Welcome to the Health section of the BMDC of GB web site.

Here you will find details of our current health related schemes we would like all British Bernese owners to contribute to as well as copies of or links to articles relating directly or indirectly to the health of the Bernese Mountain Dog. These are from a variety of sources, club magazines and handbooks, the Kennel Club, assorted web sites and various Bernese related sources. Some are specifically written for the club and others may have already appeared elsewhere. As with other parts of the site there will be a general growth and development of this section and several information pages are planned. If club members have any suggestions for useful content please feel free to make suggestions to health@bernese.co.uk

If you browse through these pages and links you will hopefully get an appreciation of what is being done around the world to help our breed and more importantly what can be done and how you could help.

Please use the links to move about this section of the site. Links to return are at the bottom of each page.

General Health, history and current status of the breed

2009 Health Survey - are you in it?

 Veteran's List - Bernese over 8?

 How Long Do They Live?

 The Histio page - collection of links to some excellent information sources about this cruel disease we must all help to fight

 Hips and Elbows - A little information on the Hip and Elbow scoring schemes with links to more detailed sites including the KC hip and elbow scores section

 Litter Registration figures October 2007 onwards

1998 Breed Survey - basis and results

KC/BSAVA Pedigree Dogs Survey - results from the extensive survey carried out by the KC

B-IWG (Berner International Working Group) & Breed Health (includes lots of further info links)

Bernergarde (temporary link awaiting updated article)

Longevity - Article reprinted from the 2006 club handbook

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