Health
Testing our Boxers & Pugs
Prior to Breeding
Not all of our dogs are DNA tested
We are in the process of DNA testing...
On this page you will get more information about the health testing we do for our breeding Sires and Dams.
BOXERS (All of our Sire and Dams):
DEGENERATIVE MYELOPATHY (DM) - Degenerative Myelopathy is a devastating degenerative disease of the spinal cord that can progress rapidly and cause weakness in hind limbs and eventually paraplegia among genotypically affected dogs. DNA Testing.
ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR CARDIOMYOPATHY (ARVC) - Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy is an inherited condition that affects the muscles of the heart. ARVC is associated with sudden cardiac dealth and congestive heart failure. DNA Testing.
HIPS AND ELBOWS: Both are done by Xray
CBC- A complete Blood Count
DEGENERATIVE MYELOPATHY (DM) - Degenerative Myelopathy is a devastating degenerative disease of the spinal cord that can progress rapidly and cause weakness in hind limbs and eventually paraplegia among genotypically affected dogs. DNA Testing.
ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR CARDIOMYOPATHY (ARVC) - Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy is an inherited condition that affects the muscles of the heart. ARVC is associated with sudden cardiac dealth and congestive heart failure. DNA Testing.
HIPS AND ELBOWS: Both are done by Xray
CBC- A complete Blood Count
PUGS (ALL of our Sires and Dams) :
PUG DOG ENCEPHALITIS( PDE) : Also known as NECROTIZING MENINGOENCEPHALITIS. Pug Dog Encephalitis in an inflammatory disease of the central nervous system that is usually progressive and fatal. Symptoms of PDE include seizures, depression, blindness.
CBC- A complete Blood Count