In answer to the question posed on do you just test the show prospects eyes or the whole litter, I can confirm I always do the whole litter. It is important for me to know about all the puppies produced so I can better manage and understand my breeding programme vs. results. I just recently had two litters checked (4 puppies in one and 1 in another) I was still charged the full price on the singleton litter ( a bit mean - but there you go) �74.00 later I still had their 'MOT' to be done by my local vet with 3 having their vaccinations a further �114.00. No point in cutting corners - pleased to say they all passed with flying colours. However not so lucky was a litter being checked before mine with four Shelties in it - really cute too, only one passed! Although they may continue with the line using the 'clear' Sheltie - reality is that the others in the litter were not clear with the implication that she has this recessive gene and needs to be really careful with her breeding programme- hence my belief you need to have the whole litter checked.
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