Epilepsy threatens the future of our breed. Please give blood.
Toby has been diagnosed with Idiopathic (Primary) Epilepsy. If your dog is related to Toby or any other affected dog, please help by donating a DNA sample to the University of Minnesota, Dr. Ned Patterson, Australian Shepherd Epilepsy Research Project for research that can lead to a genetic screening test to help put an end to this killer disease. Toby's Foundation recommends you submit samples to as many of the following sources as possible.
- University of Minnesota
- University of Helsinki and Folkh'lsan Institute of Genetics
- THE CHIC repository