You obviously did not read my post through - my vet does have an X-ray machine but as has been said before there is "no quick"X-ray in this country and in some other countries - it involves a general anaesthetic and a full day at the vets for the dog - not a thing to do just for non professionals to look at a film ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura Trunk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 5:12 PM Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Another question
> > I certainly would not submit my dogs to a GA just for non professionals to > > look at - and as previously stated hips are X-rayed under GA in the UK > > When you can have a simple thing like a bite surprise you after 6 > > generations of good bites on both sides of a pedigree an undershot crops > > up - what price geno/pheno types! That's Cavaliers for you! VBG > > > You mean your regular vet doesn't have an xray machine and wouldn't be > willing to do a quick xray on each of your dogs? What happens if your dog > is injured? > > As for undershot bites--that just means your genotype is for good bites and > undershot bites will therefore be very rare. The idea about breeding for > genotype is so that most of the time you will get the *good* results you > want because the genotype is geared towards *good* bites, but this does not > mean it will happen all the time. Even with mostly *good* genes, > occasionally a *bad* combination will crop up. But not most of the time. > Most of the time is bad, occasionally is good. Ah, wouldn't it be nice it > that were the case for MVD??! > > 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.
