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Information Required
Before Contracting For Stud Service
The minimum considerations which must be addressed before a Stud Service
Contract to a dog at this kennel can be completed are listed below. Please fill
out this form completely and transmit it to us prior to any discussion of
contracting for the services of one of our stud dogs.
1. Health clearances:
OFA grade and number (please send a photocopy of the form).
CERF number (please send a photocopy of the form).
Pre-breeding workup, including CBC, aerobic and mycoplasma culture/sensitivity
(through appropriate guarded culture instrument, (obtained from the area of the
cervix), brucella and T4. Original lab report must be forwarded to us.
Other:
2. Your detailed plans for the placement of puppies:
How many do you intend to keep?
How many have you taken reservations for?
How do you plan to find homes for the remainder?
Send a copy of the contract and questionnaire you use for prospective puppy
buyers.
3. Describe your arrangements for a whelping area.
What are your fencing/kenneling arrangements?
What arrangements do you have to house and care for those puppies for which you
cannot find homes?
4. Briefly describe your prior whelping experience; how many litters in total
have you whelped?
How many litters has this bitch had previously?
How many breeding attempts have been made with this bitch?
5. What show, trial, training, etc. experience has this bitch had?
What is her record at these events?
What titles has she earned?
Has she stayed away from home before?
6. This bitch needs to be evaluated for breeding quality. Photos or a video
should be sent right away, and a personal examination must be set up to
determine this. State below what arrangements for such an evaluation you are
prepared to make.
7. What form of positive identification does the bitch carry? (Microchip or
tattoo)
What is the number?
If a chip, which kind?
What is the location of this identification?
8. Enclose a copy of the bitch's AKC registration, pedigree, and if an import,
the export pedigree of the country of origin.
9. Enclose a copy of the bitch's veterinary records, including current
vaccinations and dates, parasite examination results and date, medications
currently being administered, medications administered within the past year, and
any existing medical conditions. State any congenital medical problems which
have been diagnosed.
When these materials have arrived, you can call to talk to me regarding the stud
dog you prefer to use, his stud fee, travel arrangements or semen shipping
arrangements, and any other matters which seem unclear.
STUD SERVICE CONTRACT
Thank you for expressing an interest in using one of our dogs in your breeding
program. Before a commitment for breeding is made please consider the following.
Prior to a breeding agreement, we require from you:
1. A photocopy of your bitch's AKC / CKC registration.
2. A legible four generation pedigree.
3. A photocopy of your bitch's OFA hip and elbow certification.
4. Copies of tests below.
5. Recent photograph or video tape of the bitch.
Following an agreement to breed, it is required that you:
1. Provide a veterinary certificate of a negative Brucella titer, negative
aerobic vaginal culture taken with guarded culture instrument, and a negative
mycoplasma culture, dated no more than 30 days before the mating. We will need a
photocopy of all lab reports.
2. Pay all transportation costs for the bitch. Airport pick-up and delivery fees
to DFW Airport as follows: $10.00
(To be paid before the bitch is shipped.)
3. Pay all veterinary costs, at the time of service, while the bitch is in our
care. This would include vaginal smears, artificial insemination (if the bitch
is unreceptive to natural breeding or we are unhappy with the culture report
etc. )
4. Pay all expenses if using fresh chilled semen including collection kits,
semen collection, shipping charges, etc.
5. A record of current vaccinations including Rabies.
6. Names and addresses of all prospective puppy owners.
7. Agree that puppies resulting from this breeding shall not knowingly be sold
either directly, or to an agent thereof, who sells outright or consigns to a pet
shop, kennel, or individual whose purpose is mass production, wholesaling, or
retailing of purebred dogs.
Prior to an agreement to breed, our responsibilities to you are as follows:
1. To provide a photocopy of our stud's AKC registration.
2. To provide a photocopy of our stud's OFA hip and elbow certification.
3. A four generation pedigree.
After an agreement to breed has been signed, it would be our responsibility to
provide you:
1. A veterinarian certificate of a negative Brucella titer dated no more than 30
days before the mating.
2. A veterinarian certified semen evaluation dated no more than 90 days before
the mating.
All proposed bitches must meet the following criteria:
1. The bitch must be in good physical condition. She must be free of fleas and
ticks and have had a bath before she arrives.
2. The bitch must have a stable temperament.
3. The bitch must have proper dentition. We will not breed any bitch that is
under or overshot or has four or more missing teeth.
STUD SERVICE POLICY
1. The stud fee for ____ is $_____. Half is payable upon the bitches arrival.
The balance is due when the puppies are one week of age.
2. Two or more live puppies, seven days old, constitutes a litter.
3. If a breeding does not occur, either naturally or artificially, the owner of
the stud dog will return the stud fee. In this case, a five dollar per day board
charge charge will apply.
4. If the bitch does not whelp two or more live puppies, a return stud service
will be granted.
5. Other conditions are as follows:
I have read and agree to the conditions of the stud service contract and agree
to breed my female Australian Cattle Dog.
BITCH'S NAME AND TITLES:
AKC:
DATE OF BIRTH:
OFA:
OTHER TESTS:
SIRE:
DAM:
OWNER:
(CO-OWNER:)
ADDRESS:
PHONE:
To the following male Australian Cattle Dog
NAME:
AKC#:
DATE OF BIRTH:
OFA:
OTHER TESTS:
SIRE:
DAM:
TO INSURE THE OWNER(S) OF THE ABOVE NAMED BITCH HAS READ AND DOES INDEED
UNDERSTAND THE CONDITIONS OF THIS CONTRACT AS SET FORTH HEREIN, PLEASE SIGN AND
DATE BELOW. DO NOT SIGN IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS STUD SERVICE CONTRACT.
BITCHES OWNER:
DATE.
BITCHES CO-OWNER(S):
DATE:
STUD DOG OWNER:
DATE:
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