| Re: Newbie question about buying from Germany The OFA certifies dogs hearts. A cardiologist fills out a form after an exam (even though OFA accepts practitioner exams they are not worth the paper they are printed on) if the dog is normal you get a pink OFA certificate
Go to OFA Orthopedic Foundation for Animals and do a search for my young girl Frontier Komotion That will show you what a certification number looks like. In Annie's case her's is C at the end for cardiologist and ECHO because her heart was dopplar echo'd as well.
A few overseas breeders are sending heart certifications in to OFA also
Check the stickies in this forum for certifications and Gretchen posted actual photos of what they look like
The heart condition plaguing our breed is Sub Aortic stenosis SAS. Do a search here too and you'll find lots
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Diane - The Dogs of Frontier
"Annie" RN
"Bill" HICs, TT
babies-"Bonnie" & "Itsy"
ALWAYS missed VP Darla (SAS) 12/00-2/02 & U-CD Bea CD,RE,TD,CGC,TT 3/03 - 2/08 (bone cancer) |