Jasara Golden Retrievers

02/13/2025

Yearly eye exams in all dogs, but especially in Golden Retrievers is so important. We do not know how or when Golden Retriever Pigmentary Uveitis (GRPU or simply called PU) will affect our beloved dogs. As responsible breeders we do our best to not produce debilitating diseases. Unfortunately with PU it is throughout the breed and has been around for generations.

Eye exams prices vary between areas most are between $45-$100 but a lot of clinics are available at shows and charge around $45-$55: https://ofa.org/health-clinics/

You can find a veterinary ophthalmologist here:

https://www.acvo.org/ophthalmologist-search

Golden Retrievers can have many eye diseases. It’s incredibly important to have them receive a yearly eye exam. Sometimes PU can be managed with drops and sometimes it cannot. The most severe cases usually lead to blindness. Dr. Wendy Townsend at Purdue University is our leading researcher in Golden Retrievers Pigmentary Uveitis.

https://vet.purdue.edu/news/more-than-meets-the-eye-veterinary-ophthalmologist-wendy-townsend-focuses-on-animal-eye-conditions.php

As always if you have questions just ask.

02/05/2025

2025 here we go!!!

Please visit
www.jasaragoldens.com
Or email me at [email protected]

01/01/2025

Happy 10th Birthday Lincoln!!!

Jasara's Duck N' Rum Runner CCA

http://www.k9data.com/pedigree.asp?ID=684517

01/01/2025

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE CREW AT JASARA!!! 🥳🍾🎉

12/25/2024

Merry Christmas
Happy Hannukah
Happy Kwanzaa
From Jasara Golden Retrievers

11/25/2024

MesAmis leashes are beautiful and buttery soft. Lots of colors to pick from.

Here's our beautiful color swatch. You may notice some newbies that are on the way!🤩🥳 DENIM & TIFFANY are still not up on our website so if you are wanting them, be sure to leave us a note in the ''notes'' section when checking out. www.mesamisonline.com

11/21/2024

Are you looking for beautiful new leashes? These are fantastic! Lots of beautiful colors too!

Isn't she lovely!!🤩🩵💙🩵💙 TIFFANY is finally here!! It may take awhile for our website to update with this new color swatch. If you don't see it up, just add into the NOTES section when you go to check out that you are wanting TIFFANY and not the color that was selected. www.mesamisonline.com

11/20/2024

ARE YOU MANAGING?
Are you managing your dog’s environment to prevent or improve unwanted behaviour?

As people, we tend to prefer and look for the more complicated solutions to problems. This tendency is termed “complexity bias” - the tendency to prefer complicated explanations and solutions instead of looking for the simpler ones.

Surely a complicated, time consuming, detailed solution has to be more effective, superior, impressive, or correct?

Complexity bias is so relevant when it comes to changing a dog’s unwanted behaviour. We often get so stuck on trying to modify behaviour through counter conditioning, desensitization or detailed training plans when sometimes the simplest solution to the problem lies in simply managing the environment.

Dogs will do what dogs do – when an opportunity arises to help themselves to food left on a table, to bark at the gate at anyone passing by, to have a drink from that big water bowl at the perfect height, that we call a toilet, to running off with irresistibly smelly dirty underwear, to rummaging through bins in search of anything that may or may not be edible, to running out an opened door in search of adventure - the list is long - dogs will be dogs.

Parents of little children use management all the time without giving it much thought. Baby locks on cupboards, covers on electrical sockets, valuable or dangerous items put far out of reach, fences and locks around pools, etc.

We wouldn’t just train a toddler not to stick their fingers in an electrical socket, not to open cupboards, not to touch a hot plate – it’s far safer, simpler and logical to first manage the environment, to prevent potential incidents.

The same principle should apply to managing a dog’s environment to prevent unwanted behaviour.

The more a behaviour is practiced the more difficult it is to prevent. The more a behaviour is rehearsed the better dogs become at it.

Preventing the behaviour from happening in the first place by using management is the logical, simple and effective way to address it.

Be a good manager – it’s far less stressful, for both us and our dogs.

11/09/2024

FINALLY!!!

A study proving Doodles AND designer dogs are NOT healthier than their purebred dogs.

Almost every single doodle or designer dog breeder is breeding poor examples of their breed. Ethical purebred breeders will NOT sell to or allow doodle breeders access to their dogs for breeding stock.

Doodle or designer breeders are not breeding to better their mixed breed dogs or create a real breed. They are breeding to poor temperaments, poor structure, and in general whatever they can get their hands on. They do not prove their dogs in any way. They rarely have titles even under AKC’s Canine Partners which allow them to compete in several AKC events. Agility, Obedience, Rally, Tracking, Coursing Ability Test. They rarely do any health testing and if they do it doesn’t cover the wide range of genetic or structural issues both breeds can have. The only thing designer dog breeders excel in is cranking out puppies.

This study removes the inaccurate claim that mixing breeds makes healthier dogs. Ethical purebred breeders have known this was not the case for years.

Please stop buying and supporting unethical breeding practices. There are many mixes including doodles looking for homes at the shelter.

Remember if you are going to purchase a dog from a breeder, shelter, rescue, or anyone, to ask if anything in your life changes, if you can return the dog to them. Only get a dog IF you can take care of that dog for the rest of the dog’s life. Don’t be an irresponsible owner. Always return the dog back to the breeder.

If you desire a doodle looking breed please support ethical purebred breeders of:

1 – Lagotto Romagnolo

2 – Portuguese Water Dog

3 – Barbet

4 – Pumi

5 – Spanish Water Dogs

6 – Kerry Blue Terrier

7 – Poodles (Standard poodles, toy poodles and miniature poodle)

8 – Otterhound

9 – Bedlington Terrier

10 – Irish Water Spaniel

11 – Barbado da Terceira

If you are going to insist on a doodle then please find a breeder that does all the health testing.

For example for a Golden Doodle they must have:

Golden Retriever standard testing Guidelines:

Golden Retrievers must have Hips, Eyes, Heart, and Elbows done. All breeders and the GRCA (Golden Retriever Club of America) require these tests at a minimum.

Hip and Elbow x-rays need to be submitted to OFA.
Now, DO NOT just go to your local vet for these. Ask around for veterinarians that are good at taking OFA x-rays, not all vets do quality x-rays when it comes to hips and elbows. A bad film can wash a good dog out of your program. Breeders spend good money for exceptional positioning for these films. This is going to run you $280-$1000. This is also dependent on your area of the country and vet’s expertise. Final OFA accepted x-rays are done at 24 months old. You do not need to ever repeat hip and elbow x-rays if you do them at 24 months aka 2 years old.
Borderline results are not a passing grade.

Heart: a veterinary cardiologist for an Auscultation ($50-100) at minimum. The best/gold standard is getting an Echocardiogram(Echo)/Auscultation ($225-$700) done. I currently do /auscultation/echos on all my dogs prior to breeding. An auscultation is where they use a stethoscope to listen to the dog’s heart. An echocardiogram is where they will use an ultrasound to measure parts of the heart and blood flow within the heart. This exam is done after 1 year of age and before 2 years of age.

Eyes: A veterinary ophthalmologist will need to do a yearly eye exam for the life of the dog.

The tests needed are NCL, prcd-PRA, GR-PRA1, GR-PRA2, and Ichthyosis 1 & 2. You can also do DM, SAN, and CSM, but those are not the main ones needed to send to OFA.

Poodle Standard Testing Guidelines:

Since you don’t know which genetics tjey have I would recommend doing all of the varying sizes tests.
TOY POODLES
DNA Test for prcd-Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA) from an OFA-approved laboratory.
Yearly Eye Exam by a boarded ACVO veterinary ophthalmologist.
Patellar Luxation: OFA Evaluation.
MINIATURE POODLES
Same CHIC requirements as Toy Poodles with the addition of:
Hip Dysplasia: OFA or PennHIP Evaluation.
The PCA Foundation strongly recommends the DNA test for Miniature Poodle Dwarfism
(Osteochondrodysplasia) to avoid breeding two carriers to each other and producing puppies
affected with this deforming and crippling disorder. Research suggests that about 10 percent of
Minis carry the mutation that causes this disease and that it is not limited to a few bloodlines.
STANDARD POODLES
Hip Dysplasia: OFA or PennHIP Evaluation.
Yearly Eye Exam by a boarded ACVO veterinary ophthalmologist.
Health Elective (at least one of the following three tests is required for CHIC number):
OFA Thyroid Evaluation from an OFA approved laboratory.
OFA Sebaceous Adenitis (SA) Evaluation by an OFA approved dermatopathologist.
Heart Evaluation by an ACVIM boarded veterinary cardiologist. As poodles are becoming known for atrial septal defects. The malformation has recently been recognized among Standard Poodles and seems to run in families, suggesting a genetic cause.
The PCA Foundation recommends all three electives for Standard Poodles and also strongly
recommends the following DNA tests from an OFA listed lab to easily avoid breeding two
mutation carriers to each other and producing affected puppies: DNA Test for Neonatal
Encephalopathy with Seizures (NEwS) and DNA Test for vonWillebrand’s Disease (vWD), and Addisons.

Legg-Calve-Perthes
LCPD results when the blood supply to the femoral head is interrupted resulting in a vascular necrosis, or the death of the bone cells.

Neonatal Encephalopathy with Seizures (NEwS) is a fatal disease of the brain in newborn Standard Poodles.

Seizures in dogs can be caused by a variety of factors. A common cause of seizures in all varieties of Poodles (as well as 25 or 30 other breeds) is “idiopathic epilepsy.” Idiopathic epilepsy generally is inherited, and it can result in either mild or severe seizures.

Yearly blood screening is always important to the health of your dog for CAH or Chronic active hepatitis.

https://www.rvc.ac.uk/vetcompass/news/new-rvc-research-debunks-belief-that-designer-crossbreed-dogs-are-healthier-than-purebreds?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3y7ojYcM0Dk2urOeA1k_cDf6JVAQ6uarEv8elJDVJxPTeNrsIbkkvw96s_aem_TsukE4VRKygGocDt1ci-ug

11/02/2024

This rumor is taking the internet by storm ... again. Feel free to screenshot this info.

As Benadryl recommends, DO NOT administer any OTC products without discussing with your vet. BENADRYL

10/16/2024

Here is the group setting up microchip stations!!

Please support them.

This is a fantastic service to a community. These are the kinds of organizations we should be supporting.

10/16/2024

The AVMA or American Veterinary Medical Association has published this article about spaying and neutering.

If you’ve visited my website or have contacted me for a puppy, the following articles are no surprise.

Please take the time to read the following links. Here are all the latest research articles. I made my decision to ask all Jasara Golden Retriever puppy buyers to wait until 24 months for males and 3 months after the first or second (preferred) heat cycle, as long as the puppy is over one year of age, for females based on the the following research.

The Golden Retriever Club of America has also recommended this to all responsible breeders. I am doing this for the lifetime health of the puppies I produce. I feel waiting is more beneficial than the risk of spaying or neutering early.

http://news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=10498

https://www.avma.org/News/JAVMANews/Pages/100301g.aspx

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0055937

https://www.avma.org/News/JAVMANews/Pages/130401s.aspx

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/vms3.34/full

http://www.caninesports.com/uploads/1/5/3/1/15319800/spay_neuter_considerations_2013.pdf

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0102241

This link's graphs are easier to read.
http://www.instituteofcaninebiology.org/spay--neuter-effects.html

http://www.naiaonline.org/pdfs/LongTermHealthEffectsOfSpayNeuterInDogs.pdf

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5146839/

Abstract OBJECTIVE Cruciate ligament rupture (CR) in Labrador Retrievers is a complex polygenic disease with high heritability. The environmental contribution to CR risk remains poorly characterized. An accurate genetic risk test for CR in the Labrador Retriever has been developed. This enables eval...

10/12/2024

Proud Breeder Brag!!

Am CH Jasara 'N Victory's Oliver Twist'R CGCA SWD SWME SWAE RATO CZ8B TKN

Oliver is the first ever golden retriever to have 27 AKC Scentwork detective Qs (SWD2 title)!!

He was the 12th one to get his SWD title.

We are so proud of Team Oliver. Super Sniffer Oliver!

His super sniffer Toller sister Phoebe is moving right along with him with Detective Q #3!

NACSW NW3, 2023 GRCA National Specialty HIT SCWK Advanced, 1st in Advanced Exterior and Buried searches, 2nd in Master Exterior search, 2nd in Advanced Interior search

1st Golden Retriever with 27 AKC SCWK Detective Qs🕵️‍♀️

Congratulations Oliver, Phoebe, Joanna & Ernest!

10/07/2024

Congratulations Cheri and R***r!!!

Jasara's Cold Justice BN

10/05/2024

Proud breeder brag!!

Jasara Golden Retriever puppies getting it done this weekend!!!

Sprig is a Teddy Great Grandson and Flirt’s cousin (Sprig’s dad, Zander is Marilyn’s brother (Flirt is Marilyn’s daughter)).

Rugar is a Teddy son.

10/05/2024

My personal YouTube channel.
www.youtube.com/
I have decided to start sharing my personal knowledge with others.
We always say we are stewards of the Golden Retriever Breed.
We cannot expect others to do better if we do not show them how to. You can have your opinions on my videos that's fine. I am doing this to at least help educate the masses. If you learn something Fantastic! If there is something you want me to correct, send me a message.
How to use OFA
https://youtu.be/SBMR2GR0dLg?si=tScVT1zIfD3w3cNz
How to Navigate k9data
https://youtu.be/SBMR2GR0dLg?si=ycX_sX67a786JFhh
OFA Hip & Elbow Information
https://youtu.be/D8MJh66FTyI?si=Iws54nxfO7C50dvY
OFA Cardiac Information
https://youtu.be/C-5zIoCbqmQ?si=xwWBRd1GeoFALRmM
OFA Eye Information
https://youtu.be/KEsNlgeNB3I?si=Fx7MBzTtASaz0Xqk
OFA DNA Information
https://youtu.be/tfxOzfAvSIM?si=JpWBHa1YVo6xg2Oi
DNA Explained
https://youtu.be/imqJMtcIha8?si=e2uWYIeUm1d56r1s
How to do AKC & OFA DNA cheek swabs
https://youtu.be/VH-7VhFVqSc?si=Zo9ytGiR4I5YAp4r

This is purely for educational purposes only. All rights and privileges are reserved by Jasara Golden Retrievers. 

10/03/2024

For people having issues with viewing pedigrees on K9data.

Here is how to fix it.

The security certificate ran out. They are not currently going to renew it, as they are working on it.

Delete the “s” I have in the purple square in the search bar. It will look like the bottom one and hit go.

That bypasses the security part and you won’t get the security message stating the website isn’t safe.