I agree with most of what you said Annette....but... I have sold pets that were very pampered and too well fed..donuts for breakfast. The received little or no excersise. they did receive excellent vet care. One that I remember very well looked like a foot stool. He was neutered, very fat, very fuzzy. He was a watermelon with legs. He lived to be 12 and when he died it was due to a truck. As much as we'd like to play God it's simply not possible. All any of us can do is our best. Jo Ann
> I do explain it not only to anyone buying a puppy off me but to the many > people that ring me everyday enquiring where they can get a puppy > There are NO lines clear of MVD and no genetic test to enable us to screen > our stock - there fore there is no way of knowing which puppy (if any) in a > litter will develop early or late onset unfortunately and who will never > develop it but live and die of some other ailment like cancer or kidney > failure. You can health test until the cows come home and use dogs with a > good history behind them but it will not prevent somewhere along the line a > puppy in later life developing MVD. > I am all for testing but one has to keep these things in perspective. I > think we had this discussion some weeks ago - are we going to breed only for > healthy hearts and lose all the other things which make Cavaliers the breed > they are? I know that I would prefer to have a typical Cavalier with a good > temperament that lived to be ten than an untypical generic dog with maybe a > bad temperament that lived to be fourteen. > Perhaps I have been fortunate as yet I have not had one of my dogs die of > MVD BUT I do know of dogs that I have bred who have developed it. Chance? > Good Luck? I don't know but it is interesting that those that I have seem > with MVD that I bred were "pampered pooches" overweight, lacking in > exercise - two of the things that will exacerbate the condition. > I have two oldies here with murmurs but they are asymptomatic - will a > normal life style with the younger ones but I watch their weight carefully > and do not restrict their exercise. > Just my opinion for what it is worth > > Annette Jones > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Winnie Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 7:28 PM > Subject: [CKCS-L] Breeding for hearts > > > > <<<<Hearts are only one small part of the equation when breeding - to be > > <<<<considered yes but not more so than everything else > > > > And perhaps you'd like to explain that to pet owners who watch > > their dogs *suffer* and die from early onset MVD. > > > > > > Winnie > > Columbus, NC > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Dogs are made of love and fur. > > > > ========================================================= > > "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. > > > > ========================================================= > "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. > > ========================================================= "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.
