BREED HEALTH : INFO/TESTING & ISSUES ;
SANDAHARR HAS A PERSONAL,COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH STATEMENT THAT WE GIVE TO ALL PUPPY OWNERS.WITHIN EACH HEALTH STATEMENT SHALL BE THE HEALTH SCORES OF THE PARENTS OF THE PUP THAT YOU SHALL BE TAKING HOME.ALSO CONTAINED IN THE HEALTH STATEMENT IS EVERY PROBLEM WE HAVE HEARD OF WORLDWIDE WITHIN THE BREED AND A LIST OF PROBLEMS WE OURSELVES HAVE SEEN IN THE DOGS THAT WE PERSONALLY HAVE BRED.ALL PAPERWORK IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE NEW OWNERS PRIOR TO THE BOOKING OF THEIR SANDAHARR PUPPY.
ALL BREEDER MEMBERS OF BUKS AND S.A. STUDBOOK SHALL SUPPLY THEIR PUPPY OWNERS WITH EITHER THEIR OWN HEALTH STATEMENT OR THE CLUB'S HEALTH STATEMENT. ALL BUKS BREEDERS ARE REQUIRED TO DO A MINIMUM OF HEALTH TESTING:
HIP XRAYS,ELBOW XRAYS,EYES CHECKED FOR ECTROPION/ENTROPION,FEMALES TESTED FOR HYPERPLASIA AND ALL BREEDING DOGS MUST BE DNA PROFILED BEFORE PUPS CAN BE REGISTERED.
THESE TESTS ARE MANDATORY-SANDAHARR ADDITIONALLY TEST FOR THE FOLLOWING DEPENDANT ON THE LINES:
HEART,PATELLA LUXATION,CYSTINURIA,GLAUCOMA,DIABETES,THYROID.
BE AWARE THAT ALTHOUGH BOTH PARENTS ARE HEALTH TESTED BY A BREEDER THAT SOMETIMES ANOMALIES CAN OCCUR AND THIS SHOULD IN NO WAY BE HELD AGAINST THE BREEDER AS THEY WILL HAVE ISSUED YOU WITH A FULL HEALTH STATEMENT (REQUIRED BY ALL BUKS BREEDERS) OF ALL ISSUES KNOWN WITHIN THE BREED AND THEIR OWN DOGS HEALTH RESULTS TO ALLOW YOU TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION AS TO WHETHER TO BUY A PUP FROM THEM OR NOT.ALWAYS REMEMBER THOUGH THAT NO BREEDER DELIBERATELY BREEDS SICK PUPS.
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