[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: CHIC

  • From: brian and sara minsk <ninemaplefarm@xxxxxxx>
  • To: Lealynn@xxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 12:25:37 -0500

Sorry...just got to this e-mail.

Sara
On Dec 11, 2011, at 10:25 AM, Lealynn@xxxxxxx wrote:

> From the 2010 Red Book ( A GREAT Christmas Present)  
> The German Shepherd Dog Club of  America established the Health Award of 
> Merit to recognize those owners  of dogs that have achieved a level of Health 
> Excellence in Testing for  health problems that confront our breed. From 
> 2005 to 2010 the Health Award of  Merit was identical to the GSDCA 
> requirements 
> for the Canine Health Information  Center, also known as CHIC. CHIC is a 
> centralized canine health database jointly  sponsored by the AKC/Canine 
> Health 
> Foundation (AKC/CHF) and the Orthopedic  Foundation for Animals (OFA). 
> Their mission is to provide a searchable source of  health information for 
> owners, breeders, and scientists, that will assist in  breeding healthy dogs. 
> Those dogs that have achieved that superior level of  testing for health 
> issues 
> are listed on this Health Award of Merit page.   
> GSDCA  Specific Requirements: 
> * Hip Dysplasia through OFA  evaluation 
> * Elbow Dysplasia through OFA  evaluation 
> * Congenital Cardiac Database  through OFA evaluation 
> * Autoimmune Thyroiditis through OFA  evaluation from an approved 
> laboratory yearly 
> * Temperament Test – Results of  GSDCA Temperament test submitted to OFA 
> * Eye Clearance ( Optional) – CERF  evaluation each year until 6, 
> thereafter every 2 years 
> * Degenerative Myelopathy (  Optional) results submitted to OFA 
> 
> Liz
> _www.lealynn.com_ (http://www.lealynn.com/) 
> GSDCA member since  1976
> Signers of the Breeders Code
> AKC Breeder of Merit  
> 
> 
> In a message dated 12/10/2011 7:28:55 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
> texasgsds@xxxxxxxxx writes:
> 
> TheCHIC  requirements were recently changed to make it easier for GSD's to 
> complete the  requirements
> 
> 
> 
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