Dobermann

All tests should be done for every breeding:

vWD- Von Willebrands Disease is a disorder that pertains to the ability to clot blood. vWD is hereditary, so dogs are able to be proven clear by parentage.

Hip Dysplasia - Penhip or OFA

Eyes - CERF (for PRA)

Hypothyroidism - T3, T4 and autoantibodies should be tested for every year

Dilated Cardiomyopathy - Echocardiogram or Holter test (preferably both, as they show different things) should be done once per year and always before breeding. DCM can turn up without warning anytime during a dogs life, as young as 5 months, all the way up to 14 years or more.

The following should be checked thoroughly before deciding to breed your dogs. There are no actual tests that can determine if the genes are present or if your dog will get the disease, so you need to thoroughly research your pedigree and the pedigree of the stud you intend to use in order to determine the potential risk for the puppies that could come from the combination.

CVI - Cervical Vertebral Instability or Wobbler's Syndrome

Chronic Active Hepatitis - Copper Toxicosis (a particularly nasty liver disease)

Gastric Dilation Volvulus - GDV or Bloat

Albinism - No dog with albinism in the ancestry should be bred, PERIOD.

Colour Dilution Alopecia - CDA is found only in Blues and Fawns.

This link shows what the KC prefers everyone test for at a minimum for each breed, but you should research much more than what they require as it truly is a bare minimum. Nobody congratulates anyone for only doing the bare minimum!!

http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/down...healthreqs.pdf