Health

A championship title for a dog does not guarantee that a dog is healthy! I am committed to producing structurally and temperamentally sound, healthy dogs. All of my dogs are health tested. I only select stud dogs that are health tested and compliment my dogs structure and temperament. My dogs have had their eyes, hearing, liver, patella's, hips and elbows, and cardiac tested. Their health records are recorded with the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals and is available for anyone to review. I publish both good results and those that may not be good as I would like. I only breed those dogs whose health is top notch. This doesn't mean that health problems won't occur but it does mean that as a breeder, I take health seriously and am doing everything I can to produce healthy dogs.

Structure

In addition to health testing, I evaluate my dogs structure to determine if they are structurally sound as you can see from Mia's soaped pictures below. Soaped pictures are of the dog with soap in their hair to put it close to their body so you can evaluate their structure. Mia shows good angulations in the rear legs, nice straight front legs with the appropriate chest and a U shape in the rear.

Vaccinations

In addition to health testing, vaccinations are important. Did you know that the same amount of vaccines for a Great Dane is given to small dogs? These little dogs are sensitive to vaccines which means that they could have an adverse reaction from mild to life threatening.

Recent research indicates that vaccines may last longer than one year. I highly recommend vaccine antibody titer testing to determine if your your pet will be protected from infectious disease if exposed and will not require an additional vaccination.  This can cost a little more but it is well worth it not to over vaccinate!

Updated: 1/11/2012

Mia's 'soaps' demonstrate structural soundness & proportion.

Diane 206-919-8311