Rest ASSURED … We’re Kennel Club ASSURED! 

The Kennel Club introduced the Assured Breeder Scheme in 2004 to ensure the health and well being of dogs and puppies through good standards of care, breeding standards and practice.

The Kennel Club is the only organisation in the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) to certify dog breeders, under the Kennel Club Assured Breeder Scheme. This means that the Kennel Club is recognised as an impartial and competent inspector by the government’s sole national accreditation body. This gives the puppy buying public additional confidence that Kennel Club Assured Breeders are committed to meeting and maintaining high standards for caring for the health and welfare of their puppies and breeding bitches, and are the best point of contact for buying a healthy, happy puppy.

As part of this development all members of the KC Assured Breeder Scheme will be subject to a robust inspection once every three years by a KC Inspector. The inspection must be passed in order to remain a member of the scheme.

Derwent Spire Labradors last successfully passed this inspection on 14th  September 2020.

Further details of the Assured Breeder scheme are available on the Kennel Club website