Yesterday Tarcy and Ian took the little ones to the vets for their Health tests, Microchips and Vaccination. It will become law in Wales in March 2015 that all dogs, young and old, must be microchiped. I think it's the responsibility of every breeder to assure their little ones are done in the nest. What ever we think of chips, it will have to be done. Well I will only have one to do and that's Tali. I had that litter tattooed as at the time as I felt it was the way forward ... now I disagree, Tali's tattoo has faded and is very difficult to read. I think I'll be taking up Cibyn vet's offer of free Microchips, and taking her there very soon.Anyway the pups ... it went well mostly, but two had small heart murmurs. Your stomach churns a little doesn't it? But the vet had explained to them that this was very common in puppies and may well have disappeared by the time they get their second jab. Coincidentally it's Red and Brown who have the murmurs and neither are sold yet.
Heart murmurs are graded from 1 to 6, and both these pups are graded 1. "In puppies, there are two major types of heart murmurs. The most common type is called an innocent “flow murmur”. This type of murmur is soft (typically a grade 2 or softer) and is not caused by underlying heart disease. An innocent flow murmur typically disappears by 4-5 months of age." So something to know, but nothing to worry about!
