> couldn't you still test him? I mean, even if you paid for it, or found a > clinic close to her. Maybe $55 for xray, and $25 for OFA, but a whole lot of > peace of mind? Wouldn't that set the clock back in time so you can say that you knew he was > a "good" (or whatever) at least at the time of breeding... He may even have > been better a few years back. Just a thought!
The dog was 2000 miles away from me, so no, I could not test him myself. I offered to pay for the OFA evaluation but was told no. I was told (as is commonly heard) that his hips were xrayed at 2 years of age and found to be fine--this was the reason why the owner refused to have him OFAd. Of course xrays were not available for me to see. That is why it took two years for me to decide to breed to him--I was just plain scared. But I know it is quite unusual to have a dog (male) color doppler clear at over 6 years of age, and he continued to auscultate clear so after agonizing over it, I decided to take a big chance. It may have been that this was 6 months after my son was diagnosed with leukemia--at the time I might have felt it wasn't as much a risk as compared to what our family had just been through. Whatever the reason, it was much too stressful for me to manage. So far as now--remember the dog was much older when I bred to him, the offspring are almost 4. The dog recently passed away so it is no longer a possibility. Laura Trunk Roycroft Cavaliers ========================================================= "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.
