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Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen Club of America

withdraw from CHIC.  This decision is not an indictment 

of CHIC or hip dysplasia health testing for other breeds.  

We recognize its importance of hip testing in many other 

breeds; however, as a group, the Board did not believe 

that the available evidence supports OFA hip evaluations  

as a valid measure of hip health in the PBGV.

Tiffany Cannon

President, PBGVCA

FAQs

Does this mean I will lose my CHIC number?  

No…the CHIC numbers issued will remain in effect.  No 

additional CHIC numbers will be issued for PBGVs.

What tests do the parent club recommend?  

The PBGVCA recommends all PBGVs have a CERF/OFA eye 

test for eye health issues and that all PBGVs are tested for 

POAG (or CLEAR by parentage) if being used for breeding, 

and all should be tested for POAG if the status of the par-

ents is unknown or includes a Carrier/Carrier or Carrier/

Affected breeding.

Does this mean I cannot do additional health test-

ing?

  

Absolutely not!  You can continue to have any health tests 

you wish conducted and recorded with OFA.  Using one 

of my dogs as an example below, you can see that I con-

ducted more tests than were required fto obtain a CHIC 

number on my girl who I planned to breed.  Since I have 

been asked in the past by stud dog owners to provide re-

sults for additional tests, I now conduct Cardiac on all my 

dogs and Patella and Elbow on a routine basis.

 

However, the Board has the responsibility of determining 

what tests should be done on all PBGVs and these tests 

should be considered a minimum recommendation with 

additional testing to be done with respect to the specific 

concerns of the breeders and those interested in adding 

a PBGV to their family.

The Image below is a screen print from www.offa.org using 

the Quick Search function on the home page.  A search for 

“Always Appletini” yields this screen showing health tests 

conducted and registered with OFA.

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