Health Test your Dobermann.
By law all dogs / puppies must be microchipped. It’s equally important to ensure contact details are correct and changed if your details change.
Read the 2019 Dobermann Health Report by clicking here
All dogs are can suffer with health issues but sadly Dobermanns are prone to a number of health concerns so testing and awareness is crucial. Below you’ll find links to some key information.
General Health Issues
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Dobermann Health Issues
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VwD type 1
About the disease – https://www.vetgen.com/canine-vwd1.html and
Order a testing kit – https://www.vetgen.com/ordertests.aspx?id=Doberman%20Pinscher
PHPV – Eye Test
Pricing – http://www.bva.co.uk/Canine-Health-Schemes/Eye-scheme/
Find an eye specialist near you http://www.bva.co.uk/Canine-Health-Schemes/Find-an-eye-panellist/
Hip Scoring
Take your Dobermann to your vets along with your registration papers. Your vet will slightly sedate your dog and take x-rays of your dogs hips these will be sent to the BVA to be scored you will then get your dogs hips score back from the BVA normally within a month.
Procedure Notes – http://www.bva.co.uk/uploadedFiles/Content/Canine_Health_Schemes/Hip_Scheme/Hip%20Dysplasia%20Procedure%20notes%20-%202015.pdf
The Dobermann Breed average hip score is 10.
Pricing – http://www.bva.co.uk/Canine-Health-Schemes/Hip-scheme/
Heart Test for DCM
Echo & 24 hour Holter – You can book these tests through MBM Veterinary Group – Please be aware that due to COVID you should plan ahead as waiting times are 6/8 weeks for routine exams and Holter interpretation waiting time is around 3 months.
Cardiac biomarkers – for DCM
NT-proBNP: this is a marker of heart muscle wall stress, so it is likely to be high in Dobermanns with abnormal echos and early DCM (levels are very high in Dobermanns with heart failure and symptomatic DCM). Procedure Take your dog to the vet to have the blood drawn and send to IDEXX with the discount code – BNPDB Below 735 pmol/L is within normal range.
High sensitivity Troponin I is a marker of heart muscle cell damage, which occurs in Dobermanns with cardiac arrhythmias as well as echo evidence of DCM. Procedure – take your dog to the vet to have the blood drawn and send to IDEXX with the discount code – TNIDB. Below 0.07 ng/ml is within the normal range.
If you would like any of the above test done on your dog please download the forms below.
