Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog — questions to ask before paying a deposit
A responsible breeder will have these readily available. Deflection is a red flag.
Progressive retinal atrophy (prcd-PRA)can shorten life or cause chronic pain
An inherited degeneration of the retina that starts as night blindness in adulthood and slowly progresses to blindness; there is no treatment. It is recessive. It has been found in this breed, which ranked among the breeds most likely to carry it in an analysis of commercial testing data, though only 59 of its dogs were in that dataset.
Ask to see: DNA test for prcd-PRA on both parents
Downs et al. 2014, Veterinary Ophthalmology (https://doi.org/10.1111/vop.12122) · Clark et al. 2023, Genes (Tables S1 and S7) (https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14112093)