HI.. Can anybody recommend a baer testing site as near to ilford in Essex as possible. The nearest one I can find is in newmarket or surrey. Or one that's open in the south east on a weekend? Might be best. maybe your local vet does it?
Please help. Regards .. Jon

This is a list of centres that we use in our breed. Local vets would rarely do the test as there are only a number of centers in the UK that can carry out the test and you normally have to book in advance. Most centers only test during weekdays but you would have to ask the test center.

Small Animal Centre, Animal Health Trust, Lanwades Park, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7UU
Contact: Mrs. Julia Freeman. Telephone: 01638 552700

Animal Medical Centre, 511 Willbraham Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester M21 0UB]
Contact: Mr. Pip Boydell. Telephone: 0161 881 3329

Hearing Assessment Clinic (Mobile), Red Lane House, Shawford, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 2AA
Contact: Mrs. Celia Cox. Telephone: 01962 713155

Small Animals Clinic, Royal Dick Veterinary College, Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Easterbush Veterinary Centre, Easterbush, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RG
Contact: Prof. I. G. Mayhew. Telephone: 0131 650 1000

Church Farm Veterinary Clinic, Neaston Road, Willaston, South Wirral, Liverpool CH64 2TL
Contact: Mr. G. Skerritt. Telephone: 0151 327 1885

Wey Referrals, 125-129 Chertsey Road, Woking, Surrey GU21 5BP
Contact: Ms. Sue Fitzmaurice. Telephone: 01483 729194

Thanks so much . For your very quick response. I have these addresses already. I was hoping somebody may have some details of a tester local to me, rather than a 2-3 hour drive away. I'm am based on the borders of Essex and northeast London. (but if they are the closest? looks like ill have to put the hours in)  I Look forward to any other help/information anybody might have. (can't believe that there isn't one tester in London)  :(    bw.  Jon

Newmarket should not be too bad for you M11 then the A14 - as you are inside the M25 then you will also need to use that one.

Those are the only testers in the country, I'm afraid. That's the reason why BAER testing isn't a required test for any breed, only recommended; because it's so far to travel with very young puppies.

Its compulsory for white cats in the Selkirk Rex breeding programme so it means a journey to Edinburgh for me if I get my white!

After visiting the vets ... she is not deaf. Thank you for all your posts .. (i know , I should have done that in the first place ) but I was just planning my choices. just in case, you can take the boy out of the scouts , but you can't take the scouts out the boy... Thank you again.  Jon

I don't know why you particularly wanted her tested, or what breed she is, but an 'ordinary' vet can, at best, ascertain whether a dog can hear (sometimes they get it wrong because deaf dogs can respond to movement or vibration, for example - what did the vet do?) but they can't tell whether a dog can hear in one ear or both, which is essential knowledge if a dog is to be bred from.

Try living in N.Ireland where we have no testing available! We have a short ferry trip over to Holyhead on the ferry to have pups tested at Chester but its no worse than someone traveling from the south of the UK to the North.

..... Rosemount Vets West Byfleet.