We
believe that natural and healthy feeding is the best for our dogs.
We feed a raw diet as much as possible,
bearing in mind that our clients have to be able to manage the requirements
also. Dogs are fed fresh tripe, mince, chicken wings, turkey necks, ox cheek
and offal as long as it’s not pork. We also compliment with ‘Natural Dog Food
Company’ dry biscuit which is made from quality raw ingredients.
This food is the first truly balanced complete diet, and the first 100% natural
dog food on the market. We also feed raw meaty bones regularly to promote
healthy teeth and gums.
We DO
NOT use or recommend any dog food that contains Ethoxyquin, BHT, BHA or EC (or
EEC) Permitted Preservatives, therefore taking care in what training treats and
other treats we use.
Currently we have to purchase our
pups until our own breeding scheme is established. Health is a vital component for our dogs, not
only to the dogs’ longevity of work as guides, but also to promote
responsibility and support the German Shepherd Dogs health screening schemes.
We look for puppies’ parents to have
very good hip and elbow scores and be haemophilia tested - Haemophilia ‘A’ is a bleeding disorder and its is normally only MALES that are afflicted.
We ensure there is no epilepsy in bloodlines or pancreatic issues, and now look
to breeders who are using the recently introduced
Degenerative Myelopathy (DM) test. This
is a progressive spinal cord disease causing weakness in the hind limbs.
All our pups
receive their puppy vaccines and we then ‘titre’ test at the age of 18months,
then at 18month intervals. This is where bloods are taken to determine level of
immunity to a certain disease/virus.If
the antibody level protection is low, we can then ‘booster’ for one particular
disease, rather than the dog receiving ‘unnecessarily’ the whole lot again as
routine. Lots of credible studies have shown that immunity lasts for years, and
there is increasing evidence of vaccine damage ‘Vaccinosis’, which is the term
used to describe chronic conditions resulting in damage due to over vaccinating
dogs.
As much as possible
we try to use ‘natures medicine’ to treat our dogs, to prevent them being
pumped full of unnecessary chemicals, which sadly is becoming a matter of
routine with some vets. However, it goes without saying, if our dogs need
veterinary treatment – they get it.
Our Dogs 
