what I have found is that in the days before optigen, when I 'only' had the visual eye exams and hips, many of my buyers werent interested in the fact that at least the dam had an eye certificate as 'well, theres no probs anyway'. Have to say these were older people who were buying a pup to train, as a replacement for an ageing dog etc and were old school of thought. Now, even with my optigen tested dogs, no one has asked me what it means, buyers really arent interested (but I bet they would be if their dog went blind early). Its quite dis heartening.
ClaireB - was Milo's dad done under the KC eye scheme or Optigen tested?
The way I see it as it stands just now, Optigen hasnt yet become a KC scheme which means that results are not public. I think it is partially fear that is stopping many of the 'names' from testing, I cant believe that all do not know that the test is available..So, if they were to use the test now,it would add extra appeal to any champions that were clear and any carriers could be used with caution and any affecteds quietly withdrawn from stud. I know its not an ideal scenario though but I do think this 'fear' is a big reason not to test.
As for the dogs that are tested to date, I have 3, bryning has 2, Chris Bridgwater has 2 and I know of another 2, this brings the total I know of to 9, which is 7 clear, 2 carriers.