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Health Testing---
All of Cow Creek Doodles’ breeding dogs will go through health
testing to provide the best quality and healthy dogs. The
breeding dogs will be tested OFA Excellent, Good, or Normal
on Hips, Elbows, Cardiac, and also CERF on their eyes.
Poodles and Goldendoodles will eventually be tested on Von
Willebrand’s Disease.
Temperament Testing---
All of Cow Creek Doodles’ puppies will be given a form of the
Volhard Puppy Aptitude Test. Still we cannot guarantee
temperament, but we give the test to show how a puppy is
reacting currently.
Improper Bites---
Poodles seem to have a genetic issue (the improper bite or
underbite) that crops up from time to time. Many breeders have
yet to be able to stop it because it involves eight genes. Any two
of the eight genes randomly matching can cause it. Poodles
seem to be the carriers of one of the eight genes, so which
random breeding partners express it in a few of their offspring
is always a surprise. The improper bite or underbite is far from
a serious concern and is not life threatening or life altering. It is
a homozygous recessive gene that both the dam and sire could
be guilty of passing it on to their offspring. A slight underbite in a
puppy is one of the traits that could make a Goldendoodle a
great pet quality puppy. It is commonly not possible to actually
see the underbite until teeth come in around 6 to 7 weeks of
age. There are a few purebreds in which an underbite is the
breed standard.
All of Cow Creek Doodles’ breeding dogs will go through health
testing to provide the best quality and healthy dogs. The
breeding dogs will be tested OFA Excellent, Good, or Normal
on Hips, Elbows, Cardiac, and also CERF on their eyes.
Poodles and Goldendoodles will eventually be tested on Von
Willebrand’s Disease.
Temperament Testing---
All of Cow Creek Doodles’ puppies will be given a form of the
Volhard Puppy Aptitude Test. Still we cannot guarantee
temperament, but we give the test to show how a puppy is
reacting currently.
Improper Bites---
Poodles seem to have a genetic issue (the improper bite or
underbite) that crops up from time to time. Many breeders have
yet to be able to stop it because it involves eight genes. Any two
of the eight genes randomly matching can cause it. Poodles
seem to be the carriers of one of the eight genes, so which
random breeding partners express it in a few of their offspring
is always a surprise. The improper bite or underbite is far from
a serious concern and is not life threatening or life altering. It is
a homozygous recessive gene that both the dam and sire could
be guilty of passing it on to their offspring. A slight underbite in a
puppy is one of the traits that could make a Goldendoodle a
great pet quality puppy. It is commonly not possible to actually
see the underbite until teeth come in around 6 to 7 weeks of
age. There are a few purebreds in which an underbite is the
breed standard.
Cow Creek Doodles