Rules & Regulations

ALAEU registers Australian Labradoodles and Origin Labradoodles, which are used for inbreeding and provides breeders and owners with accurate pedigrees.
The rules of registration are made by the ALAEU Executive Board which may allow registration of dogs that are not owned by ALAEU Members
Australian Labradoodle Breeders may be a Member of ALAEU. Exceptions are:
- Anyone who buys dogs with the intent to sell on to others.
- Anyone who breeds, buys or sells dogs in ways that do not comply with ALAEU’s goals and interests.
- Anyone that has been convicted of neglect or mistreatment of animals.
Decisions about membership are made by the ALAEU Executive Board. If it is found that the conditions in point 3. are not complied with, then membership can be annulled.
The ALAEU has elections for either 3 or 4 Executive Board positions in alternating years, so that each Executive Board position’s term will be two years.
Only ALAEU Australian Labradoodle Breeders may be elected to the ALAEU Executive Board or may vote in ALAEU elections.
Membership fees are to be charged annually. Fees may be changed once per annum by an Executive Board decision.
Breeders must adhere to the ALAEU Rules and Regulation and the ALAEU Code Of Ethics. Any breech of conduct will be met with disciplinary action that can include suspension or dismissal from the ALAEU. The Executive Board has decision making powers in regards to disciplinary actions.
A breeder must request a Kennel Prefix and pay the applicable fee. A Kennel prefix is the name that will appear at the beginning of a puppy’s Registered Name to identify a puppy’s breeding kennel. For example, if a Kennel Prefix is “Cedar Park,” a newly registered puppy named Rufus would be officially known as “Cedar Park Rufus.”
A breeder must register all breeding dogs owned or leased that are used in their Labradoodle breeding program including: Labradoodles, Poodles, Labradors, Cockapoos and any derivatives. Dogs must be registered before they may be bred. The “registering a breeding dog” form has to be used.
For any dog purchased, an ALAEU breeder must submit health testing (eyes, PRA/PRCD, hips and elbows, patella’s and vWD) BEFORE the dog may be bred. A DNA profile of the dog has to be made as well before breeding.
Breeders must be open to kennel inspections if requested by the ALAEU Board of Directors.
Breeders must at all times be in compliance with the laws in the Breeders country of business and residence.
Breeders must use an ALAEU approved Contract of Sale for each puppy and the contract must have been submitted to the ALAEU registrar. Breeder must also provide the ALAEU with a copy of the current care sheet (detailing dietary advice, basic training and care) and health guarantee which he/she provides to each customer who purchases a Puppy. A health guarantee of at least 2 years is obliged.
All Dogs in the Breeder’s programme and sold by the Breeder must be permanently identified by microchip or tattoo and the microchip/tattoo number must be supplied to the ALAEU on all transactions.
Breeders must never knowingly mate a particular pair of Dogs which could produce offspring with a genetic illness that could affect the quality of life of offspring from the Dogs. The ALAEU will provide a list of disorders that prohibits any Dog owned or leased by the Breeder, in being a Breeding Dog.
Members must supply the ALAEU with unedited photo/s and accurate pedigrees when submitting applications for ALAEU Dog registration. Dogs can only be registered as breeding dogs if at least 75% of the pedigree is traceable within the ALAEU, ALAA, ALA, or other FCI or official kennel clubs and the pedigree have to be signed by the breeder.
The ALAEU will only accept Parent Breed Dogs which are registered with either FCI or other nationally and internationally recognized kennel clubs. Origin Labradoodle linage must be approved by the Executive Board before registration can take place. Only Origins that can provide documentation of Purebred status of parents, grandparents or great grandparents will be considered. Inbreeding of any parent breed (including Labradoodle Origin) has to be approved by the board before mating takes place. For asking permission for inbreeding any parent breed a breeder has to provide the board with the following:
- unedited pictures of the dog, on which you can see boning, tail, head, body and coat
- official pedigrees
- health records (at least eyes, hips and elbows)
- written document why breeder thinks inbreeding this dog is necessary for improving the breed of Australian Labradoodles.
The correct ALAEU Accredited Breeders Logo must be displayed on all Breeders’ websites.
Breeders must not use the ALAEU logo(s) until they have been notified that their accredited Breeder membership has been accepted by the ALAEU, and furthermore the ALAEU accredited Breeder logo must be removed from all marketing material, websites etc in the event that their accredited breeder membership is cancelled or suspended and they must cease to make any representations as to any affiliation with the ALAEU.
Breeders must provide accurate information and identify all Breeding Dogs in their programme by registered name, ALAEU registration number, name of breed, generation and registered colour on their website or in any other form of public promotion
Breeders must not provide promotional publications; written, verbal or video representing the opinions of the ALAEU membership without written permission from the ALAEU Board.
Australian Labradoodle Puppies and Origin Labradoodle Puppies must be spayed or neutered before going to new homes (including therapy dogs) or have to be sold with a contract. The following obligatory statements will apply:
- the puppy should be neutered before the age of 1 year
- a written proof of neutering/desexing of the veterinarian should be provided to the breeder. Breeder has to send this to the ALAEU before puppy is 13 months old.
- the contract should mention a fine of at least 10.000 euro when the puppy isn’t neutered/desexed within the year following its date of birth
- the puppy cannot be used for breeding
- the contract cannot apply to puppies which are going to live abroad (abroad being another country than the one in which they were born)
- A copy of the signed contract (signed by breeder and buyer) has to be sent to the Compliance Officer when registering the litter (max. 110 days after the birth of the litter)
- The registration fee for puppies under contract will be 20 euro per puppy, instead of the usual 10 euro per puppy
- The breeder is responsible for the execution of the contract and should actively see to it that neutering/desexing is done within the agreed timeframe.
- If a dog cannot be neutered within the year because of medical reasons, a written motivation of a veterinarian has to be sent to the ALAEU.
- Until written proof of neutering is provided to the ALAEU, the dog will remain registered with the breeder in the ALAEU database.
- The dog’s official ALAEU pedigree will only be issued after written proof of neutering is provided to the ALAEU
- If a puppy is not neutered/desexed before it reaches the age of 1 year the breeder will have to pay a fine of 1000 euro to the ALAEU, unless he has proven to have done everything within reasonable options
- The desexing or postponed desexing form has to be sent to the ALAEU.
- Forms will be provided for said purpose. All Puppies must be identified by microchip prior to or during de-sexing.
- Breeders are only allowed to keep or sell maximum 3 puppies from a litter as breeding puppies.
The ALAEU must be notified by the Member of any Breeding Dogs or Puppies that have been diagnosed with any quality of life inhibiting or chronic diseases, noting the name and registration numbers of both the sire and dam. This is for the ALAEU records on the genetic health of the breed. Please provide veterinary documentation whenever possible.
Breeders may not lease any Dogs to another breeder who is under suspension or deactivation from the ALAEU.
Grading terms on the ALAEU database may be changed by the ALAEU registrar if errors are noted, or in cases of general changes to the grading scheme. Member Breeders will be notified if this is done.
Breeders must only use Australian Labradoodles, Labradoodle Origin, Parent Breeds and Parent Breed Infusions consistent with the current membership approved ALAEU Breed Infusion Guidelines and ALAEU Grading Schemes of Labradoodle Origin, Australian Labradoodle Foundation and Pure Australian Labradoodle. For inbreeding of any parent breed please look at rule nr 16.
Breeders’ passwords to the ALAEU database must be kept private.
A breeder must register all bred litters within 110 days after birth. Although all litters must be submitted, some litters will not be registered due to an ethics conflict. These litters include, but are not limited to, litters of bitches whelp under the age of 16 months or over the age of seven, and litters in which the breeder has disregarded health and genetic standards by implementing or allowing inbreeding and/or permitting two dogs to breed knowing health issues of the cross may result.
Breeding of a pair of Australian Labradoodles who are both 50% poodle (or 50% other parent breed) is definitely not advised.

All fees for membership or registration have to be paid immediately using paypal via the ALAEU website or by banktransfer:

	ING bank
	Australian Labradoodle Association of Europe, Biezenmortel
	Bankaccount 4912514
	IBAN NL 74INGB0004912514
	BIC INGBNL2A

Written approval from the Executive Board must be obtained if a Breeder wishes any variation to the ALAEU Code of Ethics or Rules and Regulations, specific to his/her programme.
Health requirements – The following health tests and results are obligatory before breeding a dog and breeders must provide accurate and true copies of these tests before breeding that Dog in their programme. All tests of dogs that have been submitted for registration will be listed on an open database for breeder viewing.
- Hips
  - Hips have to be tested by OFA or BVA. Penn Hip will be encourages but is not allowed as the only score.
  - Breeders are only allowed to breed the combination of two dogs with the following hipscores:
    - OFA excellent with OFA excellent, good or fair
    - OFA good with OFA excellent, good or fair
    - OFA fair may only be bred with another dog with OFA excellent or good
  - Breeders are not allowed to breed with dogs with hipscores below OFA fair
  - OFA excellent = BVA 0-4
  - OFA good = BVA 5-10
  - OFA fair = BVA 11-18
  - Breeding dogs born after 01-01-2012 who do have a OFA prelim result of Fair, have to be retested at the age of 2 years. The final test is the one that counts.
- Elbows
  - Elbows have to be tested by OFA or BVA
  - Breeders are only allowed to breed with dogs with Elbow normal result.
- PRA-PRCD
  - Dogs have to be clear by parentage (both parents have to be clear) or have to be tested by DNA. This test can be done by van Haeringen or Genomia
  - Breeders are only allowed to breed with a pair of dogs of which at least one dog is clear.
- Eyetest
  - Has to be done once in every two years by a certified canine opthalmoligist
  - With the following diseases it is breeders option to choose whether to breed or not:
    - Persistent papillary membranes, iris to iris
    - Chroninc superficial keraitis/Pannus
    - Corneal degeneration
    - Corneal dystrophy-epithelial/stromal
    - Corneal dystrophy- posterior polymorphous
    - Distichiasis
    - Ectropion
    - Entropion
    - Exposure keratopathy syndrome/macroblepharon
    - Imperforate lacrimal punctum
    - Iris cysts
    - Optic nerve-micropapilla
    - Persistent hyaloids artery (PHA)
    - Prolapsed gland of the third eyelid
    - Retinal dysplasia-folds
    - Vitreous degeneration.
  - With the following eye diseases it is forbidden to breed with:
- DNA Profile
  - All breeding dogs have to be DNA profiled by van Haeringen or (Engels instituut)
- van Willebrand type I(breeding dogs born after 01-01-2012)
  - Breeding dogs born after 01-01-2012 have to tested for van Willebrand type I. Test can be done by DNA by van Haeringen or Genomia.
  - Breeders are only allowed to breed a pair of dogs of which at least 1 dog is free of van Willebrand.
- Patella’s (breeding dogs born after 01-01-2012)
  - Patella’s have to be tested by a recognized specialist.
  - Breeders are only allowed to breed the combination of two dogs with the following patella scores
    - patella grade 0 to patella grade 0
    - patella grade 1 to patella grade 0
Addison’s disease is a serious disease and unfortunately there is no test to show us which dog is a carrier or not. Breeders have to take their responsibility in trying to avoid this disease to pread out in the population of Australian Labradoodles. Therefore we have guidelines for dealing with Addisons. These guidelines are based on those of the American Poodle Club since they have a long history of dealing with this disease. The guidelines are:
- Affected dogs should not be bred
- High risk dogs (A dog with close and/or multiple Addisonian relatives) should not be bred to another with similar risks.
- Only very high quality dogs with close Addisonian relatives should be bred.
- High risk dogs should be bred sparingly and only to those with very few Addisonians in their lines
- Puppies of carriers should only be sold as family pets. As carriers we consider parents and children of affected dogs.

Definitions

Australian Labradoodle - Any Dog recognised as an Australian Labradoodle under the current ALAEU grading scheme.

Breeder- Any member of the ALAEU that owns one or more Australian Labradoodle Breeding Dogs registered with the ALAEU.

Breeding Dog – Any Dog that is intended to be used for breeding purposes by the Breeder.

Dog- Any member of the species Canis Familiaris, regardless of gender.

Executive Board – The current ALAEU Board members elected by the ALAEU Membership.

Member- Anyone that has been granted membership of the ALAEU.

Origin Labradoodle- Any Purebred Poodle and Purebred Labrador cross breed or multigenerational Poodle/Labrador Crossbreed with documented lineage from an ALAEU approved Kennel Club.

Parent Breed- Any Dog recognised by the ALAEU as a Parent Breed of the Australian Labradoodle (currently Poodle (any size), Labrador Retriever, English- and American Cocker Spaniel and Irish Water Spaniel).

Purebred – Any dog having “purebred” status with an ALAEU recognised Kennel Club.

Puppy- Any offspring produced by a Breeder’s Dog(s) that is sold or is intended to be sold to others and not sold or retained for breeding.

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