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Originally Posted by PrestigeousYT  In a perfect world a breeding/show dog would be kept until 12 months and all health clearance would be done before being allowed to be shown/championed and bred.
I would like to see as much focus on health testing from all breeders from the top breeders and the the small breeders.
I have noticed in the most all of the contracts I have seen is that the key thing is they want the dog Championed before being bred, but they leave out the really important issues of all health testing/clearances done before being allowed to be shown/championed and bred. And some want you to run ads in the mags etc.
Why is that?
I think health testing should be one of the most important key to the contracts.
We are focusing much more on doing all the testing in our program right now. When we started no one did a lot of the health testing and still very few do, I hope more breeders will start doing more health testing. If you look on OFA the Yorkies there are not very many listed as compared to the number of Yorkies being bred. If you truly love the breed then health testing is something that has to be done. |
My dogs are bile acid tested before breeding and complete blood work is done and when I do get Radar back in December he will be in for his OFA certification on hip, knees, eyes ect....I couldn't do it when he was out on the show road but now he's coming home and all will be done concerning OFA. I have had him xrayed and from the film all is well and it was done on Cammie as well but she's only had one litter and is now spayed. But future breeding yorkies will have all tests done before being bred to insure I have healthy dogs! Both have been bile acid tested and cleared
Of course Cammie is spayed and had only one litter of two and one is in a pet home spayed and Molly is fixing to be spayed and be in a loving pet home! I totally believe in health testing before breeding and health being of the utmost importance! I didn't get Radar until he was 18 months old and I got Cammie around the same age and I prefer showing them when they are older anyway.