Health Testing at the FCRS Championship show 2025 (Eye Testing Fully Booked)

There will be opportunities for health testing at the Society Championship show to be held at the Kennel Club Building, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire CV8 2LZ on April 6th 2025.

Eye Testing Session – Fully Booked

BVA Eye Panellist Lorna Newman BVM&S Cert VOphthal MRCVS will be attending the show to carry out gonioscopy (and standard eye examinations if required). The BVA recommend Flatcoated Retrievers are screened by gonioscopy examination for Pectinate Ligament Dysplasia (PLA), also referred to as Goniodysgenesis (G), every three years and in additionreceive a standard eye examination annually.

The Flatcoated Retriever Society will support the testing of older dogs by offering to subsidise the fee by £20 for gonioscopy examination of members’ Flatcoats aged 8 years and over. Please note, regular eye testing is important in all Flatcoats as a health monitoring tool, it is not only limited to dogs that may be used for breeding.

To attend this session:

o Dogs must be six months of age or over 

o All dogs must be permanently identified (by microchip or tattoo) before examination

o Please bring the relevant KC owner registration document with you and any previous eye certificates issued for your dog

FCRS Patellar screening 

Patellar screening will be offered at the show, read more information about the scheme: https://www.flatcoated-retriever-society.org/images/frcsscreening.pdf

Members: £15 for first dog, £12 for subsequent dogs in same ownership.

Non-members £25 per dog.

o Dogs must be 12 months of age or over

o Please bring the relevant KC owner registration document with you 

o Payment by cash or cheque only

Appointments for either testing session should be made in advance by contacting Liz Branscombe Tel: 01525 405884 or email: [email protected]  

NB, there is a minimum number of bookings required to make either of these sessions viable, so please do support this health testing initiative.