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#62 ·
junfan68 said:
So, anyone with Chopper pups had the EIC test done yet?

I plan on having it done, but won't test until dog gets back from trainer in late October.

PM me if you prefer not to post.
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Nope. Not until he's two, passes hips, elbows, and eyes (done - just haven't sent them in- who cares without the hips and elbows being sound?). Then, I'll worry about EIC and CNM.
 
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I'm going to be testing my Chopper pup here soon. She already has her OFA, CNM, CERF. I need to update her CERF though. She's never given me any reason to believe she's affected and she gets excited about everything. Very much a handful but a team player about most things. Getting from the truck to the holding blind and honoring are the things in life that she finds the most difficult. Love her.
 
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JusticeDog said:
Nope. Not until he's two, passes hips, elbows, and eyes (done - just haven't sent them in- who cares without the hips and elbows being sound?). Then, I'll worry about EIC and CNM.
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Why not get the EIC test done as early as possible. Do you want to throw a years training into a dog that then drops from EIC unexpectedly and you then have to wash all those dollars down the drain.

Mark
 
#65 ·
Mark said:
Why not get the EIC test done as early as possible. Do you want to throw a years training into a dog that then drops from EIC unexpectedly and you then have to wash all those dollars down the drain.

Mark
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That's how I look at it. I tested my dog not because I was worried about whether she was a carrier or not, I wanted to know that my dog wouldn't go down after putting more training into her.
 
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I have a Chopper pup.

She is 4 months old.

I had her blood taken by my vet on Tuesday. It was also sent to Univ. of Minn. same day.

I will let you know the results as soon as I get them ......

She is CNM clear.

Chad
 
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Mark said:
Why not get the EIC test done as early as possible. Do you want to throw a years training into a dog that then drops from EIC unexpectedly and you then have to wash all those dollars down the drain.

Mark
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Haven't seen anything that concerns me... just my own personal choice on the order I do tests in. Why would I want to spend the $$ on an EIC test or CNM test if his hips and elbows don't clear? Besides, there are Affecteds that are Asymtomatic.
 
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If you use a pro trainer for your young dog work, you can easily have $7,000-9,000 into a dog before the dog goes down with an EIC attack. We have a young dog in our group that goes down, and it is concerning to all of us. Seems like a pretty cheap test to do, only $65.

We spent $10,000 on our old female before she started going down. This was our 1996 dog. We didn't know what it was, but knew we didn't want to breed her and spayed her, and stopped training her. She had a great life, hanging out, hunting pheasants/ducks, playing AKC Hunting Tests, etc. She just went down when we had little kids for company.

We prefer to purchase pups where at least one parent tests as clear for EIC and CNM, along with other known clearances.
 
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