The basic principles associated with making improvements involves the quality of the information collected about the ancestors and how to use it.

OFA serves as a central source of information for breeders and owners based on the standards for evaluation. See two useful tables for risk.

A new way to calculate the ages of canines in "man years".

This articles focuses on the risk factors and things owners can do should their dogs bloat. The Bloat Survey and Report was the joint effort of Dr. Carmen Battaglia PhD of the AKC and Dr. Cindy Otto DVM, University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary.

The basic principles associated with making improvements involves the quality of the information collected about the ancestors and how to use it.