Just wondering, if I was to purchase a Goldie puppy someday, I would be looking at the hip score of both parents (obviously there are other health test results too but just asking about hip scores for now) anyway, it's all very well reading the hip score of a website like champdogs, but how would you check it? Should the breeder have a certificate that you can ask them to produce on request?

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The breeder should show you the score sheet

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RIP all my babies.
Monty LabxGSD 1972-1982
Jody Black Lab1982-1999
KizzyLabx Goldie 1983-1994
Larry Yellow Lab 1985-1993
Charlie Black Lab 1986 -1997
Ben Yellow Lab 1985-1999
Pud Choc Lab 1989-2003
Bridgit Black Lab 1991-2004
Floss Yellow Lab1992-2006
Millie Yellow Lab1994-2010
My boy Ted, my first my last my everything.Golden Retriever 1/8/98-28/6/2011

Here you go
Health Test Results Finder

And you can check health test results on the Kennel Club's Health Test Finder page

http://www.the-kennel-club.org.uk/se...t/Default.aspx

thanks everyone - you're all stars

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Sometimes the health test finder doesn't locate all dogs though. It doesn't show my dog half the time and he is hip and elbow scored

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Yeah I just noticed that, tried it out with Florence's sire's details and nothing came up....

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It will be on the KC website! The BVA are perhaps a little behind but ALL scores are on the database!
Just key in the sire or dams full kennel club name!
And as someone has said - there is documentation from the BVA that the breeder will have!

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That's the downside, Rupert is Liberty King (golden retriever) with hip and elbow scores and wont be there still I doubt.

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Cool name though

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