Dane D'Coeur strongly believes in breeding only for the improvement of the breed and to only breed  Great Danes which are structurally and temperamentally sound. For this reason we perform the breed specific requirements recommended by the Canine Health Information Center, also known as CHIC.

The specific requirements for the Great Dane are:

    Hip Dysplasia testing by either:

        OFA evaluation,

        PennHip evaluation,

        OVC evaluation (Canada) or

    Eye Clearance by CERF evaluation

    Autoimmune thyroiditis testing at an approved laboratory

    Congential Cardiac testing by OFA evaluation.

Recommended test are preformed at the minimum age of 24 months or prior to any breeding considerations.  

Tosca LIBERTÉ has completed her health testing in anticipation of breeding her.

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    Here are the results:

    Hip Dysplasia

        PennHip -- Left--DI 0.25

                           Right--DI 0.31

        OFA Hips--Good

        OFA Elbows--Normal

    CERF -- Normal

    Thyroid -- Normal

    Cardio -- Normal

Passive hip laxity results--indicate that in relations to all canines of the Great Dane breed in the PennHip data base. Tosca Rates in the 80 Percentile which means that Tosca's hips are tighter than approximately 80% of all Great Danes in the laxity profile.

Brightstar Breanna LIBERTÉ has completed all of her health testing. She will be receiving her CHIC number soon.

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Here are the results:

    Hip Dysplasia

        OFA Hips--Excellent

        OFA Elbows--Normal

    CERF -- Normal

    Thyroid -- Normal

    Cardio -- Normal