BEFORE WE STARTED TESTING WE FOUND DOGS WITH HEART DISEASE WHICH WERE REMOVED FROM OUR BREEDING PROGRAM AND EVERYONE WITH OFFSPRING FROM THEM WAS NOTIFIED.
THREE BREEDERS,THAT I KNOW OF,ARE STILL BREEDING OFFSPRING OF THESE DOGS WITHOUT TESTING THEM WITH A CARDIOLOGIST.

CH. SUE'S BLUE BEEMER HAS NOT BEEN TESTED YET AND IS OUT OF CH. STORYTIME'S HONKY TONK BLUES, WHO HAS HEART DISEASE. IF YOU HAVE A PUP WITH EITHER OF THESE DOGS IN THE PEDIGREE PLEASE HAVE THEM TESTED BY A CARDIOLOGIST.

IN MY OPINION,THE PARENTS NEED TO BE TESTED, TO MAKE SURE THEY WILL NOT PRODUCE HEART DISEASE, BY A CARDIOLOGIST!!!!

THE OTHER KENNEL IS MIDDLE MOUNTAIN AMSTAFFS AND BEN WOODHOUSE HAS CALLED AND REFUSED TO MAKE THE LONG DRIVE TO A CARDIOLOGIST. HE DID GO TO A VET AND HAVE THEM CHECKED AND NEITHER OF HIS STORYTIME DOGS HAD A MURMUR THE VET COULD HEAR. BUT,IN MY OPINON, THIS IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. IF THE CARDIOLOGIST IS TOO FAR AWAY MY SUGGESTION IS TO HAVE THEM DOPPLERED BY A VET THAT KNOWS HOW AND HAVE THE DOPPLER RESULTS READ BY A CARDIOLOGIST. SINCE BEN KNOWS THAT HIS DOGS HAVE PARENTS AND SIBLINGS AFFECTED WITH HEART DISEASE I FEEL THAT WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBLE THING FOR HIM TO DO.

THE THIRD PERSON IS MR. RODRIQUEZ IN MINNESOTA. HE HAS ALSO BEEN TOLD ABOUT THE HEART DISEASE AND THE NEED TO TEST HIS 2 DOGS FOR IT AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE HAS NOT TESTED THEM YET AND IS STILL BREEDING.

"IN MY OPINION, UNTIL A DOG IS TESTED BY A CARDIOLOGIST THERE IS NO WAY TO KNOW IF IT IS CLEAR OF HEART DISEASE."
YOU CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE FOR O.F.A. AT
http://www.offa.org
AND LOOK UP THE DOG'S NAMES TO SEE IF THEY HAVE BEEN TESTED OR YOU CAN CLICK ON THE OFA LINK BELOW AND VIEW THE OFA LISTINGS I KEEP UPDATED IN NUMERICAL OR ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
THEY MUST HAVE A (C) AFTER THEIR NAMES FOR THE TESTING TO HAVE BEEN DONE BY A CARDIOLOGIST. MANY VETS CAN NOT HEAR THE MURMURS CAUSING THIS DISEASE SO DO NOT ACCEPT A NUMBER WITH A (P) AFTER IT.
PLEASE HEED THIS WARNING SO EVERYONE WILL START TESTING FOR THIS DISEASE!!! ALSO MAKE SURE THE PARENTS OF THE PUP YOU ARE BUYING DO NOT HAVE HIP DYPLASIA.




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