Can you help with research into canine idiopathic epilepsy? The Giant Schnauzer Health Fund has donated £2,000 along with the 3 breed clubs collectively donating a further £3,000 to the Canine Genetics Centre (CGC) at the University of Cambridge, in … Continue reading →
The Giant Schnauzer Health Fund committee will be holding its AGM Online via Zoom on: Sunday 17th March 2024. The AGM will start at 10.00am. Only paid up members will be invited to attend the AGM. Any proposals for inclusion … Continue reading →
The Giant Schnauzer Health Fund committee will be holding its AGM online via Zoom on: Sunday 19th March 2023 The AGM will start at 10.00am. Only paid up members will be invited to attend the AGM. Deborah Allen (GSHF secretary) … Continue reading →
The Giant Schnauzer Health Fund committee will be holding its AGM online via Zoom on: Sunday 20th March 2022 The AGM will start at 10.00am. Only paid up members will be invited to attend the AGM. Deborah Allen (GSHF secretary) … Continue reading →
Due to increasing numbers of HUU (SLC2A9) mutation carriers being highlighted the Kennel Club were approached to add the HUU DNA test to the official DNA testing scheme, in order to facilitate monitoring of the mutation frequency. However an association … Continue reading →
The Giant Schnauzer Health Fund committee will be holding its AGM online via Zoom on: Saturday 27th February 2021. The AGM will start at 10.30am. Only paid up members will be invited to attend the AGM. Deborah Allen (GSHF secretary) will … Continue reading →
Generalised Progressive Retinal Atrophy (GPRA) Research N.B. This is a different type of PRA to prcd-PRA for which there is another DNA test available. PRA is a blinding disease for which there is no treatment, so developing a DNA test … Continue reading →
Latest Update: We have currently sent samples from 5 Giant Schnauzers affected with Idiopathic Epilepsy to take part in the Give A Dog a Genome project, all of which meet the strict criteria for taking part in the project. The … Continue reading →
The Giant Schnauzer Club in association with the Northern Schnauzer Club, Schnauzer Club of Great Britain and Giant Schnauzer Health Fund are conducting a study in relation to seizures/fits/epilepsy in the Giant Schnauzer. The purpose is to determine the prevalence … Continue reading →
The GSHF is running a Copper Coin Campaign! … if you have any 1p or 2p coins we are collecting them to help raise funds for the Giant Schnauzer Health Fund. Michelle had been saving her 1p coins over a … Continue reading →
