Subsidised eye testing available at June Championship Show
The Large Munsterlander Club will be offering an eye testing clinic at its Championship show day on 20 June 2021. The event will take place at Oakridge Arena, Collingham, Newark NG23 7NZ.
All fees for Large Munsterlanders will be heavily subsidised by the Large Munsterlander Club. This means that dogs over eight years of age will be free of charge and dogs under the age of eight will cost just £10.
This is a saving of £34 for dogs over the age of eight and £50 for dogs under this age. Appointments must be pre-booked and you can download the booking form here.
In order to take advantage of this:
All fees for Large Munsterlanders will be heavily subsidised by the Large Munsterlander Club. This means that dogs over eight years of age will be free of charge and dogs under the age of eight will cost just £10.
This is a saving of £34 for dogs over the age of eight and £50 for dogs under this age. Appointments must be pre-booked and you can download the booking form here.
In order to take advantage of this:
- Appointments must be pre-booked and pre-paid
- Booking forms and fees must be received by Tuesday 8 June 2021
- Large Munsterlanders must be either, entered in the show or entered “Not for Competition”
- The owner does not have to be a member of the LMC but the dog must have a functioning microchip and the dog’s KC Registration Certificate must be present at the time of the test for the vet to confirm the test has been carried out.
- Previous eye test certificates must be handed over before testing (these will be returned)
When breeding from Large Munsterlanders we need to test for Hip Dysplasia, Elbow Dysplasia, Hereditary Cataracts and HUU, information can be found on the links below.
GIVE A DOG A GENOME
The Large Munsterlander Club are taking part in The Animal Health Trust “Give a Dog a Genome”
This is the latest correspondence from the team:-
Dear Lynn,
Thank you for summarising the health concerns you have for the Large Munsterlander. For each condition/concern we have considered a number of factors including:
· Is it a particular concern for the breed?
· Is it highly prevalent in the breed?
· Is there any existing scientific (genetic or clinical) evidence?
· Is it relevant to any of our current areas of interest?
· Is it relevant to the work being conducted by other scientists?
· Is sequencing of a single dog likely to be beneficial or helpful in any way?
After considering all of the evidence available we have decided that at the moment it will be most useful to sequence a dog with hereditary cataracts.
Fortunately we already have high quality DNA from a suitable dog available to us and we therefore do not need to obtain any samples at this time.
If you have any questions or concerns please email me on gdg@aht.org.uk.
Yours faithfully,
Louise and the rest of the Give a Dog a Genome Team
This is the latest correspondence from the team:-
Dear Lynn,
Thank you for summarising the health concerns you have for the Large Munsterlander. For each condition/concern we have considered a number of factors including:
· Is it a particular concern for the breed?
· Is it highly prevalent in the breed?
· Is there any existing scientific (genetic or clinical) evidence?
· Is it relevant to any of our current areas of interest?
· Is it relevant to the work being conducted by other scientists?
· Is sequencing of a single dog likely to be beneficial or helpful in any way?
After considering all of the evidence available we have decided that at the moment it will be most useful to sequence a dog with hereditary cataracts.
Fortunately we already have high quality DNA from a suitable dog available to us and we therefore do not need to obtain any samples at this time.
If you have any questions or concerns please email me on gdg@aht.org.uk.
Yours faithfully,
Louise and the rest of the Give a Dog a Genome Team