and people as we can and that includes:

     

      • different textures of what pups are walking on

      • daily handling and playing

      • handling by children and behaviour around children

      • older and disabled people

      • travel in a car

      • crate and outside of crate

      • grooming and baths

      • lots of different people and smells

      • household noises

      • de-sensitisation to fireworks and loud noises

      • and many more

    The aim is to breed friendly dogs that have high working ethics but also can be a pet for an active family. We sign an agreement with new owners that they will never re-sell a dog from our breeding. We pride ourselves in finding our pups suitable homes and match the pup with potential owner, however this is not always possible when people aren’t honest with us. It is important that we know about your challenges, family life and what you want to work your dog in to enable us to choose a right dog for you.

    We strongly believe in genetic variation, therefore we do not do line-breeding or in-breeding, but are looking to bring ‘fresh blood’ to our programme. We understand that both line-breeding and in-breeding might have some advantages but in the long run presents many more problems than benefits in our opinion.

    ‘This is fundamental, basic genetics. Inbreeding increases the expression of genetic disorders and has a negative effect on health in general. These are facts. If somebody is trying to convince you otherwise, you need to find a different mentor.’ (The Institute of Canine Biology).