With all due respect, Laura, your numbers do not sound believable. All the best, Susan Cochran
----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura Trunk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 12:15 AM Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Another question > > Laura, > > How many litters? > > How many puppies? > > I counted and there were approx. 200 puppies, plus the few I > purchased--maybe 210 total since 1976. Close to 80% were checked for > patellar luxation by my vet (the ones I owned) or the owner's vet and of > those only 4 developed patellar luxation that I knew about or had it checked > on my annual check-up form--only one needed surgery. All that lived past > age 10 developed MVD at some point. Never notified of a single case of > epilepsy. About 80 or so of those had their eyes checked by an > ophthalmologist at least once with 1 having geographic retinal dysplasia and > 2 with folds--quite a few whole litters were checked. Never notified about a > single case of juvenile cataracts. About 50 had their hips either prelim'd > or permanently done through OFA with one diagnosed with mild hip dysplasia > in one hip past age 2. About 30 were permanently done as the other 20 > were removed from my breeding program due to different reasons--mostly > because they weren't turning out like I wanted--lots were quite nice but > just kept on growing!--especially Prudence's kids and grand-kids. Another > 10 or so owned by others were xrayed for my benefit and reported to me, but > not one of these remembered to have the xray labeled to send to OFA so I > won't count them. I always tell everyone who buys a puppy from me that I > greatly appreciate any testing they do and to please send me a copy. Of > course each gets my annual checkup letter that I ask to get filled out every > year and send back to me. > > I know there are almost certainly others I don't know about. But only 1 > officially diagnosed with hip dysplasia with about 50 OFA checked is only > 2%--etc. Enough to get a fairly good idea of what is happening in my > breeding program. > > All that just because I was listing problems by percentages in comparison to > how many developed syringohydromyelia to put it into perspective. At least > I've given some more to gossip about!! > > 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.
