BREEDING PRINCIPLES
Japanese Chin are our passion, it is our only breed.
Japanese Chin are our passion, it is our only breed.
BREED PRESERVATION
We are committed to preserving the breed and producing chin that "look like chin", meet their true purpose, human companionship, and conform to the breed standard. We love these little ones just as they are and would like to see the breed thrive.
We have been members of, and a registered kennel with, the CANADIAN KENNEL CLUB (CKC) since 2009. All of our chin, including puppies that go to companion homes, are purebred and registered with the CKC.
Our breeding program focuses on health tested sires and dams to improve the health and longevity of our next generation.
We are happy to work with other like minded chin breeders. We do NOT breed chin crosses.
We have been members of, and a registered kennel with, the CANADIAN KENNEL CLUB (CKC) since 2009. All of our chin, including puppies that go to companion homes, are purebred and registered with the CKC.
Our breeding program focuses on health tested sires and dams to improve the health and longevity of our next generation.
We are happy to work with other like minded chin breeders. We do NOT breed chin crosses.
HEALTH
Japanese Chin are generally a fairly healthy breed with a typical lifespan of 10 to 12 years. As with many of the Toy breeds, chin do have some known health issues which the Japanese Chin Club of America (JCCA) describes well on their HEALTH page.
Early adult onset heart murmurs and luxating patellas are probably the most frequently occurring inherited health issues. Unfortunately these issues are generally not detectable in a young puppy, nor young adult, and it can be difficult to predict if a puppy will be affected by these genetic issues as a mature adult.
Early adult onset heart murmurs and luxating patellas are probably the most frequently occurring inherited health issues. Unfortunately these issues are generally not detectable in a young puppy, nor young adult, and it can be difficult to predict if a puppy will be affected by these genetic issues as a mature adult.
Our breeding program is continually evolving.
TO BETTER PREDICT if our puppies will be affected by genetic health issues later in life, our goal is to breed to the following high standards:
1. SIRE AND DAM HEALTH
- Continued annual testing for patella (knee), heart and eye health throughout their lifespan to better predict adult onset of genetic disease
- Advanced EMBARK DNA testing for 190+ genetic mutations associated with canine disease
(including Gangliosidosis, GM2, previously called Tay-Sachs or Sandhoff's disease)
2. PEDIGREE HEALTH
- To breed physically mature sires and dams who have parents, and ideally grand-parents, with continued health testing past 4 years of age as recommended by the Canine Health Information Center
We have been submitting our health testing results to the ORTHOPEDIC FOUNDATION FOR ANIMALS (OFA) since 2009. Links to our dogs health testing results are included on their individual pages, most now have results available for siblings, offspring, parents and grandparents.
