Official OFA

Bird's health clearances are now all listed on the public OFA database, with the exception of her Cone Degeneration clearance which is via her sire/dam testing normal. You can view Birdee's OFA record [ HERE ]

Birdee's dam's CD clearance is being submitted to OFA which will complete her CHIC [Canine Health Information Center] requirements. There is a way to send the DNA info on sire/dam/get and acquire an OFA # for CD; so we plan to complete that process as soon as Gretta's clearance is posted to the database. The CD clearance will be Birdee's final requirement for CHIC. Read more about CHIC [ HERE ].

finding birds ;)

We spent the first half of the day yesterday and today working our dogs on birds. Kip is nearly 'tuned up' satisfactorily to attempt his final 2 legs at Senior Hunter. Our first hunting test of the season is Oct 28 & 29 in Kentucky.

Today we took the dogs down to Rick & Brenda's [Walnut Hill] and Kip did great. He's such a happy boy out there. It's a joy to watch. And a relief to see him behave himself. :-)