Make Kennel Club registration a mark of quality by only registering litters from dogs which have been health screened or DNA tested and found to be clear of breed specific hereditary disease. (This must include all schemes - not just the BVA/KC and other 'official' schemes)Actively promote the three welfare principles agreed at the BVA AWF stakeholder meeting 2009:
  Every dog should be born with the best possible chance of living a healthy and happy life, well suited to its intended
  lifestyle.
  All those who breed dogs should prioritise health, welfare and temperament over appearance when choosing which
  animals to breed, in order to protect the welfare of both the parents and offspring.
  All those who benefit from dogs have a collective responsibility to work together to protect dog welfare.Actively help to facilitate a long term project to collect DNA from all dog breeds to facilitate future DNA tests (as in Finland)Limit the use of stud dogs to no more than 12 litters (number would depend on existing genetic diversity and would therefore need to be breed specific)Promote online Mate Select for breeders to calculate Coefficients of Inbreeding (COI). Encourage a lowering of COI in all breeds to ideally below 6% based on a ten generation pedigree. COIs to be recorded on pedigree certificates against the breed average.Where Estimated Breeding Values (EBV) or Genetic Breeding Values (GeBV) are available, record these on pedigree certificatesBan the mating of close relatives, including second degree relatives such as grandfather to grand daughter.Allow outcrossing to a related breed to reinvigorate the gene pool if the Effective Population Size falls below 50, or where the incidence of a particular condition is highRequire health testing certificates to be included in the documentation given to puppy buyers.Require breed clubs to be open and transparent. Ordinary members of breed clubs should be entitled to see the Agenda and Minutes of Committee MeetingsRequire breed club committees to have at least one member to represent the interests of pet owners.Provide compulsory training for judges where the priority is on health and soundness, and avoiding exaggerated traits.Require breed clubs to keep an Open Health Registry so that the occurence of all genetic deseases can be monitored and openly shared by breeders and prospective puppy buyers.