Rolla Missouri Kennel Club
    Code of Ethics
This Code of Ethics is presented as a guide for owners, breeders, and potential breeders of purebred dogs, whose aim is the welfare and improvement of each individual AKC registered breed. It is designed to protect and advance the interest of purebred dogs.
As an Ethical Breeder and member of the Rolla Missouri Kennel Club, I promise to conduct my activities as follows:
1. To plan conscientiously each litter based on the sire and dam's appropriate temperament and qualities in relation to the individual breed's AKC approved official standard, and before producing a litter, consider the possibilities of properly placing puppies which cannot be kept by the breeder.
2. To use for breeding only those adults which are healthy, of sound temperament, and free from congenital defects and/or disqualifying faults.
3. To breed only healthy, mature bitches allowing proper spacing between litters and providing purchasers of pet quality puppies with limited registration and urge them to spay or neuter.
4. To keep my dog/breeding stock under sanitary conditions and give the maximum of health protection and to provide them with adequate shelter, food, and water at all times.
5. To register breeding stock and subsequent litters with the American Kennel Club and keep accurate records of matings and pedigrees.
6. Never to sell, lease, or supply puppies, studs, or bitches to pet shops, brokers, commercial dealers, or as stock for raffles, “give away prices”, or other undesirable buyers.
7. To make available to the novice the benefit of my advice and experience.
8. Never to let puppies leave my possession until they are atleast 8 weeks of age and to provide the buyers with written details on feeding, general care, dates and/or information on wormings and inoculations
9. To provide each buyer with at least a three generation pedigree on request and complete and deliver the forms necessary for registration.
10. To agree to advertise responsibly and to discourage the raising of purebred dogs merely as a money making venture.
11. I will conduct myself in a manner that will protect and advance the interest of purebred dogs.

As an Ethical Exhibitor and member of the Rolla Missouri Kennel Club, I promise to:
1. Not to exhibit any dog which has been changed in appearance by artificial means except as permitted by that breed's standard.
As an Ethical Owner and member of the Rolla Missouri Kennel Club, I promise to:
1. I will be responsible for my dog's health needs and to provide my dog with adequate shelter, food, and water.
2. I will be responsible for my dog's safety through proper containment, identification, and supervision when my dog and children are together.
3. I will not allow my dog to infringe on the rights of others by running loose or being a nuisance and will pick up and properly dispose of my dog's waste in all public and wilderness areas.
4. I will be responsible for my dog's quality of life by providing basic training, attention, and a commitment in my time and caring of my dog.

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Signed Date

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Signature of Officer or Board Member