Code of Ethics

My aim

My aim is to run a responsible, ethical breeding program focused on developing the breed, caring for its health and welfare, and supporting future owners at every stage of life with their dog.

I therefore commit to:

• continuing the founder's program by protecting the integrity of the Australian lines I imported to Poland directly from her;

• promoting Australian Labradoodles with an emphasis on multigenerational ancestry;

• focusing the breeding program particularly on therapy and working lines;

• carrying out a range of genetic tests on breeding dogs to select healthy parents for future litters;

• DNA-testing every puppy to verify parentage;

• providing a health guarantee covering genetic diseases;

• socializing puppies appropriately for their developmental stage;

• supporting families with appropriate education before and after they welcome a puppy;

• carefully considering applications so that puppies go to suitable homes;

• matching each puppy's temperament to a family's dynamics, including temperament assessments;

• protecting the welfare of my adult dogs and puppies;

• ensuring that my dogs are full members of my family and live with me in our home. They will not live in kennels or be shut away in separate rooms that isolate them — especially the puppies — from family life;

• continually developing knowledge that strengthens my breeding program and the support I offer puppies and their owners;

• following ALFA-Europe's breeding rules by not promoting hybrid breeds, and instead educating people about the differences between Australian Labradoodles and hybrids, Poodle crosses and similar dogs.

Breeding Ethics

What else matters to me in breeding ethics? I had a very brief involvement with ZKwP, the Polish Kennel Club. As a newcomer, I disliked the discrimination between breeders, the strange rivalries and the attempts to undermine one another. To me, caring about a breed's development also means maintaining constructive relationships with other breeders. Cooperation focused on the breed's development, support and sharing experience is extremely important. That is why I consider marketing tactics based on disparaging other breeders, openly or behind the scenes, unethical and inappropriate, and I oppose them completely. This is not a race or a battle against competitors. I would like breeding programs to be established for the right reasons. For me, cooperation, exchanging experience and mutual support are central to ethical breeding.

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About Me — My story, the history of our breeding program and the expertise behind Włochata Pasja.

Health Testing — Health, testing and responsibility within the breeding program.

Reservations — How the conversation, application and puppy-matching process works.