Vizsla Club of America Welfare Foundation 2008 Health Survey
The 2008 Vizsla Health Survey is sponsored and funded by private donations to the Vizsla Club of America Welfare Foundation, Inc. The purpose of this health survey is to scientifically research what the real current health issues are in the Vizsla breed. It is also important to find if the number of Vizslas affected with certain health issues is actually significant and what the average age of onset is. What Vizslas are dying from is another major question we would like to answer. Due to this survey focusing on current health issues and other questions we have regarding current Vizsla health and research, we are asking that only purebred Vizslas born from 1992 until present time be submitted to this survey.
Please fill out the survey for each purebred Vizsla that you own or have owned from 1992 until the present time.
This survey will also mark an important beginning in establishing a starting point to watch and be able to spot future trends in Vizsla health issues. Future health surveys will also be used to help to track increases and decreases in Vizsla health and disease incidence. One of the major goals of this project is to assist Vizsla breeders by identifying what our most significant health issues are. Hopefully, identifying significant Vizsla health problems and concerns will inform and educate breeders, researchers, veterinary professionals and Vizsla owners and allow breeders to make better breeding decisions. This health survey will also be available to veterinarians and researchers to better assist them in caring for, treating and establishing research protocols for Vizslas. The survey will also help to better inform the public and future Vizsla owners and puppy buyers of what health issues they may possibly encounter when purchasing or adopting a Vizsla. All research data will be tabulated and statistically analyzed by West Chester Statistics Institute.
The Vizsla Club of America Welfare Foundation, Inc also sponsors canine and Vizsla specific health and research grants and studies. Knowing what Vizsla health issues are the most significant and urgent will help the VCA WF focus funding where it is needed the most.
The results of this health survey are being tabulated and analyzed by a disinterested 3rd party, independently contracted by the Vizsla Club of America Welfare Foundation, Inc. Personal information and pedigree information is NOT part of this survey and is not needed in any way to allow your Vizsla to be part of this survey. Information submitted is not tracked and no Vizsla’s names are allowed or asked for. All Vizslas, healthy or with health issues are encouraged to complete this survey. If your Vizsla was included in the 1996-1997 Vizsla Breed Health Survey you are still welcome to resubmit that Vizsla’s health information, as long as the Vizsla was born from 1992 forward.
Even if you have a healthy Vizsla, there are some conditions that are included (such as: allergies, ear infections, temperament problems, etc.) that you may not remember or think of until looking at the actual health survey itself. So please look at the survey in advance, if possible and complete the survey even if you consider the Vizsla(s) you own to be healthy. Vizslas that are healthy are also important information needed to be included in this research project.
Vizsla owners in foreign countries worldwide are also welcome to participate. Though Vizslas with health issues born in the United States are our main focus, the health of the Vizsla breed globally should be of importance to all of us who love, care and are stewards of this breed. So please feel free to fill out the Vizsla Health Survey no matter what country you live in. If you own a purebred Vizsla, please participate. Foreign countries health information will be tabulated separately.
In addition, donations to the Vizsla Club of America Welfare Foundation, Inc. are always needed to continue funding research and health and welfare issues important to the Vizsla breed. This health survey is made possible by private donations to the VCA WF. The Foundation is intended to be a charitable, non-profit organization as defined by the IRS. As a result, the Foundation can offer the advantage of tax-deductible contributions to its donors and contributors for the gifts they make. For more information or to make a donation to the VCA WF to support future health and welfare projects that support the Vizsla breed, please go to: http://clubs.akc.org/vizsla/welfarefoundation.htm or mail a donation directly to: Pat Carnes, VCA WF Treasurer, P.O. Box 639, Stevensville, MD 21666.
I understand that the Vizsla Health Survey is to help and support the Vizsla breed. I am completing this health survey voluntarily and understand that the information obtained and statistically analyzed will be used for the purposes outlined above. I also understand that there is no financial payment or compensation for completing this survey and that the results of this survey will be made available to the public.
In addition, the work product produced by West Chester Statistics Institute is the sole property of the Vizsla Club of America Welfare Foundation, Inc. and may not be used for any purposes by the Institute without expressed written permission of the Vizsla Club of America Welfare Foundation, Inc. However, the West Chester Statistics Institute reserves the right to use the final work product as an example of services provided to clients.
Please fill out the survey for each purebred Vizsla that you own or have owned from 1992 until the present time.
