Fernthistle Italian Greyhounds
Logan, QLD
Hi, I'm Claire F.
ANKC registered and ethical breeders of White Swiss Shepherds and Italian Greyhounds. Always eager to learn and open to new ways in continuously striving to improve the health of the breed. We occasionally offer dogs to guardian homes.
Vet Approved Criteria
Member since Apr 2021
Every breeder on RightPaw has agreed to our vet-approved RightPaw Code of Ethics, and passed an interview from one of our team.
- Breeding & Welfare
- Health Practices
- Home Environment
- Documentation
- Feeding
- Physical Condition
Our Breeding Practices
Behaviour and socialisation
We use and implement Puppy Culture and avidog protocols with lots of positive reinforcement and desensitisation techniques. We are a busy household with children and have lots of visitors come over to help socialise our puppies. We start toilet and crate training and take our puppies out for rides in the car and…
Health
We DNA test all our breeding dogs through Orivet to ensure they are clear of any known hereditary disease .also matching dna from pups to parents We plan to conduct eye and patellar tests in the future. We worm our puppies from 2 weeks(every 2 wks) and flea/tick treat between 8 weeks. We wean our puppies over to a…
Home environment
Our puppies are raised in our home where we have plenty of space and enrichment areas including swings and tunnels set up for them. We have a whelping box in either our bedroom or lounge, wherever mum feels most comfortable and have set up an 11m x 9m designated outdoor puppy area where they play during the day…
Included with our puppies
Our puppies leave with an Adaptil collar or spray, bed, sample food, a kong toy, soft toy, a training clicker, collar and lead and their pedigree papers with parent health records, breed info and bringing our pup home (setting pup up tips) Our puppies are desexed (ovary sparing or vasectomy).
Health Tests
Core Tests(0/1)
Fernthistle Italian Greyhounds conducts 0 out of 1 core health tests which RightPaw believe are most important to conduct for the Italian Greyhound.
Additional Tests
Fernthistle Italian Greyhounds conducts 1 additional tests available for the Italian Greyhound.
Genetic TestAmelogenesis Imperfecta (AI), also known as Familial Enamel Hypoplasia (FEH), is a genetic disease causing the abnormal development of tooth enamel. Affected dogs will have small, widely spaced teeth with brown discolouration and a strange texture. Whilst this is not a life-threatening condition the teeth can be painful.
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About the Breeder
A little about us
I’m Claire, a busy mum and currently studying to become a veterinary nurse.
Why we got involved in breeding
I have always been magnetized to animals esp rearing young and with dogs being my such great companion growing up and always there for me, i want to not only provide another with such a great friend but also aim high in breeding regarding health and raising to give each puppy the best possible start
Our special touch
We pride ourselves on learning continuously in efforts to be the best breeders that we can be and raise the healthiest puppies, in the best possible way we can.
Connect with us
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State registration
Dogs QLD 4100207623
Association
Dogs Queensland (ANKC)
Association number
4100207623
Prefix
Fernthistle
Breeding since
2020
A$4,500