the dog is collapsing from something other, if the dog is truly EIC clear.

My EIC affected is 9yrs old. Has been working in the field for 4-5 years now. No episodes nor symptoms to lead me to think an EIC collapse would occur. This heat and humidity this year has been the worst ever and still no symptoms/collapse. Oh, and my dog does chase squirrel and rabbit, but this dog is not a beagle in the sense of running rabbit. Those beagles will run for miles and no sensible labrador of mine will run like that. For my dog, retirement from competition is only a short time away.

I can only hope as we learn about the more and more EIC Affected Dogs(whether they collapse or not) that are out there we are using this information to better the breed. As we all do I have surfed websites and still see breeders breeding EIC Carrier to Carrier or EIC Affected to Carrier. The idea is to take your knowledge and put it to work.

I know for me and my affected girl it is a matter of knowing I can only Breed her to EIC "Clear" which will result in a litter of EIC Carriers. When we run on the next generation we Breed that pup to a "Clear" and then in a matter of 2 Generations can erase the Affected from my program and that line.
I think we owe it to our breed.

I have a 6mo which one parent was clear, the other a carrier. When should I have her tested. I am assuming that she will not be affected, but want to make sure.

What are the signs of EIC?

If the parents were tested clear and carrier, your dog has a 50/50 chance of being either a clear or carrier. There would be 0% chance of being affected. I believe you can do the test at any time.

Yes, that is correct you can test at any time as early at 2 weeks of age. I believe the information is on the Univ of Minn website.

You can send in dew claws, so that's pretty early