Pre Breeding Services

Our team has a wealth of knowledge about breeding and can offer advice, support and 24/7 care along your pet’s journey. Our pre-breeding and during-pregnancy services include:

• Progesterone testing – same-day progesterone testing helps pinpoint when your pet is ovulating and when whelping is imminent.
• Hip and elbow scoring – joint scoring assesses the likelihood that a dog gets hip or elbow dysplasia later in life. At Priory, we perform scoring under general anaesthetic as we believe this option is safer than deep sedation.
• DNA testing – this involves in-house blood sampling which is sent for testing at a small number of trusted laboratories that Priory works closely with.