• The following seminars are now available on DVD. See your VJRTC May-June newsletter for more information, or contact John Hickey at jmhcameraman@yahoo.com, or Darlene Irvine at oakrunjrt@earthlink.net. You may choose two of the seminars to be on one DVD.

2005 Elizabeth Gleason Seminar on Grooming and Conformation

2008 Elizabeth Gleason Seminar on Grooming for Show (the next step to the 2005 seminar)

2008 Elizabeth Gleason Seminar on Conformation Training/Exhibiting

 

Half the proceeds from these DVDs will be donated to Russell Rescue.

 

 

EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT

BAER TESTING NOW AVAILABLE

How exciting is this? We’ve been wishing for Brainstem Auditory Evoked Response (BAER) testing availability, other than at Nationals, and now here it is. Dr. Charles Hickey, DVM, in Arvonia, VA, has purchased all the necessary equipment and is making the test available to all of us at extremely affordable rates.

For those of you who are not familiar with BAER testing, here is a description directly from the JRTCA website:  “This test records brain responses to click sounds delivered to an ear. It does not require a behavioral response from the animal, hence no chance of misinterpretation of a dog's response. The test can be done quickly (with the appropriate equipment), and will give a definitive record of each ear's response to sound. The BAER is currently being used to eliminate or reduce the incidence of genetic expression of deafness from several breeds of dogs (i.e., Dalmatians, English Setters). Since deafness is a genetic defect, and since it appears essentially at 2-3 weeks of age, testing the pup anytime after 5 weeks of age with the BAER has become an excellent way to identify the auditory status of individual dogs. This deafness trait has not been observed to develop gradually in dogs, and does seem to be an all-or-none situation for each ear.”

 Dr. Hickey’s fees for BAER testing are as follows:

$25 per adult dog to VJRTC/JRTCA members.  There will be an additional fee if the dog needs sedation. The sedation fee will be based on age of dog and sedation needed. 

$30 per adult dog to JRTCA members. There will be an additional fee if the dog needs sedated. The sedation fee will be based on age of dog and sedation needed.

$50 per adult dog for non-JRTCA members. There will be an additional fee if the dog needs sedated. The sedation fee will be based on age of dog and sedation needed.

$40 per puppy in a litter for non-JRTCA members.

 $30 per puppy in a litter for JRTCA members.

 $25 per puppy in a litter for VJRTC/JRTCA members.

Call Dr. Hickey for an appointment at 434-581-1979, 804-360-0100, or 804-745-3276; or email him at cwhdvm@yahoo.com.

Be a responsible breeder and/or pet owner -- take advantage of these phenomenal rates and get your puppies and your adults BAER tested.