To better validate our health screening program starting in Aug. of 2008 we will start doing only VPI health check on all our dogs, for ALL health checks not just hips/elbows! A personal scanner has been purchased and we will be using this to prove that we have the same dog in hand as on paper. All our dogs are micro chipped for permanent ID!

http://offa.org/vpi.html

We are currently doing health checks on Hips and Elbows, X-Rays are sent into the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA) for evaluation, results can be found at http://offa.org/search.html . We have eyes checked yearly by a board certified, veterinary ophthalmologists and results can be seen at the Canine Eye Registration Foundation  ( CERF ) http://www.vmdb.org/verify.html . We started doing Cardio checks in early 2007 and now all our dogs have their cardio clearance done yearly by a board certified Cardiologist, results can be found at  http://offa.org/search.html . In early 2008 we started doing Thyroid checks and now all of our dogs have their Thyroid clearances, blood samples are sent into an OFA approved laboratory and the results can be found at http://offa.org/search.html . We have AKC DNA Profiles done on all dogs, as well as donate blood samples to the AKC Canine Health Foundation for future DNA research studies to improve the health of the breed!

 

                                                            

 

 

       The Alaskan Malamute Club of America asks all Malamute owners to participate in the University of Minnesota Thyroid Study.

*** We are Proud to have our Malamutes a part of the Thyroid study at the U of MN, it is after all about the betterment of the breed ***

 

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