Our breeding philosophy

The basis of every dog breeding programme is always the selection of breeding dogs. It is important that both breeding partners have a friendly and confident nature, as it is extremely important to breed compatible and resilient dogs, especially in today's world. Dogs that can easily integrate into our society. We therefore attach great importance to both parents having complementary temperaments and being friendly towards people and other dogs.

"Breeding to the best of our knowledge and belief"

The Kooikerhondje breed is not easy to breed. Due to the genetic bottleneck that the Kooikerhondje went through after the Second World War, it is unfortunately prone to various hereditary diseases today. These include polimyositis, kidney disease, hereditary necrotising myelopathy, van Willebrand's disease, patella luxation, epilepsy and cancer. As responsible breeders, we therefore endeavour to continually update our knowledge of heritability.

Unfortunately, despite the most careful selection of mating partners, even we cannot give a "guarantee" of lifelong health. Dogs - like us humans - are living beings that can become ill, develop allergies, develop arthrosis, etc., despite optimal conditions (planning, rearing, nutrition, etc.). However, you can rest assured that we have done everything we can in advance, to the best of our knowledge and belief, to create the best possible conditions for a dog to live as long and healthy a life as possible alongside its owner.