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You may pick the puppy up from MBK.

Some people may be concerned with shipping a puppy as to safety and humanness. Let me assure you that there ares several animal activist groups that watch out for any hint of abuse to an animal. Animals are in a pressurized area and are well taken care of. The five puppies we received from England were in excellent condition when we picked them up from an international flight and a flight across the United States to our home. For further information please see this link as to how your puppy will be handled. Pet Travel Requirements and Restriction

What is this Collie Eye Anomaly and Lens Luxation?

A puppy cannot be tested for CEA before eight weeks of age. Our puppies are tested and come with a certificate stating they have been tested and are "clear".

They now have a DNA test for PLL (Lens Luxation).
To order the cheek swab kits the site is OFFA.org , you click on the DNA testing page, and then click on OFA DNA tests and the PLL test is listed alphabetically.   If you need any additional info about it go to the Canine Genetic Disease Network and click on Glaucoma and Lens Luxation and it will give you some other info on the test. 

Our adults have been tested and are Normal (Clear)!
Lens Luxation

If a puppy should ever be tested and found to have Collie Eye Anomaly we would sell the puppy for pet quality as it does not mean that they will go blind, etc. They are fine but we would not want the puppy bred as we want to keep the breed completely clear of anything that might be a potential problem.
Collie Eye Anomaly

Persistent Pupillary Membranes (PPM)

What are persistent pupillary membranes (PPM)?Persistent pupillary membranes are strands of tissue in the eye. They are remnants of blood vessels which supplied nutrients to the developing lens of the eye before birth. Normally these strands are gone by 4 or 5 weeks of age.
Depending upon the location and extent of these strands, they may interfere with vision. They may bridge from iris to iris across the pupil, iris to cornea (may cause corneal opacities), or iris to lens (may cause cataracts), or they may form sheets of tissue in the anterior chamber of the eye. In many dogs these tissue remnants cause no problems.
Are persistent pupillary membranes inherited?Inheritance is not defined.
What breeds are affected by persistent pupillary membranes?PPM are known or strongly suspected to be inherited in the basenji, Pembroke and Cardigan Welsh corgi, mastiff, and chow chow. This problem is particularly significant in the basenji where the strands often bridge to the cornea, causing opacities which may impair sight. In the basenji the condition has been seen with optic nerve coloboma - a cavity in the optic nerve which, if large, causes blindness.
PPM are also seen in many other breeds, including the Akita, Alaskan malamute, American and English cocker spaniel, Australian shepherd, basset Griffin vendeen (petite), beagle, bearded collie, Belgian sheepdog, Belgian tervuren, Bichon frise, Bouviers des Flandres, Chesapeake Bay retriever, collie (rough and smooth), Doberman pinscher, English springer spaniel, golden retriever, Gordon setter, Havenese, Irish setter, Labrador retriever, Lakeland terrier, Lowchen, miniature bull terrier, Norwegian elkhound, Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever, Old English sheepdog, papillon, poodle (all sizes), Portuguese water dog, samoyed, Scottish terrier, Shetland sheepdog, soft-coated wheaten terrier, Tibetan terrier, Welsh springer spaniel, West Highland white terrier, Yorkshire terrier.
For many breeds and many disorders, the studies to determine the mode of inheritance or the frequency in the breed have not been carried out, or are inconclusive. We have listed breeds for which there is a consensus among those investigating in this field and among veterinary practitioners, that the condition is significant in this breed.

Taken from: PPMs

The site below is the Specialty clinic that we take our dogs in to be tested. You will receive a document that you will need to finish filling out & send in so that the pup is registered with CERF and in your name.
Northwest Veterinary Specialists

Michelle M. Taylor
DVM, Diplomate, ACVO
Specialty: Ophthalmology
Dr. Taylor attended the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatchewan, Canada, graduating in 1989. After a one-year internship in small animal medicine and surgery at New York State College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University, she returned to Canada for a one-year rotation in the Western College of Veterinary Medicine's internal medicine department. In 1994 Dr. Taylor completed a three year residency in veterinary ophthalmology at Cornell University. She became board certified that same year. Dr. Taylor joined NWVS in 2001. Dr. Taylor has a special interest in diseases and surgery of the cornea.