Klancraig are a small family kennel based in Shropshire. We are not commercial breeders but are registered as Accredited Breeders by the Kennel Club. On breeding our aim is to produce healthy, outgoing puppies, who are breed typical and have a desire to work. As such we only breed from dogs and bitches of sound temperament, good health, correct construction and that come from proven working lines. We hip score all of our dogs and bitches from whom we wish to breed and these dogs and bitches are also DNA tested clear of Von Willebrand Disease (or they are clear by parentage). We will also test our breeding dogs and bitches by echocardiogram for any signs of Dilated Cardiomyopathy and as other DNA tests are made available for other conditions affecting our breed we will test accordingly, since we take the health and welfare of our dogs and puppies very seriously.
Taking on a GWP puppy (as with any puppy) is a big responsibility, as is finding the right homes for those puppies. When our puppies go to their new homes, we like to keep in touch with our ‘puppy people’ and follow the development of our puppies. We offer lifetime help and advice to our puppy owners. All our puppies are registered with the Kennel Club ‘Progeny Not Eligible for Registration’ and this is to protect our puppies from ending up with puppy farmers and indiscriminate breeders who do not know and understand the lines from which they are breeding and have no intention of offering any backup support. These people exist and are responsible for many of the dogs who appear in GWP Rescue.
If for whatever reason families need to rehome a dog that they have purchased from us – no matter what the age of that dog – we will ALWAYS be happy to take the dog back or assist in rehoming it to a suitable home.
Our puppies will be docked and therefore microchipped (a prerequisite of the docking legislation). They will be reared in our home on a natural diet (ie no commercial puppy milk, biscuit or kibble) and well handled by our children and will be accustomed to the hustle and bustle of family life. They will be ready to go to their new homes at eight weeks of age. When they leave they will have four weeks free insurance which we strongly recommend be continued. They will be accompanied by a Contract of Sale (a written agreement between Klancraig and the new owners), the Kennel Club Registration Documents, a Fact Sheet on the care of the new puppy, a comprehensive Diet Sheet and a generous supply of food.
If we do not have a puppy available for you we will do our best to point you in the direction of a reputable kennel from which puppies might be available.
Very occasionally, we might have older puppies or young dogs and bitches available to suitable homes.
On 17 August 2011 Tilly had a litter of puppies the Sire of the litter being Mandy and Robert Geary's young male Bruno - Germanus Guardian JW (AI). Both Tilly and Bruno are fully health tested and the mating is a complete outcross in that Tilly and Bruno are not related to each other. Tilly is once again proving to be a diligent mum to her six tiny babies - two liver and white girls and four boys (one liver and white and three black and white).
Puppies from this litter have now all gone to their new homes apart from the boy puppy that we ourselves have kept - Flash (Klancraig Lord Flashheart).
Bruno is just two years of age and has already won 1 Challenge Certificate and 5 Reserve Best Dog awards, together with his Junior Warrant title. He comes from bloodlines which are unique to the UK - his mother Gretchen (AM CH Ripsnorter Party Girl Darnelle at Germanus JH) is the only GWP to be imported from the US with both bench (show) and hunting titles having won her Junior Hunting title. Gretchen's mother AM CH Drakkar's She's All That is the top GWP bitch of all time in America and her sire Storm (AM CH Ripsnorter's Thunderhart) is the top producing sire of all time in America too.
Bruno's sire Versatile Champion Ken Vospet was awarded the top award a dog can with at a NAVHDA test - the VC - for his superb hunting ability. Ken Vospet was bred in the Czech Republic and has produced many bench and field champions.
We are very fortunate to have been given the opportunity to use this lovely young boy - the first time that he has been used at stud and are very excited about our forthcoming litter. Many thanks to Mandy and Robert Geary.
