Terra, While I did all my dogs hips and elbows, and some were temperament tested, I was curious about some of the other tests that they dropped. Is it true that the thyroid test, as well as a heart check, is only good for one year? Am I mistaken in that? Could that be the reason that more GSDs did not do those tests? What other tests would be valuable (and not have to be repeated yearly to be "true") for the GSD. I truly am interesting in knowing. Stormy On Aug 29, 2010, at 6:31 PM, Terra Fairburn wrote: > We received our new CHIC # on Friday for DNL's SAGE Advice v Keggi > Fair and wondered why we got it now. Thanks Tish Walker for sending > out the information. A big thanks to the people involved in making > the change. I agree it will stimulate more to get their dogs > involved and improve the database for the betterment of our breed. > We had already had SAGE's hips/elbows and Temperament Test > accomplished so this was a nice surprise. > Thanks again for the information sent today by Tish...keep up the > good work on information sharing to the members via email. > Terra Fairburn & Nanc Kinley > Keggi Fair German Shepherds > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================