Our Dogs are DNA tested for Cerebellar ataxia which is a rare and inheritable neurological disease that has been identified in a number of smooth-haired Hungarian Vizslas it is an aggressive and progressive neurological condition which affects gait and coordination from around 2-3 months of age.

There is ‘no treatment’ and affected dogs are ‘euthanased’ at the advanced stages of the disease.

Degenerative myelopathy (DM) is an inherited neurological disorder of dogs that can be fatal. Affected dogs usually begin showing clinical signs of disease in adulthood with gradual muscle wasting and loss of coordination that typically begins in the hind limbs because of nerve degeneration. Disease progression continues until the dog is unable to walk.

Hyperuricosuria (HUU) is elevated levels of uric acid in the urine. This condition causes dogs to form stones in their bladders or sometimes kidneys. These stones often must be removed surgically and can be difficult to treat. HUU is inherited as a simple autosomal recessive defect.

Here at Cwmdarran Gundogs no puppy’s we produce will be affected due to the mating being planned to ensure we never pair two dogs together that carry the faulty gene.