I agree Myra. HD responds quickly to selection pressure. By breeding only to dogs with normal hips, the incidence of HD can be greatly lowered in a very short amount of time. All the best, Susan Cochran
----- Original Message ----- From: "Myra Savant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 9:30 PM Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Why NOT boast about testing? > Peggy, unless you are very familiar with the German imports of the early 80s > that were imported as Schutzhund dogs and bred here for that purpose, it > really won't be of much use to tell you about our breeding program. I doubt > very much that you would be familiar with the Schutzhund dogs on the West > coast 20 years ago. The German imports at that time still had some hip > dysplasia, but the hips weren't severely angulated. We found the imports to > be healthier and to have much nicer temperaments. And yes, by eliminating > affected dogs from our breeding program, we were eventually able to breed > puppies with a very, very low incidence of HD. If cavalier breeders had > been doing the same for cavaliers in the 80s, we might not be dealing with > HD in these little dogs now. Myra Savant > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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. ========================================================= "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.
