Well thought out post with reasonable ideas.
So..where do I find the rules?
Of course I do eye, heart etc test.
Most of the folks that I hear sounding off about these problem simply don't
know what they are talking about...and some that do know the truth of it
don't tell it. Or to be rude..they lie.
Just because a cavalier (can't speak for other breeds) tests clear at 2 or
5..it does not mean that that very same Cavalier won't develop MVD the
day after it turns 5 and be dead by 6.
On the other hand..and listen up this happens a lot..anyone who actually
does follow up on pet buyers can attest to this...
Little Millie develops MVD at 4 and here she is 13..same old problem, no
meds, feels fine (for 13)..and in a year or so she dies of liver failure or
something else related to old age.
I, personally, would rather buy a pup from a bitch that had developed a
murmur at 2 after having had a litter and then goes on to live to a ripe old
age... So????
After 25+ years in this breed I find it very confusing to know just what to
do, terribly heart breaking to lose a dog or even to hear of another dog
that has died of MVD. And then... utterly sickening to be accused of not
testing or to hear of some one else accused of not testing by someone who
doesn't have a clue...someone who has possibly read a book or gotten on a
list or just knows how right they are and how wrong everyone else is....
Jo Ann Carvill
BJ Cavaliers
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.bjcavaliers.com
> Kathy Yonkers wrote:
> > In any system...ask questions!!! An example of a guestion is..."how many
> retinal folds can be present and
> > still be identified as cleared for breeding within a system".
> From: "John P. Garrison aka Michael Allen
> Yes, agreed. It seems (in Finland) that the problems are the breed
specific
> inherited problems that turn up the most often. Retinal folds are not
> considered problematic in Am. Cockers, they do not cause blindness as it
> does in Lhasas (so I am told by the opthalmoligists). We have HC or
> hereditary cataract and hip dysplasia (as well as bad thyroids, poor
immune
> systems as the 2 are linked). There is a proposal up for parent club
> consideration to accept Futurity nominations only from parents with clear
> eyes and hips. I feel this is a good thing, but of course, beauty is in
the
> eye of the beholder and so one may nominate one's litter out of two ugly,
> poor type, slip stifled, pointy headed, hump backed, short legged pets
with
> a like pedigree that bite everyone. One must have CERF'd eyes to nominate
> Whippet litters. I personally am in favor or doing everything I can to
> insure a healthy and winning litter, but unfortunately, rules do not make
> good litters, clever breeders do. Merely food for thought, not intended to
> be argumentative. I will play by the rules, whether or not I agree as the
> intent is good. Michael
>
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