Selected for what they carry forward.
Every Stokeshire companion begins long before a litter is born. Our breeding collection is built deliberately across generations, selecting dogs for health, temperament, structure, genetic diversity, coat characteristics, and the qualities we believe are worth carrying forward. This is where the Stokeshire Method™ begins.
Explore the published parent-dog genetic testing results and public Embark profiles below. Open them, and read what we read.
Explore the dogs ↓A pedigree is only the beginning.
A beautiful dog is not automatically a breeding dog. Before a dog contributes to the Stokeshire program, we look beyond appearance to the qualities that shape the companion a family will live with: genetic health, behavioral stability, structure, trainability, recovery, coat inheritance, and compatibility with the larger breeding population.
Each dog considered for our breeding program undergoes comprehensive, breed-appropriate health screening, including OFA-recorded evaluations, genetic health testing through Embark, and cardiac and ophthalmologic examinations as appropriate. These results guide our pairing decisions with the goal of reducing inherited health risks and producing healthier generations.
Testing follows age-appropriate timelines and is coordinated with guardian homes and their veterinarians. Veterinary documents remain private because they contain personal information. Public Embark results are linked in each profile.
Every dog carries something. A full genetic panel across 270 or more conditions will find a variant in most dogs of any breed, and a program that shows you a roster with nothing to disclose is either not testing or not telling. We list every flagged variant a dog carries, in the words Embark uses, and we pair around it. One copy of a recessive variant makes a dog a carrier, not a patient; a carrier bred to a clear partner cannot produce an affected puppy for that condition.
Original Embark data captured August 4, 2026. Scruffy and Clementine’s public profiles reviewed September 10, 2026.
Health and genetics
Genetic information is used to evaluate risk, compatibility, diversity, and inherited traits, not to earn a badge.
Temperament
Emotionally stable dogs that recover well, engage with people, tolerate handling, and suit their role in the program.
Structure and function
Size, movement, proportion, and soundness, with the strengths and weaknesses of each line considered before a pairing is planned.
Across generations
A litter is not an isolated event. We weigh what each dog contributes to the generations that may follow.
Panel
Number of conditions Embark tested for this dog. Newer panels test more.
Carrier
One copy of a recessive variant. Not affected. Bred only to a clear partner for that gene.
At risk
A variant with a dominant or additive effect, or a risk-based score. Disclosed and managed by pairing and veterinary guidance.
COI
Genetic coefficient of inbreeding measured by Embark. Lower is more diverse. We target litters under 10 percent.
DLA
Immune-gene diversity at two loci. High on both is the goal; low on either is a pairing consideration.
Coat genes
RSPO2 furnishings (F), KRT71 curl (T), MC5R shedding (T). These set the coat, not the dog's health.
Meet the collection.
Choose a group, then open a dog’s record to explore health testing and genetics.
Dogs being evaluated for future breeding. Inclusion here does not mean a litter is planned. Testing follows age-appropriate timelines and is coordinated with guardian homes and their veterinarians. Veterinary documents remain private because they contain personal information.
The dogs behind the dogs. The Stokeshire program has been shaped by dogs whose breeding careers are complete. Their influence remains in the pedigrees, traits, and generations that followed.
The variants named on this page.
The dog you meet begins with the dogs we choose.
A Stokeshire companion is the product of many decisions made before birth: the lines we preserve, the risks we avoid, the temperament we seek, the environment we provide, and the puppy we match to your family. You do not need to become a canine geneticist to choose well. That is our job.
For every litter pairing, we provide the health testing for both parent dogs, along with genetic compatibility and Punnett square analysis relevant to the pairing.
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