I always tell people who inquire about buying a puppy from us that we have no reason not to believe that 50% of them will be diagnosed with MVD just as the statistics say they will. I also tell them that they are very hard to housebreak and shed enough to build a whole new dog every week or so. I honestly don't test my dogs so that I have something to tell the puppy buyer. Most of them don't even ask. I view it as a challenge to produce healthier puppies. My hope is that by the time I get too old to do this, I will be able to tell people that my testing has made a difference. I figure I have maybe 10 years left to breed my dogs if I am lucky. I hope that we can at least eliminate HD and bad patellae from our lines by then...the eyes should be relatively easy, and the MVD?? Who knows. Myra Savant
>From: "Susan A. Schlenger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Why NOT boast about testing? >Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 22:37:40 -0500 > >Hi, Myra, > I guess I just look at this as a "given"? My difficulty is >convincing >pet buyers that because I DO test doesn't mean that their pup won't get >ill. :-((. To me, advertising "healthy" isn't the same as saying "of >course I test". Unfortunately, "all I can do" is not much in terms of a >polygenetic disorder. I can never guarantee a pup's health anymore than >I could guarantee that my children would be healthy. I sure do wish I >could do more for both kids and dogs. > And, one thing I wanted to add; we Cavalier breeders talk a lot >about >MVD as we should.......but there are few breeds of dogs with fewer >problems than ours if I am correct? If I were to ask a golden breeder >about cancer for instance...... > >Suze > > > >Myra Savant wrote: > > > > Testing DOES guarantee something. It guarantees that the breeder is >doing > > all that they can do to find, and eliminate from their breeding >programs, > > dogs who are affected with genetically transmitted diseases. Myra >Savant > >-- >Suze at Llawen Cavaliers >"...I have seen that in any great undertaking it is not enough for a man >to depend simply upon himself." -Isna Ia-wica >"Thought comes before speech" Luther Standing Bear > >========================================================= >"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. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ========================================================= "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.
