Health Testing

All of our adult Poodles in our program will be tested to OFA CHIC requirements listed below before being bred.

In addition to the OFA recommended testing we:

*Full dna panel through Embark or similar company

*Day blindness (not available through embark) through Cambridge University

*pra-rcd4 (not available through embark) through UC Davis

*Diversity (VGL) test through UCDavis.

OFA Recommended testing for Standard Poodles:

  • Hip Dysplasia (One of the following)
    OFA Evaluation 
    PennHIP Evaluation
  • Eye Examination
    Eye Examination by a boarded ACVO Ophthalmologist 
  • Health Elective (One of the following tests) 
    -OFA Thyroid evaluation from an approved laboratory 
    -OFA SA Evaluation from an approved derma pathologist 
    -Advanced Cardiac Exam 
    -Basic Cardiac Exam 

All health testing will be listed under each poodles profile on our website.