Breeders and exhibitors Basset hounds & recently GBGV (KUSA Affix : MiDestino) from Top European and SA lines. Please visit our website for more info.
We are proud breeders and exibitors of Basset hounds & GBGV situated in a small town called Rayton, just outside Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa. We breed for excellent character, outstanding conformation and good health!! Our kennel is registered with the Kennel Union of South Africa(FCI affiliated) with the affix: MiDestino.
Please buy your puppy from a reputable breeder. Please don't support Puppy mills and Backyard breeders!! These so called "breeders" sell puppies of inferior quality and health!! You might think that you bought a bargain, but it is only when these puppies grow up that you will find that they don't have good confirmation, not to mention the health issues that these puppies are at risk of developing. As longs as these breeders gets support from the public, they will keep on breeding!!
All our adult hounds are registered with the Kennel Union of South Africa(KUSA) and they are regularly shown. Our dogs are not kennel dogs and walk around freely! New litters are carefully planned, so it might be a while before puppies will become available, so please be patient.
All our puppies will be registered with KUSA and will be inoculated, de-wormed, microchipped and vet-checked before they leave for their new homes. With your puppy you will get a puppy starter pack, information on Basset hounds, vet card and registration papers. The puppies grow up in and around our home - they are not kept in kennels, and will be well socialized. Our breeding stock is chosen from parents that are free from known genetic diseases to minimize the risk of our puppies getting these diseases.
If you are interested in getting a puppy from us, you have to complete the Puppy Application and send it to us, we will review your details and reply shortly with information on available puppies or time frame for expected litters. If you are not prepared to wait for our next litters, please reply with NO on that email, so that we can remove you from our waiting list. We sell our puppies to approved homes only, we don't sell to pet shops and puppy brokers. Prospecting owners must sign a sale agreement when acquiring one of our puppies! Please contact us if you want to receive this agreement to study beforehand.
We will notify everyone on the waiting list when there are puppies available for booking. Usually from around 8 weeks of age. With the booking of your puppy you have to sign a sale agreement. A 50% deposit will be payable with the booking of your puppy, balance payable with the collection of your puppy. Feel free to contact us to discuss other payment options!!
We will try our best to help you choose a puppy that will suit your family perfectly!! All our puppies will be well socialized to help them to adapt better to their new homes. Puppies will only be allowed to leave from about 12 weeks of age. Puppies can be shipped - from 12 weeks - to all major airports in Southern Africa - the cost will be for the new owners account. We can make the arrangements in this regard for you, you need only to arrange for collection at the destination airport.
Breeding Restrictions will be placed on all our puppies. Pet puppies will be spayed/nutured at 12 weeks - cost of this will be included in the asking price. Occasionally we might have Breeding/Show quality puppies available. We reserve the right to exchange your Pet/Companion puppy with another one if it is found that the puppy you booked develops as a excellent Show/Breeding puppy.
If you are interested in a Show/Breeding puppy your application will be carefully screened and considered. You also have to agree to take the puppy to shows when he/she is old enough. Breeding restrictions will be placed on all our Show/Breeding puppies, but can be lifted when the puppy receives his/her Championship and is at least two years old. The restriction will not be lifted before the puppy is 2 years old, regardless of his/her championship status. Please take note that every application to lift the Breeding restrictions on a Show/Breeding puppy will be carefully screened and evaluated. We reserve the right to refuse to lift the Breeding restrictions if we find that you are not willing to be a responsible breeder, and not willing to adhere to our guidelines!!
We reserve the right to refuse to sell you a puppy, if it is found that the agreement is not in the best interest of the puppy.
If you are interested in adopting an older Basset hound you are also welcome to complete a Puppy Appilcation and indicate on the bottom that you are interested in adopting. We frequently get requests to help rehome adult basset hounds. Prospecting owners will be carefully screened. A minimal adoption fee will be applicable to all available adults to cover the spay/nuture costs.
