Myra wrote: > While I agree that people are more inclined to support a registry that > publishes good news, I still wish that we had an open registry that gives us > all the known information. By having access to that information, we could > start to piece together the puzzles about carrier status and recessives. We > would be able to know more about the genetic baggage that our dogs are > carrying. I know that you are correct that if people were mandatorily > required to report all of the testing information in any society, they > simply wouldn't test. I'm not sure why that is, but I suppose it has > something to do with the competitive nature of showing dogs for sport. All > we can do at this point is the best we can do. Myra Savant >
I work with clients living with AIDS. If we were to force testing and open reporting, I'm afraid we would have many people refusing to be tested for fear of being "outed" or worse! Just imagine the ramifications of that! Now, please don't flame me. I am well aware of the differences between AIDS and health testing, with open reporting, of our Cavaliers, but please just think about all the great dogs who have been so maligned over the years based on hearsay and gossip. IF (and in my mind it's a very big IF), an open registry really was to be used for the good of the breed, I'd support it wholeheartedly. Instead, what I (and many of the people I know in this breed) unfortunately have been witness--and sometimes recipients--of is more like a witch hunt when someone has a problem in the breed. And, it seems that the more successful someone is, the more maligned their dogs are. Again, please don't flame me. I certainly support health testing and the sharing of information for breeding purposes. All I'm saying is an open registry as has been suggested is just not realistic. I also wholeheartedly agree with Janice and the others who made the point that just because all results are not in an open database does not mean we don't test. I'm guilty of not sending in heart, eye and knee results on my dogs, too. And, since most of my dogs are under 2 or have just turned 2, I'm just starting to do hips. I would love to see the day when health testing is just done by everyone and not used as a marketing tool or as a means to imply that someone else isn't part of a "premiere" group of breeders. Maybe there's another reason test results are not being supplied to someone expressing an interest in using a dog. Maybe it's their way of saying the dog is not available? Renee Bruns Oklahoma ========================================================= "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.
