Buying a Hungarian Vizsla Puppy
What to expect from a breeder who puts Health, Welfare and Temperament first.
Essential Documents
- Heath Certificates (both parents)
- Signed AWF Puppy Contract
- KC Registration Certificate (if applicable)
- Microchip Registration Certificate
- Temporary Pet Health Insurance
- Vaccination Certificate
A Good Breeder Will:
- have socialised and habituated the puppy
- provide a supply of food
- provide a blanket smelling of Mum
- follow the Code of Practice for Dog Breeding
Official Health Schemes
- BVA/KC scheme for hip dysplasia (HD)
- abnormal formation of the hip joint – pain and lameness
- BVA/KC scheme for elbow dysplasia (ED)
- abnormal formation of the elbow joint – pain and lameness
- BVA/KC screening for eye disease; full ophthalmological testing before breeding (includes checks for multiple inherited diseases); to include gonioscopy
- checks for many inherited abnormalities that can cause progressive blindness or pain. Gonioscopy tests for primary glaucoma/PLA (pectinate ligament abnormality), a painful progressive eye disease leading to blindness
Other Diseases
No current health scheme or DNA test available.
- Allergies
- various
- Autoimmune diseases
- various
- Cancers
- various
- Epilepsy
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- GDV – Gastro dilatation/volvulus (‘bloat’)
- stomach fills with air and twists, can be fatal
- VIP – Vizsla inflammatory polymyopathy
- progressive difficulty in swallowing
DNA Tests Relevant to Breed
- EIC
- exercise induced collapse
- NCCD – neonatal cerebellar mcortical degeneration
- progressive balance loss in puppies
Other Tests
- Researchers are currently developing tests for other rare inherited diseases in Vizslas