Geoffrey Porter wrote: > Maybe Anne sees herself as a roving ambassadress encouraging and > instigating more testing in England and Australia/ New Zealand
No roving ambassadress here -- just interested in seeing how the various countries that produce large numbers of Cavaliers are dealing with/doing anything about reducing the incidence of MVD and other health problems. From my questions we see the difficulties in Australia and New Zealand as well as the pilot programs in France. It is simply educational for us all. > Breeders can test for hearts, eyes, hips and patellas and whatever is the > latest fashion and with the continuing advancement in expertise > inVeterinary hospitals they will find something. > Breeders certainly CAN test for hearts, eyes,hips and patellas -- the question is whether they DO test for them and then whether they remove them from breeding. I do not believe there has been much "continuing advancement in expertise" relating to these four inherited problems in dogs - maybe in other areas. And yes, of course, sometime breeders will come up with a problem here or there -- it's not the end of the world. It is just a matter of eliminating those few dogs from being bred. As you said, breeding is not a science -- spanners can come at any time!! It is just a matter of how one deals with the spanners that makes the difference to the health of one's line and Cavaliers in general. Anne ========================================================= "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.
