HEATH TESTING GENERAL INFORMATION

1.  The Canine Eye Registration Foundation or C.E.R.F. issues certificates of eye health and maintains a registry on their website.   Click on the link to verify CERF testing.  This testing must be redone each year to keep the dogs certification current.

Spelling is very critical and typos on the site do occur so if a dog does not come up it may be an error.  You can look up dogs by full name, partial name, registration number, or CERF number.  If you do not find a dog that you think should be there check with it's breeder or owner.

You can also search by kennel name (or partial name) to see the dogs they have tested and registered.

2.  Orthopedic Foundation for Animals or O.F.A. issues certificates of hip, patella (knee cap), and thyroid health and keeps a registry on their website.  Click on the link to verify OFA testing.

In the past the thyroid tests were not very indicative or reliable.  Even now Michigan State (one of the top authorities) says that Greyhounds (so probably IGs also) can have much lower numbers and still be normal.

3.  Von Willebrand's disease or VWD is a blood clotting disorder.  There is a blood test that measures the amount of VWD factor in the blood and guidelines for what is normal, unknown, and affected.

4.  Our testing - Many of our dogs, especially the early ones, were tested but the results were not registered with CERF.

We have always had our dogs patellas checked but OFA has only recently begun it's certification program for this.

We are in the process of collecting text results and posting them to this site, this will be an ongoing process so if you have questions about a specific individual, please e-mail us.