Bichon Frise Puppies for Sale

The Bichon Frise is a wondeful family companion, very playful and affectionate with children and other animals. Bichons require daily grooming. Professional grooming is recommended every eight to 12 weeks. When looking for a Bichon Frise dogs for sale or puppies for sale, remember that Bichons have breed related diseases such as patellar luxation, epilepsy and dental problems.

When visiting a litter, a potential owner should ask to see documentation of the Bichon Frise litter's parents' clearance from the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA). Reputable breeders of Bichon Frise will also be willing to share information about common inherited diseases in the breed and if they are common in the particular Bichon Frise line, such as corneal dystrophy and immotile ciliary dyskinesia (a defect that can cause chronic respiratory infections, sterility in males and females and loss of hearing). You should also ask to see the pups' and parents' CERF documentation to make sure that the parents are free from PRA (progressive retinal atrophy - a serious inherited eye disease that results in total blindness). Don't just take the breeder's word for it: see the parents' clearance documentation.