Breeding- Rules
The exterior of the dog in Germany is not a important part, every dog who has the qualification "very good" for exterior and a qualification for the coat that says “good” (a ‘wire’ should have a “very good” for coat) can participate in the breeding program.
BUT these qualifications have be given at a special German Vizsla Club Show , or at an International German Show where a German Breed specialist judges the dogs and gives the two apart qualifications (one for the coat, and one for exterior (body).
Germany is for as far as I know the only country where this two part qualifications is used.
For me a good hunting dog also has to have an excellent exterior, good balance and movement. In other words I say that: “life is too short to hunt with an ugly dog”.
So back to the breeding rules:
Everyone who want to breed in Germany with the Vizsla has to be a member of the German Vizsla club (VUV.e.V. )
The registration/pedigree's of our dogs comes from this club, which is also different from other countries as most of the national Kennel Clubs are responsible for the registration/pedigree. Only the dogs that are registered in the VUV.e.V are allowed to participate in the German hunting tests, shows and breeding.
When a dog has completed the HZP working test, has an ‘A’ or ‘B’ hip score, a certificate which says the dog is free of any eye diseases, has the certificate from the judge with the two results (exterior and coat). We still cannot start breeding. Now we have to let our dogs be judged by a commission who is made up by 3 people from the German club , these 3 people make the final decision if the dog is to be used for breeding or not.
When the dog is accepted as suitable for breeding by the commission, the big search begins for a suitable male. The male has of course follows the same criteria’s as the female, these males are hard to find in Germany, so often we have to find the male in a other country, where his working test are not equal to ours, so there is other problem. We then have to write a letter to the commission to ask for permission to use this male, two months in advance of a possible mating.
All of these rules make it very hard to breed the WHV in Germany, and will not always do good for the breed, as it is very hard to make the gene pool bigger.
