hips and eye scores

[stevie_87 2]

hi all. i have a 3 year old lab and he a real good looking dog. i was asked last week if i wanted to put him for stud but would have to get his eye and hips scored. i'm not sure what this means? i looked at the paper i have for him and his mother and father have theres done the father has 5/5 and mother is 6/6 . dont know what this means. i think that is there eyes . is that good/bad? can anyone give me some advice

 

stephen

[2434me 13]

That's pretty good for parents hip scores.

 

I had my two done this year .

Eyes tested at the vet clinic =====£48 per dog

Hip xray and test Quoted from £350 per dog !!!!! (I managed to get it cheaper )

DNA testing for GPRA and CNM £150 per dog(blood sent to Germany)Clear.

 

Thankfully both dogs have combined hip scores of less than 10

and both are clear for all the other tests.

 

The cost does vary at different clinics but its still not going to be cheap.

 

 

I have had dogs go bad in the past ! So personally, I wouldn't entertain a dog unless it was fully tested and clear !

[stevie_87 2]

thanks for that. it says on me form aswell they are clear from different things like u listed. that must be the blood. a didnt think it would be cheap.

[devonvale 0]

That's pretty good for parents hip scores.

 

I had my two done this year .

Eyes tested at the vet clinic =====£48 per dog

Hip xray and test Quoted from £350 per dog !!!!! (I managed to get it cheaper )

DNA testing for GPRA and CNM £150 per dog(blood sent to Germany)Clear.

 

Thankfully both dogs have combined hip scores of less than 10

and both are clear for all the other tests.

 

The cost does vary at different clinics but its still not going to be cheap.

 

 

I have had dogs go bad in the past ! So personally, I wouldn't entertain a dog unless it was fully tested and clear !

£350 seems very expensive for the hips, not long since i got my bitch done and was just over £100. The price for the eye test is about right,but there is only about 3 vets in scotland that does it,edinburgh,kilmarnock and i think the other one is up north.and you are about spot on with the DNA testing but that can also vary.

[2434me 13]

You are quite right about the hip cost !

 

The highest I was quoted was £350 per dog ! I didnt take that one !!!!!lolol

 

A vet came up from Edinburgh to Aberdeen to do the eye clinic .

[stevie_87 2]

the vet i use is in kilmarnock and they do the hips and eye scores must be the same one u were talking about. i live in neilston so its only 20 mins drive for me. not phoned them for a price for it yet.

[Clover 0]

the vet i use is in kilmarnock and they do the hips and eye scores must be the same one u were talking about. i live in neilston so its only 20 mins drive for me. not phoned them for a price for it yet.

 

Do many lab breeders have elbows scored? You could have these done at the same time as the hips. I had one of mine (not a lab - not a breed that has eye tests) hip and elbow scored recently and the total cost was around £200.