Champdogs - Terms and Conditions of Membership

All Champdogs Members Must Agree to the following Terms and Conditions

Terms and Conditions of Membership

• Champdogs membership is open to non-commercial dog breeders and owners. We do not accept membership applications from large scale commercial breeders or puppy dealers.
• We rely on the honesty and integrity of our members and therefore expect complete honesty in all communication. Any member who is found to have been untruthful in any communication between themselves and Champdogs admin or a member of the public will immediately be removed.
• It is your responsibility to ensure all information on your account is accurate, true and without exaggeration.
• We expect all members to offer support and guidance to their puppy purchasers throughout the lifetime of the dog.

• We expect all breeders on Champdogs to adhere to the relevant breed society/club ethics and expect all the appropriate health checks for their breed to be performed. The following link gives the Champdogs health testing requirements for each breed.
• All breeders must register all of their litters on the appropriate national kennel club breed register and stud dog owners must ensure any litters their dog sires are also registered with the appropriate national kennel club.
• No dog or bitch owned by any member shall be mated with any other breed or with unregistered stock. Breeders found to carry out this practice will be removed. Exception: At times the KC grants permission for the inter-breeding of pedigree dogs in set circumstances.
• We reserve the right to refuse or terminate membership of any breeder found to not be acting in the best interests of their dogs. In particular any breeder found to be breeding from an underage bitch or having two litters from the same bitch within an 11 month period will be removed.
• Any breeder who knowingly breeds from a dog with unacceptable health test results will be removed.
• Any breeder who deliberately breeds to produce non-standard colours will be removed. Exception: Under certain circumstances we will may not remove a breeder who has good reason to breed non-standard colours as long as health is the primary consideration in the mating and the colour is a secondary factor. However any such litters will not be allowed to be listed on Champdogs.
• Champdogs considers the current Kennel Club age limit of 12 months far too young for a bitch to be bred from. We apply a minimum age limit at the date of whelping of 18 months for toy breeds and 24 months for all other breeds unless the relevant national breed club stipulates a different age. The specific age limit for your breed can be found on our breed requirements pages.
• We will not list a litter where the sire of the litter is aged under 14 months at the date of whelping unless the minimum age for the dam is lower. In this case the sire's minimum age will match the dam's
• Bitches will not produce more than 4 litters in total nor will be bred from after they have reached 8 years of age.
• Breeders must set the price of a puppy at a level which fairly reflects the time spent and costs incurred in raising the litter. We will remove any breeder who seeks to profiteer by charging an inflated price for any reason.

• Important Note : The kennel name field may only be be used for a single registered National Kennel Club Kennel Name. This may optionally be followed by your breed. eg. Myatuk Alaskan Malamutes. Your kennel name will be verified before your details are published on the site. If you do not have a recognised kennel name then the kennel name field must be left blank.
• It is your responsibility to ensure a valid email address is provided in your records. Members who do not maintain a valid email address will have their membership cancelled and their details removed.
• Multiple sign-ups by a single person are prohibited. If you have forgotten your id and password please contact us and do not join again. Where a person has joined multiple times ALL their listings will be removed.
• All members must list their surname, include a full postal address and phone number.
• The website listed in your records must be your own non-commercial dog related website.
• Members may not use their "Website Link Text" for advertising slogans.

County Computer Consultants reserve the right to refuse an application for membership and to terminate membership without being obliged to give reasons or explanation

Additional Terms and Conditions for Advanced Members

• All pictures and text on your pages must be relevant to dogs you own and reside with you. You may not make reference to any other breeder or their dogs without their prior permission.
• Animals held in joint ownership, must appear on the account of the person they reside with.
• You may refer to previous and forthcoming litters on your main page, but the details of any litters must first be entered on the Litter Register.
• The litter register is provided to list details of litters you own and have whelped yourself. You are not allowed to add details of friend's litters or puppies your stud dog may have sired. All litters must be whelped at and sold from the registered owner's home address.
• You may only use a litter listing to sell puppies from the litter itself. If you have more than one litter for sale please add an additional listing for each litter. There is no additional cost for an extra litter listing.
• If your bitch is a carrier or affected by a condition for which there is a DNA test available you must ensure the stud dog has been tested clear of the condition prior to mating.
• It is strictly prohibited to refer the contacts you receive from your litter listing to a third party or to use those contacts in order to sell puppies yourself on behalf of a third party. Breach of this condition will result in immediate removal from Champdogs.
• All breeders who add a litter to the register must complete the KC breed register numbers of the Sire and Dam of the litter. Litters will not be made visible to the public until this information is available and has been verified. A full and accurate pedigree must be supplied for all litters listed on Champdogs.
• You may only list puppies for sale whose coat colour is listed as a breed standard colour by the Kennel Club. The colour of all dogs listed on Champdogs must be described accurately and in line with the colour listed on their KC registration documents. In addition we will not accept any litters on Champdogs for which either parent is registered as either "Colour Not Recognised By KC" or a non-standard colour for the breed nor will we accept any litter which, in our opinion, has been bred with the intention of producing puppies of a non-standard colour.
• Where the parents of a litter have non breed standard coloured dogs in their pedigree, or if there is a query about either parent's true colour, we may require DNA colour testing to ensure there is no possibility of any non breed standard puppies being produced. Furthermore in certain breeds we may impose stricter controls around non standard colours, one such specific example being we will not allow Labrador litters were either parent is a carrier of the dilute gene.
• We reserve the right to refuse to list a litter if the coefficient of inbreeding is significantly higher than the breed average and we feel the breeder does not have a reasonable reason for performing the mating.
• Accidental matings do happen. However no member of Champdogs will be allowed to list a litter which has been bred from an underage bitch or that breaks any of our other rules.
• Once a litter has been added to Champdogs, it may only be removed under exceptional circumstances, eg. for a phantom pregnancy. If this occurs please email admin as soon as possible.
• In order to assist in keeping the information on the litter register current, please update the "litter status" in a timely manner. Failure to do so, will result in the litter being automatically marked as all sold and may result in your subsequent litters not being listed. If you wish a litter to be re-activated after it has been marked as all sold please contact us. Breeders whom routinely leave "sold" litters open, will find their membership is not renewed.
• Your account may not be used for the sale or re-homing of older stock.
• Dogs must be at least 18 months old before they can be added to the stud dog register.
• Only dogs whose coat colour is listed as an acceptable colour for the breed by the Kennel Club may be added to the stud dog register. In addition we will not list a stud dog which, in our opinion, is being used with the intention of producing puppies of a non standard colour.
• Stud dog owners must disclose the results of all health tests to the bitch owner prior to mating. In addition if their dog is a carrier or affected by a condition for which there is a DNA test available they must ensure the bitch has been tested clear of the condition prior to mating.
• Stud dog owners must not allow their dog to be mated with a bitch who has whelped a litter within the previous 9 months.
• The Bred Here section may be used to list a maximum of 20 dogs you have bred but no longer own. You must however have the current dog owner's consent. You may not use these pages to make advertisements of any kind.
• All other dogs listed must be owned and reside with you. Each dog may only be featured on a single page. A full and accurate pedigree must be supplied for all dogs listed on Champdogs.
• Breeders must add and provide proof of all relevant(*) health test results for any dogs and litters they have listed on Champdogs. (* note) Please only add DNA test results which are currently relevant to your breed.

Infringement of any of the terms and conditions listed on this page may result in your records being amended or your membership being cancelled. In such a case no refund of any membership fees may be claimed from County Computer Consultants.

These terms and conditions may be modified as necessary and are retroactive to all members. (Updated 02/09/2024)