Health Testing.
This is sooooo important to ensure you get a long lived healthy new furry family member. I am a very strong believer in health testing. I do more then just the recommended test, as I want to prove and know that I have the healthiest and best I can bless a family with. Why breed a dog that is not healthy or won't produce healthy puppies. No one wants the heartache of being at the vets or the expense of it. Each breed or variety has different health issues so one must learn what those health concerns are and test for them. If you can not get results of the parents health test(not a vet exam, actual OFA health test) on each parent, then move onto another breeder or litter.
Health testing is a huge expense for a breeder. It can cost upwards of $500-1000 per dog for initial testing. Some tests such as CERF for the eyes, is done every year on every breeding dog. Our dogs each receive this test yearly before breeding. We use vets that specialize in their field for the testing. We have vets all over the area that do each specific test for us.
Toy and miniature poodles have had issues with PRA (progressive retinal atrophy) in the eyes. Now with optigen DNA testing for a marker gene for that as well as many other issues and we have been able to eliminate them from our breeding program. As most all toy breeds have patella (bad knees) problems all our small dogs are OFA normal on patellas before they are ever bred. Havanese, miniature and Standard poodles are prone to hip problems and are therefore tested after the age of two (they want to see hips at maturity) for hip problems. Therefore, we do NOT breed our dogs that need this test before that age (unless they are prelimed) as we want to ensure that we are breeding only healthy dogs. Why would anyone want a dog that has a health problem, you may pay a little more upfront for one that has tested quality parents, but it could save you huge heartache and vet bills later. Our puppies come with a 1 year guarantee. This is how confident we are in the quality of our dogs. If something were to go wrong with your puppy genetically, we will replace or pay some of your vet bills. Just see our contract for details. All quality breeders will only breed dogs that pass these test! If a breeder doesn't do these test, they are not likely breeding for quality but for money and you take greater risk of future vet bills.
Health testing is a huge expense for a breeder. It can cost upwards of $500-1000 per dog for initial testing. Some tests such as CERF for the eyes, is done every year on every breeding dog. Our dogs each receive this test yearly before breeding. We use vets that specialize in their field for the testing. We have vets all over the area that do each specific test for us.
Toy and miniature poodles have had issues with PRA (progressive retinal atrophy) in the eyes. Now with optigen DNA testing for a marker gene for that as well as many other issues and we have been able to eliminate them from our breeding program. As most all toy breeds have patella (bad knees) problems all our small dogs are OFA normal on patellas before they are ever bred. Havanese, miniature and Standard poodles are prone to hip problems and are therefore tested after the age of two (they want to see hips at maturity) for hip problems. Therefore, we do NOT breed our dogs that need this test before that age (unless they are prelimed) as we want to ensure that we are breeding only healthy dogs. Why would anyone want a dog that has a health problem, you may pay a little more upfront for one that has tested quality parents, but it could save you huge heartache and vet bills later. Our puppies come with a 1 year guarantee. This is how confident we are in the quality of our dogs. If something were to go wrong with your puppy genetically, we will replace or pay some of your vet bills. Just see our contract for details. All quality breeders will only breed dogs that pass these test! If a breeder doesn't do these test, they are not likely breeding for quality but for money and you take greater risk of future vet bills.
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What I test my havanese for:
BAER (hearing) Hips (displaysia is possible in all dogs, morso in larger breeds) Elbows Eyes by opthomologist every year! Patella (knees) (issue with all smaller dog breeds) Cardiac (heart) LCP (Its a hip issue) DNA tested clear of CD and IVVD I'm Happy to show you links to OFA where each test result is posted. |
What I test my mini poodles for:
PRA-prcd (blindness in poodles) Hips (displaysia is possible in all dogs, morso in larger breeds) Elbows Eyes by opthomologist every year! Patella (knees) (issue with all smaller dog breeds) Cardiac (heart) LCP (Its a hip issue) DNA panel of many test available as well. I'm happy to show you OFA link where each test result gets posted. |
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