Posted Date: 2000-09-16 14:07:00
By: Linda
Funny, everyone thinks that the waiting until 1 year and getting a vet health certificate is so wonderful and the perfect way to keep problems down. But, I know a lady that was a friend of the vets and she filled out her own vet certificates and got the vet to sign them and he never saw the dogs. I know people who have had their dogs ears surgically corrected and had braces put on their dogs teeth. And of course, at one year, go to another vet and get a health certificate. And when this was reported to the club, they didnt want to hear it. Again, it is up to the breeder, not the clubs to determine whether or not to breed that dog. No registry club is perfect, they all have their faults. If a dog is sold on full registration as a pup and their is nothing wrong with it, it is up to the new owner to determine whether that pup should be bred. If they buy a dog on limited registration, and want to switch to full registration, we require that they get a vet certificate before we will | 
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