I just need to settle an argument between my fella and I. Can you get dogs hip scored if they are not KC registered . Im sure I have read someone you can, and Some labradoodles are scored and they havent been eligable for registration for long.

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to my knowlegde yes - as you take the dog to the vet they x ray the hips and send the xrays off to a professional scoring panel - who score the dogs - they then send the info back to the vet to contact you with the results - then if nescessary they also complete the paperwork to inform the kennel club - the kennel club do not have anything to do with the hip scoring they just set the standards and add the info to the dogs records.

hope this helps - as i said this is to the best of my knowledge if im wrong will someone please let me know......

susie

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How old does the dog have to be to be hip scored? And how much does it cost?

no they dont need to be reg with the kc but do have to be around 12 or 18 months

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it varies from vet to vet - its quite expensive as the dog has to be anesthised (sorry i cant spell today!!!) if you call your vet they can give you a quote - also you need to wait til dog is fully grown so around 18 months as before that its still developing.

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The last one we had done cost £185 just to give you a quide.

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Cheers does it cost more the get the score registered with the KC?

No its done automatically as they take all the dogs registration details at the vets and pass it with the xrays to the hip scoring people. They then pass the results to the KC and it goes on the dogs paperwork.

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Thanks, got a while to go yet but thought I would find out while we were on the subject, what about DNA testing for TNS etc when can that be done and how much is it?

Not sure about that one, I know the KC do two types of DNA testing, one is just a profile and the other is for certain health screening. Their website will tell you all about it.

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