[gemy]

Originally Posted by Breezeaway

Mardelin, What Selected Awards?

Yes, I feel health testing in the most important when it comes to breeding. But how truthful are those tests?

FlDebra, It was only a few months ago,on 9/14/10 that there were only 38 yorkies that were certified. Now you are stating all YTCA dogs in the ring have been certified...where is that documentation or is that just your opinion?
I also have to ask why the AKC is not even requiring (just recommending) bile acid tests with the Yorkie even though they have one of the highest % of liver shunt dogs in all the breeds? Where is the health concern there?

The following is just one small part of the two articles...

”Who would admit that their OFA certified dog became crippled or the CERF certified dog went blind? Not the vets, not the breeders, and least of all, the burgeoning health registries that were raking in . OFA doesn’t care that less than 5% of owners ever re-certify a dog's hips or elbows due to expense, radiation exposure, or anesthesia risk. That alone makes a mockery of hip certification. But it gets worse. The priceless clear-hips certificate may not belong to that dog. Substitution has become so common that breeders joke about dogs that "glow in the dark."

HEALTH CERTIFICATION (1) PERSPECTIVES, by Barbara J. Andrews

CERTIFYING HEALTH CERTIFICATION & TESTING, by Barbara J. Andrews

To what I bolded, perhaps some dogs don't have a CHIC number yet. You have to submit the paperwork in for it to be listed on the CHIC site; however OFA hips, elbows, knee testing should be listed on their site, if the owner agreed to post the results.