[Carolineh]

Hello there.
I wonder if you can help please.
When buying a puppy, if the dad is a poodle and has had a health check, does the show type cocker mum need to have had a health check too or are all diseases from the poodle side or recessive and therefore not of concern if dad is clear?
Many thanks on advance.

 

[2ndhandgal]

Ideally both parents will have all the relevant tests for both of the breeds involved. This rarely happens and breeders talk about hydrid immunity - this is just waffle and of course it is cheaper for the breeders to just test the male they use multiple times