Dear SEA member,
Please find below a letter from the Kennel Club's Breed Health Coordinator for Eurasiers (our own Vice-Chair, Brigitte). In it Brigitte outlines her role in the post in terms of what she can offer you, and what she would hope to obtain from you in return.
On the 28th August the letter was also sent to the Secretaries of the other two British Eurasier clubs, the UK Eurasier Club and the Eurasier Society UK, with the request that they circulate it to their membership. She also requested the names and contact details of their health representatives, in order to invite them to join her at the KC Breed Health Symposium later this month.
Please get back to Brigitte directly with any questions or suggestions you might have at alphaeurasier@gmail.com
Many thanks,
Please find below a letter from the Kennel Club's Breed Health Coordinator for Eurasiers (our own Vice-Chair, Brigitte). In it Brigitte outlines her role in the post in terms of what she can offer you, and what she would hope to obtain from you in return.
On the 28th August the letter was also sent to the Secretaries of the other two British Eurasier clubs, the UK Eurasier Club and the Eurasier Society UK, with the request that they circulate it to their membership. She also requested the names and contact details of their health representatives, in order to invite them to join her at the KC Breed Health Symposium later this month.
Please get back to Brigitte directly with any questions or suggestions you might have at alphaeurasier@gmail.com
Many thanks,
Peter Mordan
Secretary, SEA
Secretary, SEA
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Dear Eurasier owner,
Firstly let me express my heartfelt thanks to your club Secretary for forwarding to you this letter, which I hope you will find informative and will further help our mutual collaboration.
Today I am addressing you solely in my role
as the UK Breed Health Coordinator for Eurasiers, as appointed by the Kennel
Club, a role which I have mentored from its inception and held for a good
number of years, and which I find both very interesting and rewarding.
What
I can offer:
• A confidential
environment in which to discuss any health concerns.
• If I am able, and it
lies within my expertise as a Eurasier person of 30 years’ experience,
biologist and health professional, I can also offer some health advice,
although this can never replace that of a veterinary surgeon. This applies whether you are a breeder,
stud-dog owner or ‘simply’ a pet owner.
• The design and
conducting of a breed-health survey
• If you express an
interest (by emailing me at the address below), you will hear about trends in
the breed in the UK, as well as those observed internationally through my close
involvement with the International Federation for Eurasier Breeding (IFEZ).
Needless to say, all these services are
absolutely free.
What
I would hope to receive from you:
• Any health results
you obtain when you either get your dog checked as required for breeding, or as
requested by your breeder, as these provide some excellent basic information
on, for example, hips, elbows, patella, thyroid, eyes and Dandy Walker
Syndrome. You can, of course, decide on the confidentiality of these results.
• Records of any other
health issues. Again, you decide on the confidentiality of these.
• The commitment to
fill in a breed health questionnaire for a survey I am planning on conducting.
If you would like to discuss anything, I
always have an open ear!
With many thanks and hoping for a good and
productive collaboration in the best interest of our Eurasiers,
Dr Brigitte Mordan-Grimm
