TERMS/INFO

I hope this page is helpful to you to learn how we have terms for buying a Silvestre puppy. 

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WHAT COMES WITH OUR PUPPIES?

• Our puppies are automatically registered with the Royal Kennel club a week after they have been born.  The Kennel club can take a few weeks to send registration.  The document we get we have to pay £25 for and we hand this to you on collection of your puppy and then to change ownership they charge you £20. Price can vary subject to their changes. 
• Last year was the first time I had someone really snotty that they had to pay the Kennel club.  This is not up to me, this is the R.K.C. The only way you can avoid this payment is if you ask us to not register your puppy for you.
• ​When you collect your puppy if you feel you cannot work out how to change registration we can sit with you and help you. 
• We place a breeding endorsement on the Kennel club document and this will NOT be lifted unless you show dogs.  Sometimes I am in a contract with stud owner where I can not do this.  So talk to me prior to booking a puppy.  I do not lift endorsements for pets.  You will have to sign a Kennel club breeding endorsement template when you visit. 
• We provide you with a 3 or 5 generation pedigree. 
• All puppies should be microchipped by law and registered to the breeder first.  Because I microchip my puppies myself as Im a trained implanter, I can generate a code for you which is a transfer code.  You have to make an account from a link I share with you, and then you write in the code and the dog then is showing in your account.  They do charge a fee to you for transferring. 
• I provide you with information on worm counting, natural treating and treating with vet products for your puppy. 
• I also provide you with flea treatment dates. 
• I provide 4 weeks free behavioural advice for your puppy from the day of leaving.  After 4 weeks I charge £69 for a consultation, following up with £25 for further advice. Im a qualified behaviourist. 
• ​Lifetime support for your puppy which is free.  Behavioural advice is something different. 
• Hand outs of information. 
• Password to access our page "Owners access page", this is a page full of files to download. 
• By Whats app a code for 5 kilos of free puppy food from Nutriment. You download direct from nutriment website. 
• ​Invite to our Silvestre owners Facebook page.  This has Vizsla, Bracco and French bulldog owners on. If you do not participate you are automatically removed after two months. 
• You will receive: Hand made cushion, Blanket which has been rubbed on mum. Toys, treats. Bag to pop information in and a folder with all the paper work in. 
• ​Receipt for all money paid. 
• Copy of contract of sale, and copy of breeding endorsement template.
• Visits to puppies are at 5 weeks of age.  This date can vary if we have a show on the 5 weeks stage. 
• Puppies are vet checked which is recorded at the vets.  Our vet is Mr Ian Russell at The Crossings veterinary centre. 

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HOW OUR WAITING LIST WORKS?
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WAITING LIST​
We do not do any reservations through social media messenger.  Firstly you need to text me to arrange a call, then we will chat. I may need to speak to you again. Not everyone who contacts me gets a puppy.  After trying different ways to hold waiting lists, and finding out what works and what does not work we have now listed our terms below.  Unfortunately in dog breeding you get high volumes of time wasters, most do not even realise they are time wasters.  But anyone who promises to go on a waiting list and have a puppy with no intentions of having one is a time waster.   So coming up with this system stops this from happening. 

• We do not make waiting lists years ahead, so there is no point asking to go on a waiting list a year ahead.  As no breeder can guarantee a puppy in an exact month unless they are high volume breeders. 
• We will only make a waiting list when we have mated a female. 
• If you have missed out on a previous litter with us, we will give you top priority in placing on the waiting list.  Place 1,2, bitch 1,2 male etc. 
• We will announce on AVAILABLE page that our girl is in season. So follow the page weekly as not to miss out.  We will then write the date of scan date.  You must let me know by text you are still waiting.  We then pull up our provisional diary and add your name and address. 
• We do not chase anyone for puppies, because we get so many general enquires. So you must keep in touch with us. 
• At 4 weeks when they are scanned we can see approximately how many puppies are inside.  This is still no guarantee at birth how many live puppies. But it's a good guess at this stage. We then open up our waiting list properly. 
• To go on waiting list we have positions 1,2,3,4 girl. 1,2,3,4 boy. If we see 9-10 puppies on scan.  If we see less then we adjust placings accordingly. Included in this is we hope two people that do not mind what sex they have so can swap to girl or boy if there is not enough puppies. By taking just less people than pups seen on a scan allows for any puppy born sleeping.  (Born sleeping is a term meaning dead puppy. )
• To go on the waiting list we require £100. We have tried many systems in the past and this is the only system that works for us and stops us being messed around. Over time I changed the system and tweaked it.  Ive always had a saying that the minority ruin it for the majority.  But if we did not do it in this way we would not know whats ahead of us, who is defo waiting and who is just wasting time. 
• You must be ready to home a puppy on the current litter.
• I announce also on Instagram we are now taking firm reservations. It is up to you to keep in close contact.  If you do not then you are forgotten about. 
• We prioritise oldest enquires over new. 
• Once the amount of homes is reached we close waiting list.  But then we make a reserve list.  This is because sometimes we get more puppies than planned as they were hiding under bone on scan date.   Many times I've had 3 more puppies available. So if I say you're on the reserve list you still stand every chance getting a puppy this time.  I would advise however you do not tell your children they are one hundred percent getting a puppy. 
• I cannot prioritise a family with children over a family with no children.  I treat everyone the same.  So please do not get your children's hopes up.  Sometimes it's best to wait until you know one hundred percent the puppy is born and yours.  This stops lots of tears.  
• I try to notify you the puppies are born by putting on available page puppies have arrived. Also I put a single photo on instagram. See my CONTACT PAGE after pups are born. 
• When the puppies are a week old an additional holding fee of £400 is required. By Bank Transfer or Cash. 
• I do not do lay away or payments over several months.  I also do not do credit card payments. 
• With Bracco italiano colours can be reserved, but of course their is no guarantee what colour comes out so I would prefer only to take a holding deposit if you do not mind what colour.  
• If you decide to leave the list at any time you can do so, but the holding fee of £100 is kept by me.  But if I cannot help you with a puppy I can refund at any time. I refund by bank transfer.  
• If we have another litter on the way or expected then we can transfer you to next litter if we can not help this time. You're moved up the list to positions 1, 2 over being 3,4. 
• The holding fee is part of the puppy payment, not extra to purchase price.  So it's deducted from full amount.  Final payment is due on collection of puppy. 
• I allow you to deter from one litter to the next but only the once.  So if you come off the next time the holding fee is kept. 
• We do not place you on a waiting list if we have found out you're on someone else's.
• If you wish to have the best puppy in the litter we charge extra money for this.  We never used to do this but we get a lot of people trying to pressure me into giving the best puppy.  But please note we reserve the right to keep the pick of every litter for ourselves.  This is why we breed to have the next show puppy. 

 

OTHER INFORMATION

• By law anyone who sells puppies should display their licence number.  Our number is on the front of this website.  The license renews 2026. 
• We comply will all legal requirements in dog breeding. 
• We undergo welfare checks on our dogs, home, their accommodation.  We are graded the highest welfare grading. 
• We do not breed our girls until they reach 2 years of age.  This could mean birthing after 2 years of age and being mated just under.  The legal age for breeding a bitch is 18 months.  
• The legal age to breed a male dog is 18 months. 
• The Kennel club will register puppies from a bitch and dog aged 12 months. 
• The Kennel club is not the same as licensing.  Licensing is done through your local council. 
• We do not breed our girls after the age of 6 years.  This is just our personal choice and it is of no disrespect to those that do.  We have just found over time they do not want to look after puppies the older they have got.  In fact younger bitches make better mothers. 
• Are all the dogs living with us shown on the website? No as we have retired dogs and bitches living with us.  We only put relevant breeding dogs or the next generation on the website. Or key past dogs which I think you would like to see as they played an important part in our pedigrees. 
• Our adult dogs have lots of health tests done on them.  Different tests for different breeds. DNA testing is only available for a select few diseases.  Hip and elbow scoring is done. We have HD and ED scored in Australia as it's cheaper and a quicker turn around. I will not be going back to the UK BVA scheme. Our dogs are also eye tested. 
• You are welcome to see all the health tests when you visit.  They are in folder for the litter.  We do not send copies of health tests by email or post.  Because you are a stranger and we do not know if you are going to steal personal details of the dogs.  This happens all the time. Then suddenly fake dogs are being registered through the information given on the paperwork. 
• Behaviour - Their is no guarantee on the behaviour of your dog.  We have raised your puppy to the utmost of our ability and being a behaviourist I am fully aware how to meet developmental stages. 
• We strongly advise all our pet parents to take up health insurance for their dog. We do not advise on free insurances which are given to breeders to persuade new owners to take up their insurance.  I can tell you many stories as to why we do not do it.  It is much better for you and your pet to start insurance on the day of collection. 
• We do not vaccinate our puppies for good reasons.  1) They still have their mother's immunity at 8 weeks.  2) It makes it harder to find the exact same vaccine to give the puppy, and causes lots of issues, and the main one is vets saying they need to start again.  So our vet advises no puppies should have first vaccines.  He prefers you starting the whole course with him.  In other words at your own vets.  We advise waiting at least until your puppy is no longer stressed from the house move.  House move stress can take two weeks to vanish.  In some cases 1 month.
• Any rescue dog takes 3 months to settle into the home.  We are best to remember this point. 
• Guarantee!  We are hearing more and more people asking for lifetime guarantees. My reply is always the same. "OH BOY WOULDN'T THAT BE NICE"!  The truth is you cannot guarantee life.  We cannot even guarantee human health so we cannot be expected to guarantee dogs.  The best thing I can do for you is to health test your puppy at our vets so that you know you are taking home a healthy puppy.  The results are stored on my vets computer for each puppy. You can contact him and request information for your puppy. We strongly advise pet insurance to cover your pet.  We also strongly advise a full health check with your vet, but make them aware you are not vaccinating on the day.  Allow your puppy to settle in first other wise the heart reading will not be normal. 
• There is no guarantee on behaviour of your puppy.  We have raised your puppy to the best of our ability. Where behaviours are concerned most bad behaviours in puppies come from over tiredness. 
• You will always meet the mother of your puppy. 
• We always show dad if we own him, but sometimes we do not own dad so cannot show you.  But we can show you photos of Dad. 
• Biosecurity in puppies is a word used when someone is protecting the environment in which the pups lives.  Minimising risks of virus. This means we do not allow people to come in and view puppies at this time, or older dogs. I bet most of you do not realise dog flu is carried on clothing and shoes. 
• We have hand sanitiser you can use if you wish. 
• If you have a virus on the day of meeting your puppy please postpone.  I have 3 auto immune diseases and Darryl has health issues which could be made worse by virus. 
• On your visit you always get to meet me unless Im sick in bed.  Then Darryl and Josh will see you. and sometimes Darcy. 
• We have a toilet in the house you can use.  It's just inside our front door to the right with the word THE LOO on the door.  You're welcome to use the toilet at any time, but do not be tempted to walk through other doors as dogs are loose.  One big Bracco boy will shout loudly at you. 
• We do visits in the garden room to minimise virus. 
• Puppies are ready for homes at 8 weeks of age, we try to aim for either on the day when 8 weeks or the Friday/Saturday.  But if you go past our leaving dates then we charge £35 a puppy per day. 
• I take photos weekly and post by whats app but their is no particular day.  I sometimes run over if I am busy.  Please do not hound me for a photo as you will be told straight NO!  I think as far as breeders go Im very good at sending you updates. 
• We have cameras around the whole of our property outside and internal cameras. This sends images to our phones and records images for 1 month. We check them weekly and store any images we see fit. 
• We had dog thieves years ago which has made us more cautious, more blunt and more protective over our puppies and older dogs.   We do not see you ahead of a litter.  We do not meet perfect strangers with out speaking to them.  We do not allow drop in's to meet our dogs.  This is what the police told us at the time. 
• We do video calls instead of visits now to help minimise traffic on the roads, help environment, and helps you with time also.  A video call lasts 5 mins to 10 mins. 
• All visits to our home takes 1 hour.  Someone else will follow you so be prompt please.  If you run into someone else's time that is unfair.  So make sure your on time and ready.  Pull up to our grey gates and we will unlock and let you in. 
• Because I am at home all the time our dogs are given enrichment and our puppies are given a great start.  We introduce sounds like loud bangs, soft music, loud music, different sounds.  This all helps your puppy understanding noise is normal. 
• Two weeks before puppies leave our home we erect a crate in their pen. We have a crate guide in our owners access page. 
• Our puppies do go outside on grass, and run around from 6 weeks. 
• When born our puppies are handled from birth. 
• Find us on instagram @silvestre.showdogs
• Find us on TikTok @silvestreshowdogs
• I have a lot of knowledge on health of dogs which I am happy to share, but I must always say seek professional advice. 
• I reserve the right to not sell to anyone I am not happy with. 
• Any abuse or bad behaviours on the phone means. you will not be getting a puppy from us.  We reserve the right to refund a deposit if we feel dissatisfied with your behaviour. 
• We do not sell puppies to anyone who has been banned from keeping animals. 
• We do not let people choose their puppy.  Unless it's a certain colour and we have one.  The majority of our puppies are placed in pet homes, with just a few show homes and working homes.  We will talk to you at length before knowing which puppy is suited for your home. ​​

WHAT IS AN ENDORSEMENT?
(R) Progeny endorsement - This endorsement is placed on KC documents to stop breeding from your dog.  It protects bloodlines, and stops people with no knowledge breeding.  
​It can be lifted by us the breeder but we only do this for homes we know already who show dogs. 
​But a separate contract is done.  To give you some security we will lift the endorsement later and for us also that you will meet our terms.  
If you wish to buy a puppy to learn about the breed with potentially breeding in the end you will enter into a different contract.  We will require you to show the dog. 
(X) Export endorsement - I generally do not place these on documents.  This just stops an export certificate being issued.  This stops people selling dogs to Europe for breeding purposes. ​