Can anyone give me Marylin Bakers number and where about's she is now.

Her number is 01329 230052. She is now near Southwick in Hampshire,close to Portsmouth.

I've just got the results of my GR girl's hips and elbows. She was x-rayed on 20th December ,the cheque went through a couple of days ago and the results were in the post this morning. I was amazed. I expected to wait much longer due to Xmas.

Great scores too !

Thanks for that.

Hi, i wondered if you would be ok with letting me know roughly how much the hips and elbows cost? We're looking to get our collie done later this year so want to start saving, can't get through on the phone! :)

I think it was £240 for hips and elbows including BVA charge when I went, but I have a feeling there was a slight price increase maybe last year? But it wasn't much.

Just keep trying on the phone, she can be tricky to get hold of!

Hello Badger

As usual,  I have mislaid/ tidied away the paperwork but I believe I paid £260 all together -perhaps a bit less. This was broken into two bits -one for the BVA and one bit for the Xray procedure. It was a really professional setup and the results came through far sooner than I expected. Marilyn will give you an opinion at the time but of course the result is subject to the
BVA assessment.

Hope all goes well.

Jan

I got through straight away when I phoned her last week.......£268 all in for elbows & hips

Thanks so much guys!
It's our first time with hip scoring and not until July but want to be prepared!
Anyone happen to know how much the hips alone costs? elbows aren't commonly done in 'my' breed was just curious whether it'd be worth it (for the price) doing both at same time :)

Thanks again!

> elbows aren't commonly done in 'my' breed

I'd say do both.

it's the same in my breed and international statistics bear out it's nt an issue in my breed (over Scandinavia and USA stats for decades only a handful of 0/1 scores).

I have decided to do both from now on after one of my pup owners got their 6 month pup to over 30kg at 6 months (I'd expect them normally to be around 15kg at that age) and went lame.

The vet said it was ED, and expensive referral and investigative surgery rinsed out their Insurance.  Strangely when all the data for the breed was sent no diagnosis for ED was forthcoming.

Another friend sold a pup to two family members, and pups often together playing rough.  One went lame and vet sucked teeth and said could be Elbow Dysplasia.  My friend advised not to panic to rest pup, and all was well.

but it does seem that vets have now latched onto Elbows in same way as they did on hips in the past, and perhaps we can save new owners being panicked into expensive investigation by having good Elbow results to show them.  of course as my scoring vet said any dog can end up with ED due to damage (incorrect exercise and over feeding).

Its so annoying when vets undermine an owners trust in their breeder, as they have a very low opinion on breeders (warranted sadly in so many cases).

In addition to the charges levied by the vet for anaesthetic and X-raying...

BVA:

KC/BVA - HIPS £60 inc vat

KC/BVA - Elbows £60 inc vat

Joint hip and elbow - £108 inc vat

KC:

Hips: £58.50

Elbows: £58.50

Joint Hip & Elbow £105

There is only one charge on top of the Vets charge for xrays, and goes to the BVA, it's the KC/BVA scheme.