Dog breeding

A person will be treated as carrying on a business of breeding dogs if litters are born to five or more bitches in any 12 month period unless none of them are sold.

It should be noted that the meaning of "bitches" is wider than might be supposed. It includes any bitches:

• Kept by any relative of yours at the premises
• Kept by you elsewhere other than at the premises
• Kept anywhere by any person at any time under a "breeding arrangement" made with you. (This means a contract etc, under which you agree that someone else may keep a bitch on terms that should the bitch give birth that person will provide you with one or more of the puppies or the whole or part of the proceeds of selling them).

Use the links in the resource box below to access the application form and conditions.

For further information and to view the public register please contact us.

Resources

Application for licence to keep a dog breeding establishment

Adobe PDF

48 kb

Conditions for Dog breeding

Non- domestic Breeding

MS Word

62 kb

Conditions

Domestic Dog Breeding

MS Word

52 kb

Dog Breeding Conditions

Appendix 1

MS Word

28 kb

Conditions for Dog Breeding

Appendix 2 and 3

MS Word

31 kb

Conditions For Dog Breeding

Appendix 4

MS Word

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