Suze, it isn't necessarily that we are all thinking that if we breed clear dogs to clear dogs we will get clear dogs. It is more that we all know for a dead certainty that if we breed affected diseased dogs to affected diseased dogs, we will produce affected diseased puppies. Myra Savant
>From: Laura Trunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] International & Experience >Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 13:54:03 -0500 > > > There is NO immediate promise from any cardiologist, >opthamologist >or > > orthopedic specialist to whom I have spoken that progeny from any animal > > they examined will be healthier. Polygenetic disorders don't improve > > that way as you know. So far as I am aware there is not even any > > promise of long term improvement in terms of eliminating MVD or > > RD...even HD from the population. > > The "promise" is a *hope* of improvement in the long term. That is what > > I meant about breeding selectively for health is for the improvement of > > the breed; not for today's buying public. > >So these experts specifically told you that if you take Ch. MVD Clear at >Seven Stud Dog (by Ch. MVD Clear Till Seven Stud Dog out of Ch. Brood Bitch >Clear Till Eight) and bred him to two bitches--Ch. MVD Clear at Seven Brood >Bitch (by Ch. MVD Clear Till Nine Stud Dog out of Ch. MVD Still Clear at >Ten >Brood Bitch) and Ch. Brood Bitch Who Developed MVD at Age Three (by Ch. MVD >Stud Dog Who Has Grade III MVD at Age Four out of Ch. Brood Bitch Who Has >Grade I MVD at Age Four)--there won't be ANY difference WHATSOEVER between >the children of those two bitches in regards to the *average* onset of 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. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ========================================================= "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.
