BSDCQ HEALTH REGISTER
The BSDCQ has maintained a voluntary listing of all certified health results submitted by members and owners of Belgian Shepherds.
This publicly viewable list is there to:
This publicly viewable list is there to:
- help breeders make informed choices in bloodlines for breeding purposes
- help puppy buyers research the health history of the Belgian they are considering to purchase
A quote worth remembering from the late, great Dr Malcolm Willis:
"Finally, all breeders will produce defects if they breed long enough. Those who tell you that they do not produce defects have either stopped breeding, breed hardly at all or are being economical with the truth. There is no crime in producing a defect. The crime, if any, lies in what you do about a defect. If you bury yours quickly and keep quiet about it, and I do the same with mine, then sooner or later we may use each other's dogs and pay the penalty for not having been honest with one another and with the breed we probably profess to love."
"Finally, all breeders will produce defects if they breed long enough. Those who tell you that they do not produce defects have either stopped breeding, breed hardly at all or are being economical with the truth. There is no crime in producing a defect. The crime, if any, lies in what you do about a defect. If you bury yours quickly and keep quiet about it, and I do the same with mine, then sooner or later we may use each other's dogs and pay the penalty for not having been honest with one another and with the breed we probably profess to love."