Eye Testing - Not Aces

[Lowenhart]

I've got a problem, I began eye testing my dogs 8 years ago and did so diligently but for the last 2 years let things slip a little as we weren't breeding etc.

Most of my dogs that I want to test, including those who live as pets, are not microchipped - they don't have to because I live in QLD and I prefer not to put foreign bodies into my dogs when I can avoid it.

I need a vet in S/E QLD (preferably Brisbane) that can eye test the dogs, I have tried talking to ACES vets but they are "just microchip them". I am not willing to put microchips into my oldies just to get final eye clearances on them and when I pointed out that the American CERF system allows for dogs without tattoos or microchips they seemed honestly surprised. I'm not just eye testing breeding dogs but also paying to eye test their siblings/offspring that are neutered/spayed pets.

I want to be a responsible to my breed but this ACES thing is actually forcing me to breed from untested stock. Yeah, smart huh?

Any ideas?

[InspectorRex]

Ring the AVA for a list of Vet Opthamologists in your State.

[Greytmate]

Nobody is forcing you to breed from anything. The value of a scheme where each dog is identified is that the information can be collected into a database and can be used by future breeders.

You could get an independant vet to issue you with their own certificate, but that would only benefit you, not your breed as a whole.

I don't think it will be that long before microchipping is compulsory in QLD anyway.

[Lowenhart]

Nobody is forcing you to breed from anything. The value of a scheme where each dog is identified is that the information can be collected into a database and can be used by future breeders.

You could get an independant vet to issue you with their own certificate, but that would only benefit you, not your breed as a whole.

I don't think it will be that long before microchipping is compulsory in QLD anyway.

Actually I run the online Health testing database for my breed world wide, the AVA scheme doesn't have international links and in a breed were only a handful of breeders eye test in this country the international database I run has more information than the AVA scheme one does (or may ever have). Eye testing ALL the dogs I breed benefits the breed, whether the AVA records it in their little database or not.

I am looking for an independent vet, because the AVA ones won't touch my dogs. 2 years ago I was testing my dogs and those same vets won't deal with me now. If I was an unregistered breeder of pure or mongrels I could use their services with my unchipped dogs.

Microchipping may become compulsory in QLD down the track but right now it's not. I am unwilling to microchip my 9 & 10 year olds for a single 15 minute (or less) consult with a vet.

If ACES allowed me to test dogs without permanent ID like CERF does then I'd have been to the vet with the first lot of 7 dogs already. It's just frustrating.

But I have a lead on an independant eye specialist... fingers crossed!

[t-time]

Lowenhart, I am trying to remember if there was any issues about microchipping when I went to Alice Hampson at Albany Creek with Tashi. I really don't think so....

I want to get my little babes done and I don't want to chip them when they are still so little.

[Lowenhart]

Lowenhart, I am trying to remember if there was any issues about microchipping when I went to Alice Hampson at Albany Creek with Tashi. I really don't think so....

I want to get my little babes done and I don't want to chip them when they are still so little.

I've been in contact with an Edith Hampson from BVSC and she was unwilling to do the unchipped dogs but told me she's put it to the ACES board (so they were similar to CERF) and currently won't return my calls.