Northern Inuit Society
Breeders
Code of Practice
1) Breeders will properly house, feed, water and exercise all dogs under their care and arrange appropriate veterinary attention if and when required.
2) Breeders will agree without reservation not to perform an operation that alters the natural conformation of any dog.
3) Breeders will not breed from a bitch in any way that is deleterious to the bitch or the breed.
4) A bitch cannot be mated under 14 months of age. (KC say 12 months)
5) A bitch cannot whelp twice in a 12-month period.
6) A bitch cannot whelp after her eighth birthday.
7) A bitch cannot whelp more than six litters.
8) All breeding bitches should be positively identified (microchip, tattoo or genetic profile) (KC rule for licensed breeders only)
9) Breeders agree only to sell dogs where there is reasonable expectation of a happy and healthy life and will accept a dog back or help with re-homing if the initial circumstances change.
10) Breeders will supply written details of all dietary requirements and give guidance concerning responsible ownership and training
when placing dogs in a new home.
11) Breeders will offer ‘after sale’ advice on the telephone to new owners.
12) Breeders will not sell any dog to commercial dog wholesalers, retails pet dealers or directly or indirectly allow dogs to be given as a prize or donation in a competition of any kind.
13) Breeders will not knowingly misrepresent the characteristics of the breed nor falsely advertise dogs nor mislead any person regarding the quality of the dog.
The Northern Inuit Society does NOT allow the crossing of Northern Inuits with any other breed of dog – any breeder discovered doing this will be struck off the Society and no more litters will be registered to that person/kennel.
All Breeding Dogs & Bitches born after 1st January 2006 are to be hip scored and a satisfactory score reached before being bred from.
Northern Inuit’s and Utonagons
What’s the difference?
Brief Overview
The Utonagon is not the same the Northern Inuit.
The Utonagon Society was started by a group of people who had been kicked out of the Northern Inuit Society due to mal-practice (cross breeding their Northern Inuit’s with Akitas, Collies and GSDs). These people took their own Northern Inuits and the crosses they had created and re-named them Utonagons.
These people claimed on their website that the Utonagons were no different from the Northern Inuit, that they had just decided to rename them due to the controversy caused by the name Northern Inuit (this is not true).
In January 2005 the new chairperson of the Utonagon Society agreed that the Northern Inuit and the Utonagon are not the same, and confirmed that the Utonagon is a cross breed of the Northern Inuit, Collie and GSD and that they would be composing their own breed standard in the near future.
So as you can see although Utonagons started out as Northern Inuits and indeed that some of the much older Utonagons are in fact Northern Inuits that had their names changed by these people, these dogs now look nothing like the Northern Inuit and unlike the Northern Inuit the Utonagons are known to suffer with many health problems.
The Northern Inuit Society wish the Utonagon Society every success for the future in establishing their own breed.
By
Katharine