Do let us know when you come out from under the mountain of paper what conclusions you have arrived at! VBG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura Trunk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 5:15 PM Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Why NOT boast about testing?
> OK, I'm asking. > > Everyone who has bred a Cavalier that is related in any way to any of mine > (probably all of you!), please send me all results of all tests of all > related dogs. I guarantee you I will put this to good use in an attempt to > figure out as much of the geneotypes of each of my dogs so that I can > improve my dogs even more in the future. > > You see, this is a MONUMENTAL task. I absolutely, positively, cannot see > why breeders who LOVE this breed and really want to do their best by it > would not want to make it an easy task for all involved to get this > information. > > IT IS VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Without it, we simply CANNOT do our job > nearly as well. > > We can breed phenotypically until the cows come home and won't see a whole > lot of improvement in polygenic traits because we need to breed > genotypically to see that improvement. > > Is that what we really want? > > 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. > ========================================================= "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.
