I've only been in cavaliers for about five years. In that time, I have met
and talked to a breeder who was knowingly breeding a boy who had been unable
to get hip certification, and another one who was breeding a four year old
girl with MVD. She was paying for stud service and not having particular
problems finding a dog to use either. I've talked to two breeders about
using their boys and when pushed, they were unable to provide the hard copy
on heart clearance that they claimed they had. I know of a girl who has a
slipping patellae who has been bred to. I'm surprised that in the many
years that you have been breeding, you haven't met people who either don't
test or just keep on breeding the dog once it fails the tests. They sure
are out there, and I have a hard time believing that I am the only breeder
in the US who has met them. If you think that everyone is concerned about
health issues, go to the OFA data base someday and start looking up affixes.
Myra Savant
>From: Peggy Mickelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List
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>Subject: [CKCS-L] breeding dogs, not hearts
>Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 15:57:59 -0500
>
>Myra and Winnie,
>No one I know ignores the heart issue. However, placing that as a priority
>over
>everything else will do for the breed what Terrie talked about in
>Basenjis.....
>This fall I judged the Bedlington Terrier National Specialty, and in the
>classes I
>had a very difficult time finding a correct head. I talked to some of the
>long time
>breeders about this because I intended to mention it in my critique...and
>the reason
>given for
>loss of head, which equates to a loss in type, is that they were so busy
>breeding
>away from the copper problem that they eliminated head qualities as
>well.....rather
>than work slowly, they rushed...and now there are a lot of dogs around with
>poor
>heads (and coats). Yes, they don't carry the copper problem...but they
>don't look
>like Bedlingtons, either.
> Breeding dogs is not easy, and if pet owners think breeding is so
>simple that we
>should just concentrate on one thing, soon they won't have any pets at all.
>Breeders have their hearts broken all the time, Winnie. I'm sorry to say
>that you
>pet owners haven't cornered that market.
> Of course, it is also one of my observations that some of the people
>who scream
>the loudest and pose the most about health issues are the ones with the
>most
>problems. There are some breeders who will tell you they are the only ones
>who care
>about health, and the only ones who test, blah blah blah....and if you
>believe them,
>you are in for a rude awakening.
>What about the dog who has 30 or 40 litters by the time he's 4, and then
>suddenly
>develops a serious case of MVD....how many of you believe the owner will
>give a
>refund to the people who bred to him or bought his puppies...now that he's
>just
>turned 5 and is off the list of heart cleared dogs? Hmmm?
>Peggy
>
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