About
Myself (Jo Dalton) and my husband (Paul Dalton) are very experienced owners and fully inspected, Kennel Club Assured and Local Authority 5 star rated licensed breeders of Boston Terriers, Whippets and Standard Smooth Hair Dachshunds, having both owned and been involved in dogs all of our lives. We have been breeding as a husband and wife team since 2000 and have owned, bred and loved Boston Terrier’s since 2009, Whippets from 2017 and more recently in early 2023 gone back into Dachshunds, all be it standards this time for the time being. Together we are "Mumuland Kennels" ironically we don't actually own any physical kennels as all of our dogs live in our home as part of our family. But "Mumuland Kennels" sounds better than just "Mumuland".
I was involved with rescue Whippets when I worked for the RSPCA during 1995/1996 and have loved the breed ever since. We have owned and bred all three varieties of Miniature Dachshunds but due to the health issues we experienced with our Miniature Dachshunds from 2000 - 2009, we decided we had to make the very difficult decision to pause our breeding programme and have a long hard think about our future as dog breeders. From 2011 we owned French Bulldogs, but despite doing what we could to ensure the health of our dogs and having each one of our five French Bulldogs health tested to FBCE (French Bulldog Club Of England) Gold standard, the increased health issues associated with the breed and experienced with our own dogs meant that in 2014, we were forced to make yet another very difficult decision to stop breeding them. Put plain and simply, in both instances, we could not justify the continuation of breeding a breed of dog or from our particular lines, when we felt we really could not guarantee the health of the resulting puppies, no matter how much we loved the breed.
Our kennel name “Mumuland” (pronounced ‘moo moo Land’) comes from Bill Drummond’s band ‘The KLF’ and was granted in early 2013 and has replaced our former kennel name of ‘Daltdach’ which was Dachshund related as we needed a Kennel name unassociated with a single breed that at the time we no longer owned or bred. We still own the kennel Name 'Daltdach' but no puppy has been registered under it since April 2013.
We strive to breed happy, healthy dogs, who are of sound temperament and type who conform to the breed standard for all three breeds as well as Fit For Function. Therefore we health test all of our breeding dogs, the health tests for our Bostons include patella scoring, heart testing and regular BVA Eye examinations for Late Onset Hereditary Cataracts. In addition to this all of our Bostons are either 'DNA tested Clear' or born 'Hereditary Clear' of Juvenile Hereditary Cataracts, meaning ALL Boston Terrier puppies that have been / are bred by us are born 'Hereditary Clear' of JHC. Although there are no Kennel Club recommended health tests for Whippets, as they are on the whole one the healthiest breeds that exist - we do for our peace of mind, have our whippets heart tested by BVA specialist cardiologist annually. We also are keeping a close eye on what developments are happening with the Whippet Breed Council as to possible new health testing schemes for our beloved breed. Again there are no recommendations for health tests for the standard Smooth Hair Dachshund, but all of our breeding dogs will be X-rayed and screened for IVDD at the age of two before being bred from.
We are members of the Northern Boston Terrier Club, The UK Whippet Club and have recently rejoined the East Of England Dachshund Club. We are very proud of the fact we are fully inspected UKAS Kennel Club Assured Breeders and are 5 Star rated Local Authority Licensed Breeders after moving to our permanent home here at Swineshead Bridge in Lincolnshire. Which is the next village to the one in which we lived from 2012 - 2017 before we moved to Newark in Nottinghamshire in May 2017, we held our first 5 star local authority breeding licence in Newark as well. We are very pleased to be back in the peaceful Lincolnshire Fens and feel very lucky to live where we do, with plenty of space and endless countryside along side us for the dogs to explore.
I am passionate about everything I do and have been fully trained in dog Ultrasound Scanning since 2011, trained and registered as a Pet Microchip implanter in 2004 and trained and qualified as dog behaviourist with he Academy Of Dog Training, I am also trained in other dog breeding related practices and run 'The Top Dog Breeding Welfare & Education Centre' which is a comprehensive Dog Health, Welfare & Breeding service for breeders and owners of 'Man's Best Friend'. I am currently training to be able to offer the iPET Network, Ofqual Regulated Dog Breeding Courses, along side offering dog welfare consultancy and writing content on dog breeding and breed specific literature of her chosen breeds. This is to help educate dog breeders and dog owners alike, in addition to striving to improve and reform dog breeding practices and first and foremost dog welfare here in the UK.
I am a co author of The Boston Terrier Handbook complied by Linda Whitwam and have written my own puppy handbooks for each of our chosen breeds (a copy of the relevant puppy handbook is given to each of our puppy buyers). I am currently working on a dog breeding handbook which will hopefully be ready to publish later this year.
I also currently undertake public speaking engagements and offer a comprehensive dog welfare and breeding consultancy service.
Visit our website at www.mumuland.co.uk
