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Health & Genetic Testing 🧬

As responsible dog breeders, we made sure to perform genetic tests on our dogs, before having our first litter, and used DNA testing to ensure an acceptable COI for our pairing.

Our dogs have been DNA health tested using Embark, which includes over 170 different tests! Our dogs are not affected by any genetic issues, including the following:

• Collie Eye Anomaly, Choroidal Hypoplasia, CEA (NHEJ1)
  • NOTE: like his father, Big Red, Kylo Red is only a carrier of the CEA gene, so is NOT at risk of developing CEA. Daisy Rey is not a carrier for CEA, so none of their puppies will be at risk of CEA.
• MDR1 Drug Sensitivity (ABCB1)
• Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis 1, NCL 5 (CLN5 Border Collie Variant)
• Selective Cobalamin Malabsorption (CUBN) (Border Collie Type)
• Trapped Neutrophil Syndrome (VPS13B)
• Sensory Neuropathy (Border Collie Type FAM134B/Acral Mutilation Syndrome GDNF-AS)
• Degenerative Myelopathy, DM (SOD1A)