- FORWARD
- The Pyrenean Mastiff Club of America, in keeping with its
goal of encouraging the development of high quality Pyrenean
Mastiff's, has adopted these Breeding Regulations as part of
its Code of Ethics to promote and foster the highest standards
among breeders and owners, and to encourage humane raising standards
and cooperation in the improvement, advancement and protection
of our breed.
- To achieve this goal, the membership of the Pyrenean Mastiff
Club of America has agreed to be bound by these regulations.
Under these regulations, only Pyrenean Mastiff's conforming to
rigid breed standards is allowed to reproduce.
- In addition to following these regulations, all breeders
are encouraged to educate themselves in health, genetics, and
the breed standard before engaging in a breeding program. It
is recognized that responsibility for the future of the Pyrenean
Mastiff breed depends solely upon the educated choices and sound
judgment exercised by breeders. To this end, the PMCA stands
ready to assist.
- Anyone having questions about educational resources, breeding,
or these regulations is encouraged to contact the Pyrenean Mastiff
Club of America (PMCA).
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- BREEDING CHECKLIST & ELIGIBILITY:
- A. P.M.C.A. registration of the dog.
- B. A three (3) generation pedigree indicating country of
origin and that dog is eligible to be bred.
- C. Passing hip and/or elbow x-ray rating by E.R.A. after
the dog has reached twenty four months.
- PRIOR TO BREEDING:
- Before any proposed breeding occurs, Pyrenean Mastiff owners
should:
- A. Be thoroughly familiar with the Standard for Pyrenean
Mastiff Dogs.
- B. Heavy inbreeding is known to promote a deterioration in
the genepool and inferior stock. Therefore breedings between
brother to sister, father to daughter and mother to son or any
direct incestuous breedings will not be registered by the P.M.C.A.
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- REQUIREMENTS FOR BREEDERS:
- Breeders must have an PMCA registered kennel. This requires:
- A. Membership in good standing in the PMCA;
- B. Appropriate facilities for the clean and safe operation
of a kennel according to
- the Code of Ethics, these regulations, and applicable local
law;
- C. Completion of a Kennel Application/Letter of Agreement
Form, which shall include
- a proposed kennel name which must be unique and bearing no
similarity to kennels
- previously registered, and submission of the completed form
with a check for the
- appropriate kennel registration fee to the PMCA , after which
a notice of approval and a
- kennel number will be assigned.
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- REQUIREMENTS FOR LITTER REGISTRATION:
- A. Within three one (1) month of the birth of each litter,
the breeder shall inform the
- P.M.C.A. of the names of the parents and the number of puppies
born. (For
- purposes of registering the litter, a litter is defined as
one (1) puppy or more. The date
- of birth of a litter is defined as the date the first puppy
of the litter is born.)
- B. The breeder will then be issued an official Litter Registration
form, which includes the
- assigned registration number, along with an invoice for the
appropriate fees, if
- everything is in order.
- C. Upon receipt of the Litter Registration form and invoice,
the breeder shall complete
- and return the form with payment for all invoiced fees. The
individual Puppy Registration forms with assigned registration
numbers for the puppies will then be prepared, which will be
mailed to the breeder within one month, if everything is in order.
- D. Beginning in 2002 - In naming the pups for registration
(as in the system used in Europe), begin the individual names
with the letter code of the litter (the first litter of a kennel
being the "A" litter). These names are for registration
and pedigree purposes and do not necessarily reflect the eventual
call name of the Pyrenean Mastiff.
- F. Upon receipt of the pedigree(s), the breeder shall sign
and distribute the
- pedigree(s) to the appropriate puppy owner(s). At the breeder's
option, and
- under appropriate circumstances, the breeder may mark a pedigree
"Pet Quality,"
- to designate that a particular Pyrenean Mastiff is not to
be bred.
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- The following are also requirements:
- A. A bitch must be allowed a ten (10) month rest period between
a mating that
- produced a litter and the next mating. No Pyrenean Mastiff
bitch may be bred beyond
- 84 months of age and no more than 5 litters will be registered
per bitch in a lifetime.
- B. A bitch must be at least 24 months old to be bred.
- C. Litters not conforming to these codes will not be registered
and expulsion from PMCA may also occur.