Evening all, I’ve had my little Cane Corso home for a week now and while giving her a cuddle I noticed she only has 7 nipples!!
4 on one side and 3 on the other... I’m wondering about her Kennel Club (KC) registration... will she still meet the breed standards? Her parents are both KC registered, so she has her temporary papers for now...
Has anyone else had the same 'problem'?
Was your dog still able to be registered or shown?
Or do the judges not even look?
I know they check the males' testicles, but do they check the females' nipples?
I really hope she doesn't have any internal issues... I’ve got a vet appointment on the 20th for her booster jabs, so I’ll ask then as I’m really worried about my little sweetheart.
Thanks in advance for your replies.
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Totor, I’ve heard some rumours about breed confirmation for cats, but apparently there’s no requirement for breed-specific health testing. Personally, I think it’s much more important to demand that breeders test for genetic conditions specific to the breed, rather than focusing on confirmation.
You were mentioning dog breeders. There shouldn't normally be any genetic issues as both the pups and their parents are health-tested. But if, despite all that, your dog develops a condition later on, they promise to take the dog back and offer you an exchange.
Yes @Inconnu, but I’m talking about a situation where, as a breeder, you sell a puppy and can’t see any visible faults at the time. So, you sell it at the standard price for the breed on the understanding that it will pass its breed standard checks later, but then a fault crops up between the sale and when it gets assessed.
In that scenario, the breeder has been completely honest and can’t really be blamed for anything, yet they still end up facing a lot of hassle.
@Totor, you say: "I have the paperwork for my dogs and the only thing that suggests that is if the dog has a latent or underlying defect, the puppy will be replaced."
Look, I’ll be honest, I really can’t be bothered with the hassle of taking in an adult cat only to swap it for a kitten!
There is no way I could introduce an adult cat to my own adults!!!!!!
Plus, I’m not going to risk their health status.
Well, yeah—the cat could be carrying diseases and I don’t want it passing them on to my lot.
I do have a room where I could potentially isolate a newcomer, but the problem is it’s sometimes occupied because I do a bit of cat sitting from time to time.
Yes Leati, but as I said, I’m talking about cases where the puppy has no visible issues at the time of sale.
So, you sell them at the standard price for the breed.
The issue is if a problem crops up between the age of three months and a year and they fail their breeding certification – that's when it gets tricky.
I have to say, if cats had to go through a similar certification process, I’m not sure what my policy would be.
I really can't be bothered with the headache of a cat that doesn't meet the breed standard when I’ve sold a healthy kitten in good faith.
I can see a few options: only sell kittens that have already been neutered and, in that case, no pedigree papers...
Or sell the kittens at a lower price, just in case.
Or just sell at the normal price and leave it to pot luck!
I know that if a puppy has a fault, the price drops automatically (Holly’s brother had an undescended testicle and was sold for around £470 because of that fault, which can sometimes right itself over time).
However, if they don't meet the breed standards for showing, I’m really not sure at all.
I’ll let you know what’s written in Holly’s contract once I’ve managed to get my hands on it ;)
Either way, I’m not bothered because I’m not planning on showing her anyway, as she’s just going to have a life as a pampered pet (no litters or dog shows for her).
Oh, and in the contract, it says that the buyer confirms they've checked that the position of the teeth and jaws is correct and that both testicles (for a male) have dropped, so no worries on that front for his breed standard certification :)
