> What makes you think that the dogs of anyone who doesn't tell you everything > about their health records would not be as healthy or even healthier than > yours??? Or that everyone who publishes their testing must have healthy > dogs???
This is a round-about way of explaining--but the intent is obvious. These same people who don't publicly post their health records (phenotypical health expression), don't mind at all that show wins are publicly posted (phenotypical type expression). They do not feel it is invading their privacy at all--in fact I have never heard a single person complain about it. Every time a specialty is held, many ask for the results. But I have never seen someone say *there was a health clinic this weekend--does anyone know the results?*. These same people go to shows, publicly watch dogs being shown, see parents, siblings, offspring and make breeding decisions for type based as much on genotypical inheritance of type as they possibly can because they know this works. But when it comes to genotypical inheritance of health--very few publicly post anything--almost as though genes work only for type and temperament--but not for health. What works for the goose, works for the gander. Obviously if many breeders are SO anxious to find out who is winning, what dogs look like so they can figure out ways to improve the phenotypical expression of the type of their dogs and feel they are successfully doing it because of the easy availability of that information, I would feel that if the health information isn't as easily available (almost NOT available in many cases) they could not be as successful with health as they are with type. And those that treat both equally will therefore be more successful. It just plain cannot work for type but not health. In my opinion, it isn't any more invading my privacy if people know a certain dog of mine has hip dysplasia than if people see one of my dogs and know it has poor shoulder angulation or cow hocks or a poor head. Both are phenotypical expressions of faults. The type ones are easily seen, the health ones *invisible* unless posted. It just seems strange to me that we *agree* to be open with type and temperament, but health becomes a *private* matter--as if it has a different mode of inheritance. 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.
