How we breed

These pages explain how breeding decisions are made here: which dogs we breed from, how we choose a mating, how the puppies are raised, and how they are matched to homes. If you would rather have the practical questions answered first — testing, cost, what a puppy comes home with, and the support afterwards — start with The basics.

We breed rarely, and every litter is a set of judgements made under uncertainty. Health results, pedigrees, the relatives we have met and the research we read narrow the unknowns; they do not remove them. Where a choice involves a genuine trade-off, these pages explain the reasoning behind it.