Health Information and Results
The Affenpinscher Club provides a number of information leaflets on health disorders which can affect the breed. For easier access these have been provided free online. Just click on the link for further information on each disorder.
Von Perthes (Legg-Calves-Perthes) Disease
Patella Subluxation (Slipping Kneecap)
Health Testing and Results
The Affenpinscher Club has now introduced a Patella Subluxation Testing form available for download from this site (here) with a list of certified dogs.
The following health screening results are also recorded in the Kennel Club Breed Record Supplement for the respective year - BVA/KC Hip Scoring Results for Affenpinscher 1992 - 2008 (here)
Articles
The Club has been granted permission by John Whitaker BVMS MRCVS to reproduce on the website a number of canine health promotion articles written by him for Monkey Business. We are very grateful to him for sharing his expert knowledge so generously and hope that you enjoy them and find them useful and interesting. As well as adding the archive of previous articles in this series from MB - we will add any future contributions so watch out for them in future issues of MB.
Itching and Scratching - New Article **