BCCA Donates to help Pets Affected by Hurricane Harvey
In honor of our beloved Beardies, the Bearded Collie Club of America has made a $5,000 charitable donation to the AKC Reunite Fund to help pets affected by the wrath of Hurricane Harvey. AKC Reunite funds projects and programs such as AKC Pet Disaster Relief, other pet-related disaster preparedness and relief efforts, and support of volunteer canine search and rescue teams. The level of devastation wreaked by Hurricane Harvey is beyond comprehension and we are honored to do what we…
CEA Health Testing
Collie eye anomaly, or choroid hypoplasia, is a recessively inherited eye disorder that causes abnormal development of the choroid, a layer in the eye beneath the retina. An eye exam detects CEA/CH only in the first few months; after that, developing pigmentation of the retina obscures the choroid. One CEA affected Beardie (in the UK and Kennel Club registered) and a number of carriers have been identified with the CEA test. Three carriers have American Bearded Collies as ancestors. The…
