HAVANESE
Zeus - Select
Roché - Best of Breed
Roché - Best of Breed
Thank You Judge Robert
Hutton
BICHONS
Pumpkin - 1st/Winners Bitch
Gracie - 2nd/Reserve Winners Bitch
LuLu
- Select Bitch - 1st points towards
her GCH
Betty - Best of Breed
Thank You Judge Doris Cozart
CERF and BAER Testing
The
Ibizan Hound Club of America, in conjunction with their National Specialty this
week, sponsored multiple health clinics including BAER (hearing) and CERF (eye)
testing. They opened it up to all
breeds, so we took advantage of the opportunity as much as we could.
Havanese Zeus, Ike, Pure, Jack,
and Boo all
passed their BAER tests.
Havanese Ike, Pure, Jack, Boo, and Bichons Nurple, Archie, and Tunia all passed their CERF.
It’s
nice to have a parent club provide the opportunity, during their specialty, to
obtain the OFFA certification that they recommends/requires. Many OFFA tests are easy to obtain. Some areas of the country are considerably
more expensive than others, but most tests can be done close to home. BAER testing is not readily available, and
can be quite expensive. To have it
available at a show for only $50 was great.
Since the BAER test is required, by the Havanese Club of America, to
obtain a CHIC, it would be wonderful if they could bring in someone and offer
it at Nationals. A CERF clinic would
also be helpful at Nationals (Havanese, Bichon, etc.) because it does save a
considerable amount of money to have it done at a show. We got together 20 dogs to have CERFs done at
the Kansas City Show this year because it was only $25. The regular price in the KC Metro area is
$65. The savings of $800 was far too
great to pass up. We even brought in some
of our old retired dogs (ages 12+).
Health Clinics can be big
moneymakers for the club and are something to be seriously considered. More importantly, they provide a service to
the exhibitors and promote health in the breed.
