Puppies!!!!

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Originally Posted by slartibartfast

I like that you provide health guarantees, but the hip dysplasia one bothers me a bit...accurate hip films can only be done on animals over two years of age, but you only guarantee them to be free of it for the first 24 months of life. Wouldn't it look better for you to guarantee them for say the first 36 months?

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That is a good point about the age, it might be better to extend to 30 or 36 months. We based the 24 months on input from other breeders we work with. I also found this on the OFFA website regarding the reliability of preliminary scans.

"A recent publication* compared the reliability of the preliminary evaluation hip grade phenotype with the 2 year old evaluation in dogs and there was 100% reliability for a preliminary grade of excellent being normal at 2 years of age (excellent, good, or fair). There was 97.9% reliability for a preliminary grade of good being normal at 2 years of age, and 76.9% reliability for a preliminary grade of fair being normal at 2 years of age. Reliability of preliminary evaluations increased as age at the time of preliminary evaluation increased, regardless of whether dogs received a preliminary evaluation of normal hip conformation or HD. For normal hip conformations, the reliability was 89.6% at 3-6 months, 93.8% at 7-12 months, and 95.2% at 13-18 months. These results suggest that preliminary evaluations of hip joint status in dogs are generally reliable. However, dogs that receive a preliminary evaluation of fair or mild hip joint conformation should be reevaluated at an older age (24 months).

*Corley, EA, et al. Reliability of Early Radiographic Evaluation for Canine Hip Dysplasia Obtained from the Standard Ventrodorsal Radiographic Projection.
JAVMA. Vol 211, No. 9, November 1997."

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Originally Posted by slartibartfast

Out of curiosity, what were their parents hip scores?

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Both sire (Vinnie) and dam (Sophie) came back from OFFA as good. The doctor that did Vinnies x-rays thought in his opinion his should be excellent, but it came back as good.

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Originally Posted by slartibartfast

Also, the longer version of Lab is spelled "Labrador".

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Do we have it mis-spelled on the website somewhere? Guess I should run spellcheck before I publish ... :oops:

Neil

Yup, it's mispelled in a couple of places.

Glad to see you guys are doing things right. It's rare and refreshing amongst dog breeders.

I talked to a woman recently who to wanted to breed her Yorkie with bilateral luxating patellas and when I pointed out that he was not the best candidate for a stud, she told me scornfully "Well honey, it's not like he's registered". *rolls eyes*

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Originally Posted by Entropy

A woman work has a Goldendoodle, huge boy, very friendly but man oh man would i not want to be grooming that boy.

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Yeah, here is Vinnie, his nickname is Chewbacca for good reason. He has a very low shed coat, but we have to get him trimmed evey now and then. Some people really like the "overgrown" labradoodle look, but it gets to be too much and off to the groomer he goes.

http://www.sunsetlabradoodles.com/images/v0002.jpg