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Healthier dogs and horses, from the start. A welfare-first marketplace, a free lifelong health record for any owner, and a welfare hub for every owner. UK.

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'Responsibly bred.' The phrase has stopped meaning much.
So here, with no marketing in it, is what it ought to mean — and why most of it is invisible from the outside.
Five signs of a responsible breeder ↓

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A microchip number is a pointer to a record — not proof the record is right. Battersea's 2026 survey found 87% of stray dogs couldn't be reunited by chip alone. What the law actually requires of a breeder, and what to check before a sale: https://t.co/lOMYYalo3I

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Eight weeks old, and already full of opinions.

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@acuppateagan The uncommon ones are the hardest to let go of precisely because there's so little chance of finding another like him. Hope he's doing well, wherever he ended up.

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@OllyWCS The patient supervision of a working line never really switches off, does it — even off duty he's still keeping an eye on the job.

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@KeesTingeling Otter has the classic spaniel "I will absolutely supervise you" face down to a fine art. Good working-line colour on him too.

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Full surrender to the floor. No further commentary required.

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@KimchiDogPerson Marcus accepts the challenge but warns Kimchi his kung-fu is mostly theoretical. The waffle-belt memes we can do without conditions.

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Marcus, sixteen weeks old, having decided the kitchen floor is the ideal spot for a rest mid-zoomies. Clumber Spaniel, out of Caesar at Venaticus.

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@shetlandbook Three years apart and they still knew each other instantly — that says something about how long memory and attachment actually run in these animals, well past what most husbandry advice assumes.

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New from the journal.

"A chip is worth having. It is not worth mistaking for an answer."

Microchipping has been compulsory in England since 2016, and the breeder is meant to be the first name on the record. Battersea's 2026 survey found 87% of stray dogs still couldn't be reunited with an owner using the chip alone.

https://t.co/bqJdc0tkb6

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New research from Battersea finds bigger dogs wait around 16% longer to be rehomed, even though most people rate them as loyal and affectionate. Size says little about temperament. More welfare news: https://t.co/BovXn5uE9D

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Marcus, 16 weeks old, mid-flop on the kitchen rug — the universal puppy skill of turning any patch of floor into the comfiest place in the house.

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New from the journal.

"It is, as far as anyone can establish, the only dog breed in the world named after a person who was invented rather than real."

Sir Walter Scott wrote a fictional farmer's terriers into a novel in 1815 — the breed took his name. UK registrations have since fallen from 145 a year to 81.

https://t.co/c0dLu0VuFz

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@shetlandbook Beautifully caught mid-stride — that grey coat against the autumn grass makes the quote's point better than a photo of a ballerina ever could.

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@HorseSenseW That mane is doing more work in a stiff breeze than most of us manage all week. Good on you for keeping a horse and pony rescue running on volunteers alone — Wirral is lucky to have you.

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Scotland has made dog theft a standalone criminal offence, with up to five years in prison for stealing someone's dog. A welcome step that treats dogs as what they are - family, not property.

More welfare news: https://t.co/BovXn5u6k5 #DogWelfare

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New from the journal.

"It is, as far as anyone can establish, the only dog breed in the world named after a person who was invented rather than real."

UK registrations fell from 145 puppies in 2018 to 81 in 2024 — vulnerable since 2006.

https://t.co/xj2g1E8Oaf

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Marcus, sixteen weeks old, surveyed the entire kitchen and selected the one patch with a rug on it. Mission accomplished.

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@RareBreedChris Practical, non-alarmist briefings like this are exactly what smallholders need in the middle of a Bluetongue outbreak. Glad RBST is running it.

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@vettimesuk Worth adding that written exclusions for pre-existing or breed-related conditions matter more at claim time than the headline premium ever does.

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@ruslandvalley That's a dog who knows the farmyard better than any map — already working out where you're headed next before you've decided.