De Vine Clearview's Vixen

 DOB: 11/15/93, fawn brindle
      OFA prelim good hips and clear elbows @15mos, VWD clear, Thyroid Normal,
      CERF exam: geographic retinal dysplasia
      28", 140 lbs
Died: 12/2/2003 bloat
Sire: Ch. Clearview's Beau Bow
        OFA good, OFEL, CERF, VWD & Thyroid Normal
 Dam: Ch. Clearview's De Vine Dominitrix
        OFA good, OFEL, CERF, VWD & Thyroid Normal

Vixen has a wonderful temperament, mellow, friendly, and easily trained. With age, since about 2 years of age, she has become tentative and somewhat shy, no longer willing to run up to strangers as she once did. This change in temperament could be due to a lack of socialization as she got older, hormonal changes and/or genetics. She loves to play soccer with a boomer ball, retrieve frisbees, and she swims like an otter.

Vixen's sire and dam are both OFA good, OFEL, CERF normal-normal, and vWD and thyroid normal. Her grandsire on her dam's side, Ch. Willowledge Brett, has a wonderful temperament and is very typey and has a number of problems, including mild hip dysplasia, DJD grade II in both elbows, and geographic retinal dysplasia. Two of Vixen's dam's sisters had ununited anconeal processes which required surgery. Vixen's elbows were x-rayed at 6, 7, 8 and 15 months. Her anconeal process was ununited at 6, 7 and 8 months. The board certified radiologist who examined Vixen's elbow x-rays at 7 months recommended surgery, but since she was not limping and OFA recommended waiting they were not operated on and they are fine now! :-)

She is spayed now because of the geographic retinal dysplasia in her eyes. It does not appear to bother her, but it probably does effect her vision, causing multiple small blind spots.