Canine multifocal retinopathy 2 is an inherited disease in dogs affecting the retina. The disease belongs to a group of inherited retinal disorders primarily caused by mutations scattered throughout the entire BEST1, a gene necessary for retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) function (CMR1, CMR2, CMR3). Salient fundus changes are usually present in animals affected with CMR before 4 months of age and are characterized by multifocal areas of retinal which in older dogs progress to multifocal areas of outer retinal atrophy. "Signs of cmr include multiple tan-pink subretinal patches in both the tapetal and the non-tapetal fundus along with focal areas of tapetal hyper-reflectivity. The lesions elevate the retina, progressing as the dog ages, to focal areas of retinal degeneration and retinal pigment epithelial hypertrophy and pigmentation" (Grahn et al., 1998).