Welcome to the Virginia Jack Russell Terrier Club....An Affiliate of the JRTCA

The following seminars are now available on DVD. See your VJRTC May-June newsletter for more

information,

or contact John Hickey at jmhcameraman@yahoo.com, or Darlene Irvine at

oakrunjrt@earthlink.net

You may choose two of the seminars to be on one DVD.

2005 Elizabeth Gleason Seminar on Grooming and Conformation
2008 Elizabeth Gleason Seminar on Grooming for Show (the next step to the 2005 seminar)
2008 Elizabeth Gleason Seminar on Conformation Training/Exhibiting

Half the proceeds from these DVDs will be donated to Russell Rescue.

EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT
BAER TESTING NOW AVAILABLE

How exciting is this? We’ve been wishing for Brainstem Auditory Evoked Response (BAER) testing
availability, other than at Nationals, and now here it is. Dr. Charles Hickey, DVM, in Arvonia, VA, has
purchased all the necessary equipment and is making the test available to all of us at extremely
affordable rates.
For those of you who are not familiar with BAER testing, here is a description directly from the JRTCA
website:

“This test records brain responses to click sounds delivered to an ear. It does not require a behavioral
response from the animal, hence no chance of misinterpretation of a dog's response. The test can be
done quickly (with the appropriate equipment), and will give a definitive record of each ear's response
to sound. The BAER is currently being used to eliminate or reduce the incidence of genetic expression
of deafness from several breeds of dogs (i.e., Dalmatians, English Setters). Since deafness is a
genetic defect, and since it appears essentially at 2-3 weeks of age, testing the pup anytime after 5
weeks of age with the BAER has become an excellent way to identify the auditory status of individual
dogs. This deafness trait has not been observed to develop gradually in dogs, and does seem to be an
all-or-none situation for each ear.”

Dr. Hickey’s fees for BAER testing are as follows:

$25 per adult dog to VJRTC/JRTCA members. There will be an additional fee if the dog needs sedation. The
sedation fee will be based on age of dog and sedation needed.

$30 per adult dog to JRTCA members. There will be an additional fee if the dog needs sedated. The sedation
fee will be based on age of dog and sedation needed.

$50 per adult dog for non-JRTCA members. There will be an additional fee if the dog needs sedated. The
sedation fee will be based on age of dog and sedation needed.

$40 per puppy in a litter for non-JRTCA members.

$30 per puppy in a litter for JRTCA members.

$25 per puppy in a litter for VJRTC/JRTCA members.

Call Dr. Hickey for an appointment at 434-581-1979, 804-360-0100, or 804-745-3276; or email him at
cwhdvm@yahoo.com.

Be a responsible breeder and/or pet owner -- take advantage of these phenomenal rates and get your puppies and
your adults BAER tested.

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