SDF’s Listen to the Echo

She is beautifully built, thick and solid at 20/21 pounds. Echo’s temperament is exactly what we love and want to continue to build from. Her structure is beautiful (IMO) Her ears are perfect and that face is oh so smoochable! She breaths well, but can be better, so her stud will reflect this and all her “flaws as well.

Echo's  OFA Results are added to her slideshow and her certificates can be found here ~ https://ofa.org/advanced-search/?appnum=2579787

Hips - Borderline Elbows - Normal Trachea - Normal (2.1) Heart - Normal Patella - Normal

Spine also completed with six in the thoracic. One fusion and *spondylosis noted at 2.5 years old.

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Echo is our 3rd generation of SDF’s OFA hip, elbow, trachea, heart and patella tested dogs. Sire and Dam to Teyla ( our first girl tested in this particular line) also had their OFA heart and patella completed.

Her mama is the same mama as Fantasia’s, our beautiful tiny bean SDF’s Any. Now retired and living her best life. Sire is Artic Dreams Gizmo. No OFA’s but one amazing boy!

*Spondylosis is a disease that will affect most dogs as they age. I have removed dogs with this before as seeing it so early in life is concerning to me. That said, of the 4 dogs I do know of and have followed very closely, one has since passed at the age of 9 with zero spine issues at all. He was my boy so I know exactly the life he lived and it was not one wrapped in a bubble by any means! Two others are 8 and 9 years old now and again, no spinal issues at all. One is very active and isn’t slowing down, and the other one of those two is an active stud and doesn’t throw spondylosis to his pups I have seen or been told ( Not of the ones tested so far) Do I regret removing the male I did, absolutely. I wish every day I bred him just one or two times to produce him, but better. He is now gone and I will regret that choice till the day I see him again. He had SO much more to offer this breed and I let him slip away always trying for something better.

Not all spondylosis in dogs is the same or is affecting the dog the same as the next. I do suggest doing further research especially within the breed, and or calling Dr. Keller himself to explain the results he has given as he can really explain this one better than I can. Echo is a little different, being a small female has it’s own challenges, so we may only do one, two litters max with lots of rest to make sure she stays safe and hope we can create another Echo, but just a little stronger!

I have also attached a letter from OFA in regards to this as well. You can find it in her slide show.

Our beautiful queen bean Echo will go to GRCH Lilac Haze Bendrix BCAT for her second and last litter. We had a long list of candidates for Echo but at the end of the day feel Benny truly highlighted everything we wanted and checked nearly all those boxes we wanted before deciding if we would do one more. ( Trust me when I say that is a hard task)

• Hips = Excellent‍ ‍Heart = Norma Elbow= Norma Patella = Normal Tracheal Dysplasia = Norma Spine = Tested (very good/minimal anomalies 3) Eyes = Normal

• DM = Clear JHC = Clear CMR1 = Clear HUU = Clear Cystinuria3 = ClearADAMTS3 Clear (Upper Airway Restrictive Syndrome)