The Slovakian Rough Haired Pointer Club (Provisional)

HIP SCORES

The HD statistics are all as per the KC BVA hip scoring scheme

Have you recently had your Slovakian hip scored? Sandra Rowbury is collating a list of current hip scores on behalf of the Club, so please contact Sandra so that we can keep upto date on this valuable information.  Sandra is available direct on 01580 881125 or email

Current Statistics of Registration May 2010 There have been 323 KC registered SRHPs registered with the Kennel Club in the UK to date. All stock that have been BVA KC x-rayed for Hip Dysplacia to date have produced scores ranging between 2/2 (Total 4) and 14/15 (Total 29) making the current breed average an encouraging Total of 10. (Information sourced courtesy of the Kennel Club Breed Records).

Slovakian Rough Haired Pointer

11.5%

What does this value mean?

•  Inbreeding is defined as the mating of related individuals, whether they are closely related or more distantly related. The inbreeding coefficient of an individual is the probability that two copies of the same gene have been inherited from a common founder, that is an ancestor shared by both parents. The lower the inbreeding coefficient, the lower the probability (risk) that this will happen.

An inbreeding coefficient of 12.5% means that there is a 1 in 8 chance that a dog will inherit the same version of gene from the same dog that appears in both the sire’s and dam’s pedigree. The puppies born to a mother/son, father/daughter or brother/sister mating (which the Kennel Club will no longer accept for registration), would be at least 25%. The inbreeding coefficient of puppies born from a grandfather/granddaughter mating would be at least 12.5%.

The latest from the Kennel Club (KC) on Inbreeding Coefficient for a Breed:

Breed Health Co-ordinator

In 2009 the Kennel Club asked all breed clubs to appoint a single Breed Health Co-ordinator in order to help monitor and advise them of any health problems within their Breed. The role of the Health Co-ordinator is to facilitate health information to and from the Kennel Club about that Breed.

This is taken from the KC site here.

Who are you calling fat?

Here’s a handy guide to gauging the weight of your dog:

The Slovakian Rough Haired Pointer Club would like to invite anyone who has had any health issues with their SRHP to send their reports concerning their dog to Sandra Rowbury who been appointed the Kennel Club Health Co-ordinator for our Club.

Please complete one of our Health Questionnaires.