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Health Testing

All des Vents puppy parents will have received their CHIC certifications and have current results on all relevant testing. This means they will have their heart, hips, elbows, and eyes evaluated as recommended by the American Beauceron Club.

Temperament Testing

It is important to evaluate dogs to ensure they are sound and stable. This can be done in multiple venues, but the preferred method of testing for the des Vents family is a French-style temperament test, usually only available once a year through the American Beauceron Club. If access to that testing is not available, testing through the American Temperament Test Society or other venues is acceptable.

Structural Evaluation

A Beauceron is a beautiful dog with a specific breed standard to adhere to. No dog is perfect, but it is important to understand how each dog fits the standard and ensure each dog is structurally sound. To test structure, the preferred venue is a French-style evaluation, same as the temperament test. In addition, we prefer compete in conformation through AKC to earn Championships.

Performance Evaluation

Beaucerons are active, intelligent, powerful dogs. Just like we want to ensure our Beaucerons look like Beaucerons, we also want to ensure they fit the standard in terms of trainability and personality. We require our pairings to have parents who have proven themselves in performances venues through successful training and titling. With the varied goals of the collaboration, we have many venues our dogs compete in. We use this requirement to ensure that they have proven they can not only train at home, but also apply that training in a competitive environment

The Beauceron should be discerning and confident. He is a dog with spirit and initiative, wise and fearless with no trace of timidity. Intelligent, easily trained, faithful, gentle and obedient. The Beauceron possesses an excellent memory and an ardent desire to please his master. 

AKC Beauceron standard