Absolutely, however, I add elbows, thyroid and allergy history to that list as well and in addition to structure, type and temperament. What I am saying is that culling on the basis of testing cannot be taken to an *extreme*. For example, multiple best in show CH I'm All That Plus A Bag Of Chips who comes from a line of outstanding Cavaliers and has been used at stud suddenly buys the farm at 5 years old. Now everyone who bred to him or has a sibling runs off and neuters and spays all related dogs. Continue to do this with every Cavalier and you soon have none left or the tightest genetic bottleneck imaginable.
Terrie:) Myra Savant wrote: > Nor do I believe that MVD will go away in cavaliers. However, a breeder can > make a committment to test and to eliminate affected dogs from their > breeding programs. Same with hips, eyes and patellae. ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author.
