Our Health Testing Standards

Our Health Testing for Parents

Our top priority is breeding and raising healthy, well adjusted puppies. This is why we take health testing our parents very seriously. At minimum, we meet the minimum standards set out by the Good Dog veterinarians for each of our breeds and our personal veterinarian. Each breed has its own risk factor, which is why our standards differ with different parents.

We believe based upon research and our discussions with veterinarians and other breeders, that our minimum standard is a great place to start with our health testing standard. It is always our commitment to continue to improve every aspect of our program through education and trial and error. Health testing is no different, while this is our minimum standard, you will see that many of our parents have more health testing than our minimum standard.

Our Labrador Retrievers have a minimum testing standard of:

D Locus (Dilute) DNA test
DNA Disease Panel which includes:
- Centronuclear Myopathy (CNM)
- Exercise Induced Collapse (EIC)
- PRA, Rod-Cone Degeneration (PRA-prcd)
Hip Dysplasia Finals (registered with OFA) or Hip Dysplasia Prelims (registered with OFA)

Our Australian Shepherds have a minimum testing standard of:

DNA Disease Panel which includes:
- Multiple Drug Sensitivity (MDR1)
Eye Certification (registered with OFA)

Our Aussiedoodles have a minimum testing standard of:

DNA Disease Panel

Our Goldendoodles have a minimum testing standard of:

DNA Disease Panel including:
- Degenerative Myelopathy (DM; SOD1A)
- PRA, Golden Retriever 1
- PRA, Golden Retriever 2
- PRA, Rod-Cone Degeneration (PRA-prcd)
- von Willebrand Disease I (vWD I)
- Ichthyosis, Golden Retriever Type

Our Labradoodles have a minimum testing standard of:

DNA Disease Panel including:
- Centronuclear Myopathy (CNM)
- Exercise Induced Collapse (EIC)
- PRA, Rod-Cone Degeneration (PRA-prcd)

Our Poodles have a minimum testing standard of:

DNA Disease Panel
Hip Dysplasia Finals (registered with OFA) or Hip Dysplasia Prelims (registered with OFA)
Elbow Dysplasia Finals (registered with OFA) or Elbow Dysplasia Prelims (registered with OFA)

Health Tested Parents Matter

Raising puppies to be a family's lifelong companion means that I take raising healthy puppies seriously: I want my families to enjoy their doggie companion and make a lifetime of happy memories together. I am committed to having parents for my puppies that are healthy physically and emotionally.

This is why we have a minimum testing standard for the health of our parents. Over the years I have had many conversations with families and I have heard stories, stories of surgeries completed within a dog's first few years of life because of hip dysplasia, a dog going blind before her time, and a young dog suffering with crippling hip dysplasia for years because of early neutering. These conversations have made me very aware of my responsibility as a breeder to only breed healthy parents and to educate families.

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